Honden of Night's Reach
Legendary Enchantment — Shrine
At the beginning of your upkeep, target opponent discards a card for each Shrine you control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Historic Anthology 3
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #5403
Honden of Night's Reach strips one card from each opponent's hand every upkeep — at four mana, that's a clock on resources that compounds fast in a four-player pod. Go-Shintai of Life's Origin makes it a auto-include by letting you recur it from the graveyard and stack shrine triggers across the table.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin runs Honden of Night's Reach in 85% of lists because it's both a Shrine that triggers the commander's token engine and a repeatable discard effect — the more shrines you have in play, the faster opponents empty their hands while you rebuild your board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Honden of Night's Reach is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees virtually no play outside Commander. In Legacy and Vintage the four-mana cost is prohibitive when faster discard options exist, and the upkeep trigger is too slow against combo decks that win before it matters. Commander is where it belongs — the multiplayer math turns one trigger into three opponent discards, and shrine synergies make the enchantment type relevant rather than incidental. In Oathbreaker it's theoretically playable in a shrine shell but the smaller life totals and faster pace work against a slow accumulating effect.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data for Honden of Night's Reach isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market price. It's a casual-demand card with no competitive presence, which typically keeps it accessible — expect a low single-digit price tag unless a shrine deck surges in popularity.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.