Shrines by Thiqqmeister
Format: Commander
Commander: Go-Shintai of Life's Origin
Bracket: 3
Deck overview
This is a five-color Shrine enchantment deck helmed by Go-Shintai of Life's Origin. The primary game plan is to flood the battlefield with Shrines, generating cumulative value from the Honden, Go-Shintai, and Sanctum cycles. The deck draws heavily off enchantress effects (Sythis, Harvest's Hand, Enchantress's Presence, Eidolon of Blossoms, Setessan Champion), ramps with land-based spells and Sanctum Weaver, and controls the board with pillowfort pieces like Ghostly Prison and Propaganda. Win conditions are incremental: direct damage from Honden of Infinite Rage and Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars, life drain from Northern Air Temple and Sanctum of Stone Fangs, and token swarms from Sigil of the Empty Throne, Honden of Life's Web, and Go-Shintai of Shared Purpose. The commander provides recursion, returning enchantments from the graveyard to the battlefield, giving the deck strong recovery from board wipes.
Decklist (100 cards)
- 1 Arcane Sanctum
- 1 Arcane Signet
- 1 Archon of Sun's Grace
- 1 Authority of the Consuls
- 1 Brilliant Restoration
- 1 Cascading Cataracts
- 1 Chromatic Lantern
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commander's Sphere
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Crescent Island Temple
- 1 Crumbling Necropolis
- 1 Cultivate
- 1 Darksteel Mutation
- 1 Destiny Spinner
- 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
- 1 Eidolon of Blossoms
- 1 Enchantress's Presence
- 1 Enduring Vitality
- 1 Evolving Wilds
- 1 Exotic Orchard
- 1 Extinguish All Hope
- 1 Fabled Passage
- 1 Farseek
- 1 Fellwar Stone
- 1 Fertile Ground
- 5 Forest
- 1 Frontier Bivouac
- 1 Generous Gift
- 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 Lost Wisdom
- 1 Go-Shintai of Shared Purpose
- 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
- 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
- 3 Island
- 1 Jungle Shrine
- 1 Kodama's Reach
- 1 Kyoshi Island Plaza
- 1 Mirari's Wake
- 2 Mountain
- 1 Mystic Monastery
- 1 Nomad Outpost
- 1 Northern Air Temple
- 1 Opulent Palace
- 1 Path to Exile
- 4 Plains
- 1 Propaganda
- 1 Reliquary Tower
- 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 Savage Lands
- 1 Seaside Citadel
- 1 Setessan Champion
- 1 Shrine Steward
- 1 Sigil of the Empty Throne
- 1 Sol Ring
- 1 Southern Air Temple
- 1 Spelunking
- 1 Sphere of Safety
- 1 Sterling Grove
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Sythis, Harvest's Hand
- 1 Tarnation Vista
- 1 Terramorphic Expanse
- 1 The Spirit Oasis
- 1 The World Tree
- 1 Urban Retreat
- 1 Utopia Sprawl
- 1 Weaver of Harmony
- 1 Yenna, Redtooth Regent
- 1 Zur the Enchanter