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3/16/2025
Shrine of Control
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Est deck cost: $781.56
Salt sum: 61.5
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Commander

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Go-Shintai of Life's Origin

{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}, {T}: Return target enchantment card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Whenever Go-Shintai of Life's Origin or another nontoken Shrine you control enters, create a 1/1 colorless Shrine enchantment creature token.

Creature Enchantment
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin (nec) 37

Commander

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Enchantment

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Conversion

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you pay {W}{W}. All Mountains are Plains.

Enchantment
Conversion (4ed) 19
Darkest Hour

All creatures are black.

Enchantment
Darkest Hour (7ed) 128
Deep Water

{U}: Until end of turn, if you tap a land you control for mana, it produces {U} instead of any other type.

Enchantment
Deep Water (drk) 23
Justice

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you pay {W}{W}. Whenever a red creature or spell deals damage, this enchantment deals that much damage to that creature's or spell's controller.

Enchantment
Justice (5ed) 41
Reality Twist

Cumulative upkeep {1}{U}{U} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) If tapped for mana, Plains produce {R}, Swamps produce {G}, Mountains produce {W}, and Forests produce {B} instead of any other type.

Enchantment
Reality Twist (ice) 94
Thelon's Curse

Blue creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may choose any number of tapped blue creatures they control and pay {U} for each creature chosen this way. If the player does, untap those creatures.

Enchantment
Thelon's Curse (fem) 77
Tourach's Chant

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you pay {B}. Whenever a player puts a Forest onto the battlefield, this enchantment deals 3 damage to that player unless they put a -1/-1 counter on a creature they control.

Enchantment
Tourach's Chant (fem) 47

Enchantment

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Protection

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Deflection

Change the target of target spell with a single target.

Instant
Deflection (8ed) 74
False Demise

Enchant creature When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Enchantment
False Demise (mmq) 80
Karmic Justice

Whenever a spell or ability an opponent controls destroys a noncreature permanent you control, you may destroy target permanent that opponent controls.

Enchantment
Karmic Justice (c15) 72
Painter's Servant

As this creature enters, choose a color. All cards that aren't on the battlefield, spells, and permanents are the chosen color in addition to their other colors.

Creature Artifact
Painter's Servant (shm) 257
Pentagram of the Ages

{4}, {T}: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

Artifact
Pentagram of the Ages (6ed) 306
Spore Cloud

Tap all blocking creatures. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Each attacking creature and each blocking creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Instant
Spore Cloud (fem) 72b

Protection

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Stax

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Blood Moon

Nonbasic lands are Mountains.

Enchantment
Blood Moon (plst) A25-122
Chalice of the Void

This artifact enters with X charge counters on it. Whenever a player casts a spell with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this artifact, counter that spell.

Artifact
Chalice of the Void (a25) 222
Energy Flux

All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}."

Enchantment
Energy Flux (mb2) 161
Gloom

White spells cost {3} more to cast. Activated abilities of white enchantments cost {3} more to activate.

Enchantment
Gloom (5ed) 165
Harbinger of the Seas

Nonbasic lands are Islands.

Creature
Harbinger of the Seas (mh3) 63
Illusionary Terrain

Cumulative upkeep {2} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) As this enchantment enters, choose two basic land types. Basic lands of the first chosen type are the second chosen type.

Enchantment
Illusionary Terrain (ice) 77
Kormus Bell

All Swamps are 1/1 black creatures that are still lands.

Artifact
Kormus Bell (4ed) 332
Magus of the Moon

Nonbasic lands are Mountains.

Creature
Magus of the Moon (tsr) 175
Nature's Wrath

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you pay {G}. Whenever a player puts an Island or blue permanent onto the battlefield, that player sacrifices an Island or blue permanent of their choice. Whenever a player puts a Swamp or black permanent onto the battlefield, that player sacrifices a Swamp or black permanent of their choice.

Enchantment
Nature's Wrath (all) 98
Smoke

Players can't untap more than one creature during their untap steps.

