efaithfarm's Go-Shintai (Shrines and Gates)
 
Type: Deck Idea
Format (legal 👍) comCommander
Approx. Value:
$239.28
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Avg. CMC 3.11
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Main Deck - 100 cards, 100 distinct
Columns
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (27)
1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
#gateenabler
$9.85 Legendary Creature - Human Monk
1 Birds of Paradise
#shrineenabler
$6.06 Creature - Bird
1 Courser of Kruphix
#gateenabler
$1.05 Enchantment Creature - Centaur
1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
#gateenabler
$5.95 Enchantment Creature - Nymph Dryad
1 Gatebreaker Ram
#gatepayoff
$0.17 Creature - Sheep
1 Gateway Sneak
#gatepayoff
$0.09 Creature - Vedalken Rogue
1 Ghen, Arcanum Weaver
$0.50 Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
1 Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars
#shrine
$0.14 Legendary Enchantment Creature - Shrine
1 Go-Shintai of Boundless Vigor
#shrine
$0.16 Legendary Enchantment Creature - Shrine
1 Go-Shintai of Hidden Cruelty
#shrine
$0.12 Legendary Enchantment Creature - Shrine
1 Go-Shintai of Life's Origin
#commander
#shrinepayoff
$3.69 Legendary Enchantment Creature - Shrine
1 Go-Shintai of Lost Wisdom
#shrine
$0.16 Legendary Enchantment Creature - Shrine
1 Go-Shintai of Shared Purpose
#shrine
$0.13 Legendary Enchantment Creature - Shrine
1 Herald of the Pantheon
#shrineenabler
$1.83 Creature - Centaur Shaman
1 Jukai Naturalist
#shrineenabler
$0.20 Enchantment Creature - Human Monk
1 Lotus Cobra
$3.09 Creature - Snake
1 Mesa Enchantress
#shrinepayoff
$0.36 Creature - Human Druid
1 Myrkul, Lord of Bones
#needreplacement
$0.15 Legendary Creature - God
1 Nine-Fingers Keene
#gateenabler
#gatepayoff
$0.15 Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
1 Nyxbloom Ancient
#shrineenabler
$31.23 Enchantment Creature - Elemental
1 Oracle of Mul Daya
#gateenabler
$7.20 Creature - Elf Shaman
1 Paradise Druid
$0.16 Creature - Elf Druid
1 Setessan Champion
#shrinepayoff
$1.38 Creature - Human Warrior
1 Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
#gateenabler
$0.31 Legendary Enchantment Creature - Snake Druid
1 Sythis, Harvest's Hand
#shrinepayoff
$1.69 Legendary Enchantment Creature - Nymph
1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
$8.41 Legendary Creature - God // Legendary Artifact //
1 Weaver of Harmony
#shrinepayoff
$1.33 Enchantment Creature - Snake Druid
Instant (2)
1 Broken Wings
$0.04 Instant
1 Heroic Intervention
$11.34 Instant
Sorcery (6)
1 Circuitous Route
#gateenabler
$0.58 Sorcery
1 Explore
#gateenabler
$0.18 Sorcery
1 Gates Ablaze
#gatepayoff
$0.17 Sorcery
1 Idyllic Tutor
#shrineenabler
$7.51 Sorcery
1 Open the Gates
#gateenabler
$0.07 Sorcery
1 Wargate
$2.34 Sorcery
Artifact (7)
1 Arcane Signet
#shrineenabler
$0.81 Artifact
1 Chromatic Lantern
#shrineenabler
$2.97 Artifact
1 Chromatic Orrery
#shrineenabler
$33.32 Legendary Artifact
1 Courier's Briefcase
#shrinepayoff
$0.04 Artifact - Treasure
1 Coveted Jewel
#shrineenabler
$0.20 Artifact
1 Sol Ring
$1.56 Artifact
1 Swiftfoot Boots
$2.05 Artifact - Equipment
Enchantment (22)
1 Banishing Light
$0.05 Enchantment
1 Borrowed Time
$0.08 Enchantment
1 Cryptolith Rite
#shrineenabler
$12.81 Enchantment
1 Druid Class
#gateenabler
$2.10 Enchantment - Class
1 Enchantress's Presence
#shrinepayoff
$0.67 Enchantment
1 Guild Summit
#gatepayoff
