Rise and Shrines :)

Commander / EDH Constellation Enchant Tokens

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Land (35)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 5x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Gateway Plaza
• 1x Holdout Settlement
• 1x Island
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 5x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Survivors' Encampment
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Thriving Bluff
• 1x Thriving Heath
• 1x Thriving Isle
• 1x Thriving Moor

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Dance of the Manse
• 1x Explore
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Kamahl's Druidic Vow
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Resurgent Belief
• 1x Urza's Ruinous Blast

Creature (25)

• 1x Alseid of Life's Bounty
• 1x Doomwake Giant
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1x Ghen, Arcanum Weaver
• 1x Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars
• 1x Go-Shintai of Boundless Vigor
• 1x Go-Shintai of Hidden Cruelty
• 1x Go-Shintai of Lost Wisdom
• 1x Go-Shintai of Shared Purpose
• 1x Jodah, the Unifier
• 1x Jukai Naturalist
• 1x Kami of Transience
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Moon-Blessed Cleric
• 1x Sanctum Weaver
• 1x Satyr Enchanter
• 1x Setessan Champion
• 1x Shrine Steward
• 1x Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
• 1x Starnheim Courser
• 1x Sythis, Harvest's Hand
• 1x Verduran Enchantress
• 1x Weaver of Harmony
• 1x Zur, Eternal Schemer

Artifact (5)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Honor-Worn Shaku
• 1x Relic of Legends

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Calix, Destiny's Hand

Instant (1)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift

Commander (1)

Enchantment (24)

• 1x Abundant Growth
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Enchantress's Presence
• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Honden of Cleansing Fire
• 1x Honden of Infinite Rage
• 1x Honden of Life's Web
• 1x Honden of Night's Reach
• 1x Honden of Seeing Winds
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Planar Disruption
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Sanctum of All
• 1x Sanctum of Calm Waters
• 1x Sanctum of Fruitful Harvest
• 1x Sanctum of Shattered Heights
• 1x Sanctum of Stone Fangs
• 1x Sanctum of Tranquil Light
• 1x Sigil of the Empty Throne
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Sterling Grove
• 1x Suspension Field
• 1x Trace of Abundance

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My take on a Shrine EDH deck.

I chose Go-Shintai of Life's Origin, which might seem like the obvious choice, but some people prefer Sisay, Weatherlight Captain or Jodah, the Unifier.

Life's Origin, aside from being more thematically relevant, provides ridiculous value as soon as you play like two other shrines. That triggered ability can easily make you control six shrines before you know it. Speaking of six shrines, the pseudo-commander of this deck is Sanctum of All. It's debatably the best card in the deck by far. Somehow looking past the free tutor for any Shrine from your library or graveyard, the real power comes from its second ability which doubles your shrine triggers. If you have a reasonable amount of shrines out (including the tokens generated by Life's Origin) you put a 2-3 turn clock on your opponents' life total.

Win Conditions: (Needless to say Sanctum of All + any of these ups the fun)

• Honden of Infinite Rage Creature and Player removal.
• Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars Player go bye-bye.
• Sanctum of Stone Fangs Fun for all your opponents!
God help your friends if you have all three, even for ONE turn of triggers.

While those are the main win conditions in the deck, you can find an opportunity to apply serious pressure with multiple cards in the deck. In particular:

• Go-Shintai of Boundless Vigor This card's value is obvious. Big bois.
• Zur, Eternal Schemer Deathtouch, lifelink, and hexproof on all your little Shrine tokens? Yes please.
• Sigil of the Empty Throne Angel tokens are always welcome on my side of the battlefield.
• Honden of Life's Web Making 20 spirit tokens is kinda funny. Great chump blockers!

Aside from this being Shrine "Tribal", (Shrine isn't a creature type. Lame. Sorry Path of Ancestry. If I was a richer man, you'd be replaced.) it is extremely enchantment heavy. Due to this, using Enchantress cards like Satyr Enchanter, Sythis, Harvest's Hand, Mesa Enchantress and the like make give you the fuel you need to make big plays without running out of gas. There are a couple other enchantress cards that are great/strictly better than some of these, but they are a little out of the budget range for now. Because of these lovely ladies, running any sort of enchantment value cards (including creatures) gives us, well, value.

This deck also finds a home for an otherwise dog-water card: Doomwake Giant.

Doomwake Giant can very easily pop 4 times in a single turn and mostly wipe your opponents' boards while leaving yours healthier than ever. Speaking of one-sided board wipes, Urza's Ruinous Blast is almost perfect for us. The shrines? Legendary. Your opponents' board? Maybe has 2 legendary creatures. Big value. Also it is $0.20. Wallet value.

When it comes to removal, I opted out of using the traditional instants/sorceries because I want SYNERGY baby!
Instead of the plebian Path to Exile or whatever, we use:

• Oblivion Ring
• Detention Sphere
• Suspension Field
• (I'm also considering Darksteel Mutation and/or Journey to Nowhere which is strictly better than Oblivion Ring imo)

The only instant in the deck is Cyclonic Rift for two reasons: it's Cyclonic Rift, and I had one in the rares binder.

To stop those pesky aggro decks, we have:

• Ghostly Prison Good.
• Propaganda Good.
• Sphere of Safety Ridiculous.

For mana-fixing, we have a couple sorceries and artifacts that do the trick pretty well.

• Chromatic Lantern A classic staple. Fixes it all.
• Relic of Legends You can tap those stagnant Legendary Shrines for *Free* mana!
• Honor-Worn Shaku Basically a worse Relic of Legends.
• Abundant Growth Good.
• Fertile Ground Better
• Trace of Abundance Best.
• Cultivate Staple.
• Explore The jury is still out on this one.

Lands- Yes, I know. My lands are slow. I plan on replacing all Thriving lands with the Bond Lands including Green or White since we are leaning heavier into both of those colors. Mana Confluence is another one that might find its way out of my Meren of Clan Nel Toth and into Shrines.

That's all for now. There's other good cards like Sterling Grove. That does things too.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 0 Rares 38 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.09
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Copy Clone, Shrine, Spirit 1/1 C