Enchantment
Smoke (5ed) 268
Solemnity

Players can't get counters. Counters can't be put on artifacts, creatures, enchantments, or lands.

Enchantment
Solemnity (hou) 22
Trinisphere

As long as this artifact is untapped, each spell that would cost less than three mana to cast costs three mana to cast. (Additional mana in the cost may be paid with any color of mana or colorless mana. For example, a spell that would cost {1}{B} to cast costs {2}{B} to cast instead.)

Artifact
Trinisphere (2xm) 303
Yixlid Jailer

Cards in graveyards lose all abilities.

Creature
Yixlid Jailer (tsr) 149
Zur's Weirding

Players play with their hands revealed. If a player would draw a card, they reveal it instead. Then any other player may pay 2 life. If a player does, put that card into its owner's graveyard. Otherwise, that player draws a card.

Enchantment
Zur's Weirding (plst) 8ED-116

Stax

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Burn

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Ankh of Mishra

Whenever a land enters, this artifact deals 2 damage to that land's controller.

Artifact
Ankh of Mishra (6ed) 273
Black Vise

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Artifact
Black Vise (mb2) 139
Karma

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of Swamps they control.

Enchantment
Karma (8ed) 28
The Rack

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is 3 minus the number of cards in their hand.

Artifact
The Rack (mb2) 141

Burn

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Evasion

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Demoralize

All creatures gain menace until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Threshold — If seven or more cards are in your graveyard, creatures can't block this turn.

Instant
Demoralize (ody) 184

Evasion

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Pump

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Blackblade Reforged

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each land you control. Equip legendary creature {3} Equip {7}

Artifact
Blackblade Reforged (dmc) 178
Helm of the Gods

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each enchantment you control. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Helm of the Gods (ori) 230

Pump

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Tutor

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Demonic Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (cmm) 150
Enlightened Tutor

Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant
Enlightened Tutor (dmr) 6
Idyllic Tutor

Search your library for an enchantment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Idyllic Tutor (thb) 24
Moon-Blessed Cleric

Divine Intervention — When this creature enters, you may search your library for an enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Creature
Moon-Blessed Cleric (dsc) 69
Vampiric Tutor

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Vampiric Tutor (dmr) 108

Tutor

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Creature

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Chandler

{R}{R}{R}, {T}: Destroy target artifact creature.

Creature
Chandler (hml) 69
Nebuchadnezzar

{X}, {T}: Choose a card name. Target opponent reveals X cards at random from their hand. Then that player discards all cards with that name revealed this way. Activate only during your turn.

Creature
Nebuchadnezzar (chr) 80
Stromgald Spy

Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may have defending player play with their hand revealed for as long as this creature remains on the battlefield. If you do, this creature assigns no combat damage this turn.

Creature
Stromgald Spy (all) 62

Creature

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Land

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Bojuka Bog

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (dsc) 265
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (drc) 59
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (drc) 155
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (dft) 290
Indatha Triome

({T}: Add {W}, {B}, or {G}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Indatha Triome (iko) 248
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 282
Jetmir's Garden

({T}: Add {R}, {G}, or {W}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Jetmir's Garden (snc) 250
Ketria Triome

({T}: Add {G}, {U}, or {R}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Ketria Triome (plst) IKO-250
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (dft) 286
Murmuring Bosk

({T}: Add {G}.) As this land enters, you may reveal a Treefolk card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Murmuring Bosk (ltc) 320
Nesting Grounds

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Move a counter from target permanent you control onto another target permanent. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
Nesting Grounds (mh3) 302
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (dft) 277
Reflecting Pool

{T}: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.

Land
Reflecting Pool (mb2) 257
Spara's Headquarters

({T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Spara's Headquarters (snc) 257
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 283
Tyrite Sanctum

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Target legendary creature becomes a God in addition to its other types. Put a +1/+1 counter on it. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Put an indestructible counter on target God.

Land
Tyrite Sanctum (cmm) 1049
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.

