Northern Air Temple
Legendary Enchantment — Shrine
When Northern Air Temple enters, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of Shrines you control.
Whenever another Shrine you control enters, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #8481
Northern Air Temple enters the battlefield tapped and produces colorless mana — the tapped clause alone disqualifies it from most competitive Commander shells. In Shrine decks led by Go-Shintai of Life's Origin, it earns its slot purely as a Shrine permanent that also happens to be a land, not because the mana is good.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin wants every Shrine on the battlefield to trigger its end-step ability, and Northern Air Temple is one of the few lands that counts — nearly 80% of Go-Shintai decks run it for exactly that reason, not the mana.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Northern Air Temple is legal across every major format but sees essentially no play outside Commander, and even there the audience is narrow. Competitive and high-power Commander lists have no use for a tapped colorless land; the only context where it earns a slot is dedicated Shrine tribal, where its card type matters more than its mana output. In 60-card formats the card is functionally unplayable — colorless tapped lands are a real cost, and there's no Shrine synergy to offset it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Northern Air Temple is firmly bulk, and that price reflects its real demand: a narrow role in one Commander archetype with minimal crossover appeal. Don't expect movement in either direction — it's cheap enough that Shrine players just pick it up without thinking, and too situational to attract broader interest.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.