Sanctum of Shattered Heights
Legendary Enchantment — Shrine
, Discard a land card or Shrine card: Sanctum of Shattered Heights deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker, where X is the number of Shrines you control.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #6340
Sanctum of Shattered Heights turns any land or Shrine in hand into a repeatable targeted damage outlet — relevant on the board the moment it lands. Go-Shintai of Life's Origin decks run it as close to a staple as the archetype gets, and the opportunity cost is essentially zero.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin floods the board with Shrine tokens, and Sanctum of Shattered Heights converts that critical mass of enchantments into a pinging engine that clears blockers and closes games — every new Shrine added is another point of free damage on demand.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sanctum of Shattered Heights is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the honest answer is that it only matters in Commander. Outside of dedicated Shrine builds, the activation requires too much setup for competitive non-rotating formats where faster, unconditional removal dominates. In Commander, the multiplayer environment and longer games give the Shrine synergy network the time it needs to make Sanctum's repeatable damage genuinely threatening rather than marginal.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Sanctum of Shattered Heights sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying almost nothing for a card that's a near-auto-include in its archetype. Bulk Shrine pieces don't tend to spike, so expect it to stay in this range unless a breakout Shrine commander shakes up the metagame.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.