Hei Bai, Forest Guardian
When Hei Bai enters, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a Shrine card. You may put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle. {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}, {T}: For each legendary enchantment you control, create a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token with "This token can't block or be blocked by non-Spirit creatures."
How Hei Bai decks play in EDH
Hei Bai, Forest Guardian is a five-colour commander in white, blue, black, red and green costing 3G, and its legendary creature - bear spirit line shapes the whole deck around it. It makes tokens, so the deck wants ways to pump a wide board and to turn spare bodies into cards or damage. Enchantments drive the deck, so effects that recur or copy them add up quickly. The cards below are the ones Hei Bai, Forest Guardian decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $63.95Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (3)
Removal (9)
Creatures (3)
Synergy & payoffs (4)
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What colours can I use in a Hei Bai, Forest Guardian deck?
Hei Bai, Forest Guardian has a five-colour colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white, blue, black, red and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Hei Bai, Forest Guardian?
The cards played most often in Hei Bai, Forest Guardian decks include Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll, Pia, Aether Ascetic, Flickering Hound. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Hei Bai, Forest Guardian deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $63.95 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Hei Bai, Forest Guardian deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.