$0.25 Enchantment
1 Hold the Gates
#gatepayoff
$0.09 Enchantment
1 Honden of Cleansing Fire
#shrine
$4.64 Legendary Enchantment - Shrine
1 Honden of Infinite Rage
#shrine
$1.15 Legendary Enchantment - Shrine
1 Honden of Life's Web
#shrine
$2.16 Legendary Enchantment - Shrine
1 Honden of Night's Reach
#shrine
$1.15 Legendary Enchantment - Shrine
1 Honden of Seeing Winds
#shrine
$1.96 Legendary Enchantment - Shrine
1 Mirrormade
#shrineenabler
$5.43 Enchantment
1 Prison Realm
$0.08 Enchantment
1 Sanctum of All
#shrine
#shrineenabler
#shrinepayoff
$0.81 Legendary Enchantment - Shrine
1 Sanctum of Calm Waters
#shrine
$0.36 Legendary Enchantment - Shrine
1 Sanctum of Fruitful Harvest
#shrine
$0.37 Legendary Enchantment - Shrine
1 Sanctum of Shattered Heights
#shrine
$0.22 Legendary Enchantment - Shrine
1 Sanctum of Stone Fangs
#shrine
#wincon
$1.33 Legendary Enchantment - Shrine
1 Sanctum of Tranquil Light
#shrine
$0.27 Legendary Enchantment - Shrine
1 Sigil of the Empty Throne
#shrinepayoff
$0.85 Enchantment
1 Sterling Grove
#shrineenabler
$3.97 Enchantment
Land (36)
1 Azorius Guildgate
#gate
$0.06 Land - Gate
1 Baldur's Gate
#gate
$1.48 Legendary Land - Gate
1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
$3.80 Land // Land
1 Basilisk Gate
#gate
$0.13 Land - Gate
1 Black Dragon Gate
#gate
$0.30 Land - Gate
1 Boros Guildgate
#gate
$0.08 Land - Gate
1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
$2.71 Land // Land
1 Citadel Gate
#gate
$0.18 Land - Gate
1 Cliffgate
#gate
$0.15 Land - Gate
1 Command Tower
$0.24 Land
1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
$3.08 Land // Land
1 Dimir Guildgate
#gate
$0.14 Land - Gate
1 Exotic Orchard
$0.20 Land
1 Forest
$0.10 Basic Land - Forest
1 Gateway Plaza
#gate
$0.09 Land - Gate
1 Golgari Guildgate
#gate
$0.13 Land - Gate
1 Gond Gate
#gate
$0.49 Land - Gate
1 Gruul Guildgate
#gate
$0.07 Land - Gate
1 Heap Gate
#gate
$0.15 Land - Gate
1 Manor Gate
#gate
$0.21 Land - Gate
1 Maze's End
#gatepayoff
#wincon
$2.53 Land
1 Orzhov Guildgate
#gate
$0.09 Land - Gate
1 Path of Ancestry
$0.19 Land
1 Plaza of Harmony
#gatepayoff
$0.58 Land
1 Rakdos Guildgate
#gate
$0.07 Land - Gate
1 Rejuvenating Springs
$4.70 Land
1 Reliquary Tower
$1.94 Land
1 Sea Gate
#gate
$0.32 Land - Gate
1 Seaside Citadel
$0.71 Land
1 Selesnya Guildgate
#gate
$0.09 Land - Gate
1 Simic Guildgate
#gate
$0.06 Land - Gate
1 Temple of Mystery
$0.13 Land
1 The World Tree
$4.34 Land
1 Thran Portal
#gate
$3.04 Land - Gate
1 Yavimaya Coast
$1.02 Land
1 Zagoth Triome
$16.14 Land - Swamp Forest Island
Sideboard - 0 cards, 0 distinct
No cards here. :(
Scratchpad - 11 cards, 11 distinct
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Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Artifact (4)
1 Amulet of Vigor
#need
#iwish
$24.10 Artifact
1 Jeweled Lotus
#onitswayout
$30.24 Artifact
1 Mirror Box
#shrineenabler
$2.01 Artifact
1 Mirror Gallery
#shrineenabler
$3.77 Artifact
Planeswalker (6)
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
$2.83 Legendary Planeswalker - Garruk
1 Kiora, the Crashing Wave
$1.50 Legendary Planeswalker - Kiora
1 Nissa of Shadowed Boughs
$2.06 Legendary Planeswalker - Nissa
1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
$6.07 Legendary Planeswalker - Teferi
1 Vivien Reid
$1.00 Legendary Planeswalker - Vivien
1 Wrenn and Seven
$3.54 Legendary Planeswalker - Wrenn
Land (1)
1 Jetmir's Garden
$11.05 Land - Mountain Forest Plains

