Shrine of Boundless Growth
Artifact
At the beginning of your upkeep and whenever you cast a green spell, put a charge counter on this artifact.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add 
for each charge counter on this artifact.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- New Phyrexia
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #23910
Shrine of Boundless Growth converts patience into mana — each upkeep adds a charge counter, and when you sacrifice it you add one colorless mana per counter, which can swing a late game turn if it's been sitting long enough. The cost is exactly that: time, plus the colorless restriction, which means it never replaces a Forest but can supplement one.
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 |
In Commander, Shrine of Boundless Growth occupies a narrow lane — it rewards slow, grindy games where it can accumulate counters over multiple turns, and it fits best in decks that want a burst of colorless mana to fuel activated abilities or artifact synergies. Competitive Commander is too fast; a Shrine that survives three or four upkeeps before being sacrificed is doing well, and three or four colorless mana is not a game-warping payoff. In Legacy and Vintage, Shrine of Boundless Growth has no real footing — both formats can generate absurd mana through far more efficient means, and a card that asks you to wait is a card you never play.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Shrine of Boundless Growth is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as an afterthought or pull from a bulk box. There is no meaningful price floor to speak of, and nothing about its demand profile suggests that changes.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.