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Hei Bai, Forest Guardian
Legendary Creature — Bear Spirit
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."
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“Shrine tutor engine that floods the board with Spirit tokens”
Midrange
Intermediate
Tokens swarm, Combat damage
Tokens, Ramp, Enchantments
Strategy
Hei Bai is your ticket to building a Shrine-focused deck that rewards you for playing enchantments while generating a flying Spirit army. When Hei Bai enters the battlefield, you tutor out a Shrine directly, jumpstarting your enchantment game plan immediately. The real payoff comes from its activated ability: each legendary enchantment you control generates a 1/1 Spirit token, which means Shrines—all legendary—turn into a repeatable token generator every time you activate for just five mana of any color combination.
Your deck wants to ramp into Hei Bai quickly, then pack in the powerful Shrines like Sanctum of Stone Fangs, Sanctum of Tranquil Light, and Sanctum of Fruitful Harvest. Between tutoring Shrines and gradually flooding the board with Spirit tokens, you'll pressure opponents through sheer numbers while your Shrines generate value (card draw, life gain, creature tokens, etc.). The all-five-color identity lets you play the best Shrine payoffs and ramp pieces available.
Win by swinging in with an army of evasive Spirits, or simply outlast opponents through the cumulative advantage Shrines provide. With enough mana and legend-count, you can generate massive token rushes in a single turn.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive mana fixes like Scalding Tarn; use Fabled Passage and Evolving Wilds instead. Budget Shrines like Sanctum of Calm Waters and Sanctum of Unyielding Fire are perfectly fine for casual play.
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