Shrine (upgraded) by macheteplaysmtg

Format: Commander

Commander: Go-Shintai of Life's Origin

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color Shrine tribal and Enchantress strategy commanded by Go-Shintai of Life's Origin. It uses efficient 1-2 CMC ramp and cost-reducers to establish a resilient mana base across all five colors. Early enchantress creatures provide recurring card draw whenever enchantment spells are cast, quickly filling the hand with Shrines and defensive enchantments. The deck stabilizes against aggressive boards using pillowfort staples like Sphere of Safety, Ghostly Prison, and Doomwake Giant. Once stabilized, it deploys Sanctum of All alongside burn, drain, and token-producing Shrines such as Sanctum of Stone Fangs, Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars, and Go-Shintai of Shared Purpose. These Shrines scale exponentially with each additional Shrine permanent, draining the table and generating wide Spirit armies that close out the game over two turn cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Growth
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crescent Island Temple
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Destiny Spinner
  • 1 Doomwake Giant
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Eidolon of Blossoms
  • 1 Enchantress's Presence
  • 1 Entity Tracker
  • 1 Estrid's Invocation
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 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 Shared Purpose
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Haunting
  • 1 Hei Bai, Forest Guardian
  • 1 Herald of the Pantheon
  • 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 Island
  • 1 Jukai Naturalist
  • 1 Kyoshi Island Plaza
  • 1 Leyline of the Guildpact
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Mesa Enchantress
  • 1 Moon-Blessed Cleric
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Northern Air Temple
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resurgent Belief
  • 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 Satyr Enchanter
  • 1 Setessan Champion
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shimmerwilds Growth
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Southern Air Temple
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Sterling Grove
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sythis, Harvest's Hand
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Spirit Oasis
  • 1 Valgavoth's Lair
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Weaver of Harmony
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yenna, Redtooth Regent
  • 1 Zur the Enchanter
  • 1 Zur, Eternal Schemer