Hai Bai Bai by Theverb

Format: Commander

Commander: Hei Bai, Forest Guardian

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color Shrine and Enchantress midrange build helmed by Hei Bai, Forest Guardian. The primary game plan focuses on deploying early mana acceleration to cast Hei Bai on Turn 3 or 4, cheating powerful Shrines such as Sanctum of All, Kyoshi Island Plaza, or The Spirit Oasis directly onto the battlefield. Blink engines like Teleportation Circle, Thassa, Deep-Dwelling, and Soulherder repeatedly trigger Hei Bai to rapidly assemble a critical mass of Shrines. The deck establishes asymmetric board dominance using Sphere of Safety to shut down attacks, Aura Shards to dismantle opposing artifacts and enchantments, and Doomwake Giant to suppress creature boards. Victory is achieved around Turn 6 by overwhelming opponents with a lethal token army buffed by Jetmir, Nexus of Revels, Hallowed Haunting, Southern Air Temple, and Hei Bai's unblockable Spirit generation, augmented by direct burn from Northern Air Temple and Sanctum of Stone Fangs.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aura Shards
  • 1 Avacyn's Memorial
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Botanical Sanctum
  • 1 Brago, King Eternal
  • 1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Crescent Island Temple
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Destiny Spinner
  • 1 Doomwake Giant
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Eidolon of Blossoms
  • 1 Enchantress's Presence
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Go-Shintai of Hidden Cruelty
  • 1 Go-Shintai of Life's Origin
  • 1 Go-Shintai of Shared Purpose
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Greater Auramancy
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hallowed Haunting
  • 1 Hei Bai, Forest Guardian
  • 1 Herald of the Pantheon
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Honden of Life's Web
  • 1 Honden of Seeing Winds
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jetmir, Nexus of Revels
  • 1 Jukai Naturalist
  • 1 Karmic Justice
  • 1 Kyoshi Island Plaza
  • 1 Mirror Entity
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Northern Air Temple
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Razorverge Thicket
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Resurgent Belief
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sanctum Weaver
  • 1 Sanctum of All
  • 1 Sanctum of Calm Waters
  • 1 Sanctum of Fruitful Harvest
  • 1 Sanctum of Stone Fangs
  • 1 Satyr Enchanter
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sigil of the Empty Throne
  • 1 Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
  • 1 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 1 Snow-Covered Plains
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulherder
  • 1 Southern Air Temple
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sterling Grove
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Strength of the Harvest // Haven of the Harvest
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sythis, Harvest's Hand
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
  • 1 The Spirit Oasis
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Weaver of Harmony
  • 1 White Lotus Hideout
  • 1 Wildsear, Scouring Maw