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*<c>Sanctum of Tranquil Light</c> ({{W}}) {{-}} {{5}}{{W}}: Tap target creature. This costs {{1}} less for each Shrine you control.  
*<c>Sanctum of Tranquil Light</c> ({{W}}) {{-}} {{5}}{{W}}: Tap target creature. This costs {{1}} less for each Shrine you control.  
*<c>Sanctum of Calm Waters</c> ({{U}}) {{-}} [[Draw]] a card for each shrine you control, then discard a card.  
*<c>Sanctum of Calm Waters</c> ({{U}}) {{-}} May draw a card for each shrine you control, then discard a card if you did.  
*<c>Sanctum of Stone Fangs</c> ({{B}}) {{-}} Each opponent loses life and you gain life equal to the number of shrines you control.
*<c>Sanctum of Stone Fangs</c> ({{B}}) {{-}} Each opponent loses life and you gain life equal to the number of shrines you control.
*<c>Sanctum of Shattered Heights</c> ({{R}}) {{-}} {{1}}, Discard a land or Shrine card: Deals damage to target creature or planeswalker equal to the number of shrines you control.  
*<c>Sanctum of Shattered Heights</c> ({{R}}) {{-}} {{1}}, Discard a land or Shrine card: Deals damage to target creature or planeswalker equal to the number of shrines you control.  

Revision as of 11:32, 16 June 2020

Shrine
Enchantment Type
(Subtype for enchantment cards)
Statistics
11 cards
{W} 18.2% {U} 18.2% {B} 18.2% {R} 18.2% {G} 18.2% {M} 9.1%
as of Core Set 2021
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type:"Shrine"

Shrine (Japanese: さい殿でん; rōmaji: saiden) is an enchantment type.

Description

Shrines encourage multicolor decks, because they are all legendary, and do something during your upkeep for each shrine you control.

History

Shrines were introduced in Champions of Kamigawa. There were five shrines printed in as an uncommon cycle of Hondens. A Honden is actually the inner part of the shrine to a kami. The name of each Honden corresponds to the name of a legendary spirit—Myojin—in the set.[1]

Many years later, Core Set 2021 featured six new Shrines named Sanctums.[2] These were also depicted on Kamigawa.

Honden cycle

Sanctum cycle

  • Sanctum of Tranquil Light ({W}) — {5}{W}: Tap target creature. This costs {1} less for each Shrine you control.
  • Sanctum of Calm Waters ({U}) — May draw a card for each shrine you control, then discard a card if you did.
  • Sanctum of Stone Fangs ({B}) — Each opponent loses life and you gain life equal to the number of shrines you control.
  • Sanctum of Shattered Heights ({R}) — {1}, Discard a land or Shrine card: Deals damage to target creature or planeswalker equal to the number of shrines you control.
  • Sanctum of Fruitful Harvest ({G}) — Add mana of any one color equal to the number of shrines you control
  • Sanctum of All ({W}{U}{B}{R}{G}) — Searches Shrines and puts them onto the battlefield. It doubles Shrine triggers if you control six or more.

Trivia

  • Each of the mono-colored Sanctums has flavor text formatted and written as a Haiku.

References

  1. Magic Arcana (March 24, 2005). "Honden and Myojin". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. Mark Rosewater (June 15, 2020). "But Wait, There's Core". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.