Notes
 
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin makes a good Shrine commander, of course, but the five-color identity kind of makes for the best Gate commander too. (Doesn't really interact there, but oh well.) So there are basically two routes to victory (more or less): use all of the ramp and extra land plays to get Maze's End online, or get Sanctum of Stone Fangs online early and let it slurp up everyone's life.
As it stands, the deck hasn't yet won, and I'm starting to think that there is in particular a lack of interaction - the deck mostly sits back and tries to hunker down and do its own thing and if someone else is coming for it there's not much that can be done (outside of Shrine effects and such).
I don't have the full decklist in here at the moment but I'll get it before long and take a longer look at things like the mana base and what sorts of interaction could be implemented. There's got to be some land- or enchantment-based removal or counterspells or something.
Comments
  • efaithfarm | Edited 18-Apr-2023 18:50
    As sad as it would make me to do it, I think I am going to dismantle Go-Shintai for the time being and give the enchantment-matters guts to Myrkul. I'm not sure that I have quite all of the pieces I'd need to get Myrkul to work (notably, no Oracle of Nectars at present), but the pieces keep coming together. (I mean, I got a Devoted Druid from the List in a MOM booster. Crazy!)


    I'll keep Go-Shintai together for right now and then when there are a few more pieces in place I'll give Myrkul a run-out.
  • efaithfarm | 03-Apr-2023 15:17
    Pulled Mirror Gallery and Mirror Box out of this list - while it seems nice to have Mirrormade come in as like another GSoLO or something it's not worth the two slots, particularly when Mirror Gallery might literally not have any other use here. Oh well. Put in a couple of Fiend Hunter-style things in enchantment form in their place. 
    Sphere of Safety would be a good add here for sure, although it's awfully pillowfort-y. 
    Wrenn/Nissa/Kiora would be good adds as well. Those would be my preferences, I think. 
    I'd probably have to fire up Forge and see what cards I had in the uber-ridiculous-who-cares-what-it-costs version and figure out what would be the nicest bit of bling. I know that Reshape the Earth would be pretty solid; having a way to accelerate the Maze's End win seems like a decent plan. 
    Amulet of Vigor would be helpful but probably not as much as I think - Gond Gate fixes a lot of that problem.
    The last time I played this it ran out of gas hard; I was begging my deck to give me a blue shrine and just didn't get one. The other possibility would be an Enchantress effect; there are quite a few card-drawing effects in here but the deck grinds to a halt if I can't find one.

  • efaithfarm | Edited 03-Apr-2023 13:24
    Just thinking of Oblivion Ring, Prayer of Binding, Prison Realm, etc. Probably Ghostly Prison/Propaganda style effects would be good to toss in - Sphere of Safety is a big win here.
  • efaithfarm | 21-Mar-2023 18:38
    BNG Kiora, OG Garruk, ZNR Nissa, DOM Teferi, MID Wrenn, and M19 Vivien (kind of) all seem like they'd be useful. Adding them to the scratchpad.
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