Shrine of Piercing Vision
Artifact
At the beginning of your upkeep and whenever you cast a blue spell, put a charge counter on this artifact.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of charge counters on this artifact. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- New Phyrexia
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #23548
Shrine of Piercing Vision is a scry engine that scales with the number of Shrines you control, letting you stack your draws while the artifact count climbs. The two-mana entry cost is fine, but the payoff is conditional enough that you only run it when you're already committed to a Shrine-heavy build.
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 Piercing Vision belongs exclusively to dedicated Shrine synergy decks — outside that context, two mana for a slow scry engine doesn't compete with cantrips or repeatable draw. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it; those formats demand immediate impact, and Shrines as a theme don't register there. Modern technically supports it, but Shrine decks in 60-card formats are a fringe casual strategy at best, so Shrine of Piercing Vision sees effectively no competitive play. It's a Commander card in practice, and even there only in the right shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Shrine of Piercing Vision is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in trade or cheaply complete a playset. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a competitive Shrine deck emerges, which makes it a stable pickup for the decks that want it and nothing more.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.