Find That SHRINE by YuungElJSwagg

Format: Commander

Commander: Hei Bai, Forest Guardian

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color Shrine tribal strategy led by Hei Bai, Forest Guardian. The primary game plan revolves around casting Hei Bai on Turn 4 to cascade a random Shrine directly onto the battlefield. From there, the deck exploits blink spells like Cloudshift and reanimation effects like Zombify and Karmic Guide to repeatedly trigger Hei Bai's enter-the-battlefield ability, rapidly assembling a critical mass of Shrines. Once 4 or more Shrines are established around Turn 6, the deck snowballs insurmountable advantage through scaling upkeep and end-step triggers: drawing cards with The Spirit Oasis, ramping with Kyoshi Island Plaza, and draining the entire table with Sanctum of Stone Fangs and Northern Air Temple. Lethal damage is closed on Turn 8 via cumulative drain and unblockable Spirit tokens created by Hei Bai. The deck boasts robust engine recovery through extensive graveyard recursion, though it remains vulnerable to mass enchantment exile.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aang's Journey
  • 1 Aerith, Last Ancient
  • 1 Against All Odds
  • 1 Angel of Indemnity
  • 1 Broodheart Engine
  • 1 Brought Back
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Coin of Fate
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crescent Island Temple
  • 1 Daydream
  • 1 Desperate Plea
  • 1 Edgar's Awakening
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Fix What's Broken
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Forum Necroscribe
  • 1 Fungal Fortitude
  • 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 Hofri Ghostforge
  • 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
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Kyoshi Island Plaza
  • 1 Loyal Retainers
  • 1 Moment of Reckoning
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Northern Air Temple
  • 1 Obsessive Stitcher
  • 1 Phoenix Down
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Rejoin the Fight
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rise Again
  • 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 Screams from Within
  • 1 Settle Beyond Reality
  • 1 Southern Air Temple
  • 1 Stitch Together
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 The Falcon, Airship Restored
  • 1 The Spirit Oasis
  • 1 Timeless Lotus
  • 1 Too Evil to Stay Dead
  • 1 Vanguard of the Restless
  • 1 White Lotus Hideout
  • 1 Writ of Return
  • 1 Zombify
  • 1 Zuko's Conviction