Honden of Seeing Winds
Legendary Enchantment — Shrine
At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card for each Shrine you control.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Historic Anthology 3
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #5103
Honden of Seeing Winds draws you a card at the start of each upkeep for every Shrine you control — in a dedicated Shrine deck, that's three to five cards per turn cycle by mid-game. The five-mana cost is steep for a do-nothing-immediately enchantment, but Go-Shintai of Life's Origin makes that irrelevant by recurring it for free whenever Shrines hit the graveyard.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin runs Honden of Seeing Winds in over 85% of its builds because the card draw scales directly with Shrine density — and Go-Shintai's recursion means you'll rarely pay five mana for it twice.
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 Seeing Winds is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only sees meaningful play in Commander. In Legacy and Vintage, five mana for a slow enchantment with no immediate board presence is unplayable — those formats end before the card draws you anything. Modern has better draw engines at lower cost. Commander is where Honden of Seeing Winds earns its slot: the long game rewards cumulative value, Shrine tribal is a real archetype with Go-Shintai of Life's Origin at the helm, and drawing three or more cards per turn cycle for free is genuinely back-breaking.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't currently available for Honden of Seeing Winds, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market price. Given that it's an older enchantment with a niche but dedicated home in Shrine decks, it typically sits in the budget-to-moderate range — worth picking up if you're building Go-Shintai.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.