Shrines by DarkFlash4

Format: Commander

Commander: Hei Bai, Forest Guardian

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color Shrine enchantress strategy led by Go-Shintai of Life's Origin. The primary game plan focuses on establishing a mana base of all five colors, deploying low-cost utility Shrines, and using Go-Shintai to create an expanding army of 1/1 Shrine enchantment creature tokens with every nontoken Shrine played. By Turn 4, the deck assembles its core engine, leveraging card draw engines like Sanctum of Calm Waters and The Spirit Oasis alongside mana acceleration from Sanctum of Fruitful Harvest. Critical onset arrives on Turn 5 with the resolution of Sanctum of All or a dense cluster of Shrines, doubling all upkeep, main phase, and end step triggers. The deck closes the game by Turn 7 through cumulative life drain from Sanctum of Stone Fangs and Northern Air Temple, direct burn from Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars, and combat damage from buffed tokens via Southern Air Temple. Robust protection spells and recursion ensure engine resilience.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aang's Journey
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Brilliant Restoration
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cloudstone Curio
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crescent Island Temple
  • 1 Dance of the Manse
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars
  • 1 Go-Shintai of Boundless Vigor
  • 1 Go-Shintai of Hidden Cruelty
  • 1 Go-Shintai of Life's Origin
  • 1 Go-Shintai of Lost Wisdom
  • 1 Go-Shintai of Shared Purpose
  • 1 Hei Bai, Forest Guardian
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Honden of Cleansing Fire
  • 1 Honden of Infinite Rage
  • 1 Honden of Life's Web
  • 1 Honden of Night's Reach
  • 1 Honden of Seeing Winds
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Inquisitive Glimmer
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Kyoshi Island Plaza
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Northern Air Temple
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Resurgent Belief
  • 1 Sanctum of All
  • 1 Sanctum of Calm Waters
  • 1 Sanctum of Fruitful Harvest
  • 1 Sanctum of Shattered Heights
  • 1 Sanctum of Stone Fangs
  • 1 Sanctum of Tranquil Light
  • 1 Shrine Steward
  • 1 Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
  • 1 Smellerbee, Rebel Fighter
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Southern Air Temple
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Sterling Grove
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 The Spirit Oasis
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Warleader's Call
  • 1 Weaver of Harmony
  • 1 White Lotus Hideout
  • 1 Zagoth Triome
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground