#go-shintai of boundless vigor

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Go-Shintai of Boundless Vigor

It seeks those with untamed spirits and offers wild strength.

Artist: Johannes Voss TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

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go-shintai of the boundless vigor

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鳥居 (torii) - Deck ⚪🔵⚫🔴🟢

for Commander

鳥居 [to.ri.i] literally means 'shrine gate'. My original concept was to combine Shrine typal with Gate typal. There are quite a few Legendary Shrines but not a lot of other direct support. There are a lot of Gates and considerable support as well as a direct Win condition. There are a number of flaws in this build, because I misunderstood Shrine as a type. I had incorrectly assumed that it was a creature type. But it is only an enchantment type. I had fun with this deck, but found the Shrine and Gate archetypes got in the way of each other. A rebuild of this would need to solve that.

deck list below the cut

Mythic Rare Uncommon Common

[COMMANDER] 1

1 Go-Shintai of Life's Origin

[CREATURES] 24

1 Armory Guard

1 Destiny Spinner

1 District Guide

1 Gate Colossus

1 Gatebreaker Ram

1 Gatecreeper Vine

1 Gatekeeper Gargoyle

1 Gateway Sneak

1 Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars

1 Go-Shintai of Boundless Vigor

1 Go-Shintai of Hidden Cruelty

1 Go-Shintai of Lost Wisdom

1 Go-Shintai of Shared Purpose

1 Greenside Watcher

1 Nessian Wanderer

1 Nine-Fingers Keene

1 Opal Lake Gatekeepers

1 Saruli Gatekeepers

1 Shrine Steward

1 Smelt-Ward Gatekeepers

1 Sunspire Gatekeepers

1 Torii Watchward

1 Ubul Sar Gatekeepers

1 Weaver of Harmony

[ARTIFACTS] 17

1 Arcane Signet

1 Azorius Cluestone

1 Boros Cluestone

1 Crucible of Worlds

1 Dimir Cluestone

1 Door to Nothingness

1 Glaive of the Guildpact

1 Golgari Cluestone

1 Gruul Cluestone

1 Izzet Cluestone

1 Maskwood Nexus

1 Navigation Orb

1 Orzhov Cluestone

1 Rakdos Cluestone

1 Selesnya Cluestone

1 Simic Cluestone

1 Thran Temporal Gateway

[INSTANTS] 2

1 Enlightened Tutor

1 Worldly Tutor

[SORCERIES] 6

1 Circuitous Route

1 Demonic Tutor

1 Explore the Underdark

1 Gates Ablaze

1 Open the Gates

1 Reshape the Earth

[ENCHANTMENTS] 17

1 Crackling Perimeter

1 Flaming Fist

1 Guild Summit

1 Hold the Gates

1 Honden of Cleansing Fire

1 Honden of Infinite Rage

1 Honden of Life's Web

1 Honden of Seeing Winds

1 Opalescence

1 Sanctum of All

1 Sanctum of Calm Waters

1 Sanctum of Fruitful Harvest

1 Sanctum of Shattered Heights

1 Sanctum of Tranquil Light

1 Sphere of Safety

1 Sword Coast Sailor

1 Veteran Soldier

[NON-BASIC LAND] 23

1 Azorius Guildgate

1 Baldur's Gate

1 Basilisk Gate

1 Black Dragon Gate

1 Boros Guildgate

1 Citadel Gate

1 Cliffgate

1 Dimir Guildgate

1 Gateway Plaza

1 Golgari Guildgate

1 Gond Gate

1 Gruul Guildgate

1 Heap Gate

1 Izzet Guildgate

1 Manor Gate

1 Maze's End

1 Orzhov Guildgate

1 Plaza of Harmony

1 Rakdos Guildgate

1 Sea Gate

1 Selesnya Guildgate

1 Simic Guildgate

1 Thran Portal

[BASIC LAND] 10

2 Forest

2 Island

2 Mountain

2 Plains

2 Swamp

[dravidious]

You're actually so awesome

I decided to actually make a deck where I planned out what to put in it and how much, so I made an artisan deck based around Botanical Brawler. It was cool! Here was my plan (with added notes)

x4 botanical brawler x4 protection (to protect my big buff brawler) x3 impulse ("look at the top X cards of your deck and grab a creature", to look for brawlers) x3 artifact/enchantment removal x3 creature removal (don't need much because i have a big buff brawler) x13 immediate counters (card that makes a permanent and puts a +1/+1 counter on it to trigger the brawler instantly and reliably, ex. incubate, backup, "enters the battlefield with +1/+1 counter", etc.) x6 misc support (whatever other nonsense i want that doesn't fit in the other categories, like Kami of Whispered Hopes)

The x3 impulse was originally x4, but I realized I only had 3 decent impulse cards lol. Who wants to spend 2 mana on nothing? I wrote the plan in order from top to bottom, so while I knew from the beginning that I needed a lot of immediate counters, I didn't know how many I'd actually put in. After making room for everything else, I had 19 slots left, so I settled on the 13 and 6.

Here's the final decklist:

Deck 4 Botanical Brawler (MOM) 220 10 Forest (IKO) 272 10 Plains (IKO) 261 1 Snakeskin Veil (KHM) 194 2 Recruitment Officer (BRO) 23 3 Tyvar's Stand (ONE) 190 1 Adventurous Impulse (STA) 49 2 Sunder the Gateway (MOM) 39 3 Touch the Spirit Realm (NEO) 40 1 Jaheira, Harper Emissary (HBG) 16 4 Norn's Inquisitor (MOM) 29 3 Kami of Whispered Hopes (MOM) 196 2 Go-Shintai of Boundless Vigor (NEO) 187 1 Fortified Village (SIR) 267 2 A-Dueling Coach (STX) 15 2 Fairgrounds Trumpeter (MOM) 335 2 Biogenic Upgrade (RNA) 123 3 Botanical Plaza (SNC) 247 2 Towashi Guide-Bot (NEO) 262 2 Enduring Bondwarden (MOM) 14

Okay it looks like arena decided to put them in order of when they were added to the deck, so I guess you also get to see that.

[sovenasark]

Borderless'd all the shrines. I just love the artwork on the whole cycle, so I had to.

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Go-Shintai of Boundless Vigor by Johannes Voss