shrines by user6661702

Format: Commander

Commander: Hei Bai, Forest Guardian

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color Shrine tribal and enchantress strategy commanded by Hei Bai, Forest Guardian. The game plan focuses on casting Hei Bai to cheat powerful Shrines directly from the library onto the battlefield, compounding the scaling triggers of the Honden, Sanctum, and Go-Shintai cycles. Early turns focus on mana fixing and green ramp spells to establish all five colors. Once deployed, Hei Bai provides immediate board presence and value, which expands through blink effects like Cloudshift and Soulherder or continuous tutors like Sanctum of All. As the Shrine count scales past four, the deck dominates the table with asymmetric life drain from Sanctum of Stone Fangs and Northern Air Temple, hand destruction via Honden of Night's Reach, and unblockable Spirit creature tokens generated by Hei Bai's five-color activated ability. The deck wins by overwhelming opponents through compound upkeep triggers and wide unblockable combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aang's Journey
  • 1 Accumulate Wisdom
  • 1 Airbender's Reversal
  • 1 Airbending Lesson
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Cacophony Unleashed
  • 1 Calix, Destiny's Hand
  • 1 Cascading Cataracts
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crescent Island Temple
  • 1 Crystal Dragon // Rob the Hoard
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cycle of Renewal
  • 1 Eidolon of Astral Winds
  • 1 Eidolon of Blossoms
  • 1 Energybending
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Extinguish All Hope
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Farseek
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 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 Great Hall of the Citadel
  • 1 Guru Pathik
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hei Bai, Forest Guardian
  • 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 Inquisitive Glimmer
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jukai Naturalist
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kyoshi Island Plaza
  • 1 Mesa Enchantress
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Nashi, Searcher in the Dark
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Northern Air Temple
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Parting Gust
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Sanctum Weaver
  • 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 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Setessan Champion
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Shrine Steward
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulherder
  • 1 Southern Air Temple
  • 1 Sterling Grove
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sythis, Harvest's Hand
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Spirit Oasis
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 White Lotus Hideout
  • 1 Wildsear, Scouring Maw
  • 1 Zur, Eternal Schemer