Land
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (tsr) 287
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.

Land
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth (mh2) 261
Ziatora's Proving Ground

({T}: Add {B}, {R}, or {G}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Ziatora's Proving Ground (snc) 261

Land

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Ramp

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Apprentice Wizard

{U}, {T}: Add {C}{C}{C}.

Creature
Apprentice Wizard (2xm) 40
Chromatic Lantern

Lands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color." {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Chromatic Lantern (drc) 53
Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (dsc) 174
Farseek

Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Farseek (blc) 119
Kodama's Reach

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Kodama's Reach (otc) 196
Nature's Lore

Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Nature's Lore (mkc) 178
Snowfall

Cumulative upkeep {U} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) Whenever an Island is tapped for mana, its controller may add an additional {U}. If that Island is snow, its controller may add an additional {U}{U} instead. Spend this mana only to pay cumulative upkeep costs.

Enchantment
Snowfall (ice) 101
Three Visits

Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Three Visits (otc) 209

Ramp

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Discard

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Cursed Rack

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. The chosen player's maximum hand size is four.

Artifact
Cursed Rack (4ed) 312

Discard

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Lifegain

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Fangren Marauder

Whenever an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may gain 5 life.

Creature
Fangren Marauder (plst) MBS-79
Sanctimony

Whenever an opponent taps a Mountain for mana, you may gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Sanctimony (8ed) 42

Lifegain

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Removal

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Deathgrip

{B}{B}: Counter target green spell.

Enchantment
Deathgrip (5ed) 154
Lifeforce

{G}{G}: Counter target black spell.

Enchantment
Lifeforce (5ed) 310
Omen of Fire

Return all Islands to their owners' hands. Each player sacrifices a Plains or a white permanent of their choice for each white permanent they control.

Instant
Omen of Fire (all) 75
Siren's Call

Cast this spell only during an opponent's turn, before attackers are declared. Creatures the active player controls attack this turn if able. At the beginning of the next end step, destroy all non-Wall creatures that player controls that didn't attack this turn. Ignore this effect for each creature the player didn't control continuously since the beginning of the turn.

Instant
Siren's Call (4ed) 101
Thrull Wizard

{1}{B}: Counter target black spell unless that spell's controller pays {B} or {3}.

Creature
Thrull Wizard (fem) 46
Titania's Song

Each noncreature artifact loses all abilities and becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value. If this enchantment leaves the battlefield, this effect continues until end of turn.

Enchantment
Titania's Song (5ed) 332

Removal

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Draw

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Mystic Remora

Cumulative upkeep {1} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {4}.

Enchantment
Mystic Remora (dmr) 59
Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.

Enchantment
Rhystic Study (j22) 114
Viridian Revel

Whenever an artifact is put into an opponent's graveyard from the battlefield, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Viridian Revel (som) 132
Winter Sky

Flip a coin. If you win the flip, Winter Sky deals 1 damage to each creature and each player. If you lose the flip, each player draws a card.

Sorcery
Winter Sky (hml) 80

Draw

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Mill

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Grindstone

{3}, {T}: Target player mills two cards. If two cards that share a color were milled this way, repeat this process.

Artifact
Grindstone (tmp) 290

Mill

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Sorcery

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Stunted Growth

Target player chooses three cards from their hand and puts them on top of their library in any order.

Sorcery
Stunted Growth (ice) 266

Sorcery

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Deck Info

Deck stats

12 pips - 9 cards
13 mana - 12 cards
20 pips - 14 cards
14 mana - 11 cards
12 pips - 10 cards
13 mana - 12 cards
9 pips - 7 cards
12 mana - 11 cards
20 pips - 14 cards
15 mana - 14 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
5 mana - 3 cards
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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"I made this deck with a ton of old niche cards keeping control in mind as much as possible and synergizing old cards with newer ones to control board color and swing out with the commander. I know this deck could use some work and I would like to drop its bracket down to 3, but the combos in this deck are super hard to pull off without searching for the other half.\n"}]}
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