Hei Bai, Spirit of Balance

Hei Bai, Spirit of Balance from Avatar: The Last Airbender. Uncommon MTG card for deck building and Commander. View rules, legality, and compare prices from multiple sellers.

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Card Set Avatar: The Last Airbender  
Card Type Legendary Creature — Bear Spirit
Rarity   Uncommon  
Mana Cost
Card Stats   3 /   3
Card Text Whenever Hei Bai enters or attacks, you may sacrifice another creature or artifact. If you do, put two +1/+1 counters on Hei Bai.
When Hei Bai leaves the battlefield, put its counters on target creature you control.
Flavor Text "My friend gave me hope that the forest would grow back."
—Aang
Card Number #225
Artist Tyler Smith
Subtypes Bear , Spirit
Supertypes Legendary
Card Languages English
Frame Version 2015
Border Color Black
EDHREC Rank 27315
Reprint? No
Is Promo? No
Oversized? No
Joke Card? No
In Starter? Yes
Time Shifted? No
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Card Rulings

2025-10-02

Hei Bai's last ability puts all counters that were on Hei Bai onto the target creature, not just his +1/+1 counters.

2025-10-02

If Hei Bai has -1/-1 counters on him when he leaves the battlefield, that ability will include those as well. This may result in the recipient of the counters dying.

2025-10-02

If enough -1/-1 counters are put on Hei Bai at the same time to make his toughness 0 or less, his last ability will see all of the +1/+1 counters he had when he left the battlefield as well as the -1/-1 counters he had, and an equal number of each of those types of counters (plus any other applicable counters) will be put onto the target creature.

2025-10-02

In some cases, you may end up putting the appropriate counters on more than one permanent. For example, if you control a Buzzard-Wasp Colony when Hei Bai dies, you'll put the appropriate number of each kind of counter onto both the Buzzard-Wasp Colony and the target creature. If you target Buzzard-Wasp Colony with Hei Bai's last ability, it will receive counters from both abilities.

2025-10-02

Hei Bai's last ability doesn't cause you to move counters from Hei Bai onto the target creature. Rather, you put the same number of each kind of counter Hei Bai had when he left the battlefield onto the target creature.