Shrine Deck...?

[Thaye]

I've been wondering if there could be a good deck basically built around the 5 kamigawa shrines, since I've never seen anything like it. (Type 1.5)

34 Enchantments/Artifacts
4x Honden of Cleansing Fire (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=79159)
4x Honden of Seeing Winds (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=79176)
4x Honden of Night's Reach (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=79098)
4x Honden of Infinite Rage (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=79110)
4x Honden of Life's Web (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=79180)
4x Greater Auramancy (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=147425)
4x Sterling Grove (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=23181)
4x Mirror Gallery (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=93818&PrintedText=1)
2x Paradox Haze (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=109721)

8 Sorceries
4x Idyllic Tutor (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=152938)
4x Diabolic Tutor (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=129525)

21 Lands
1x Untaidake, the Cloud Keeper (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=79218)
1x each: Arcane Sanctum (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=175128), Crumbling Necropolis (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=175112), Jungle Shrine (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=175060), Savage Lands (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=174877), Seaside Citadel (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=174950)
1x each: Vivid Crag (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=141882), Vivid Creek (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=141881), Vivid Grove (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=141879), Vivid Marsh (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=141880), Vivid Meadow (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=141883)
+2 basic lands of each color


Imaging having just one shrine of each color in play, there's no doubt it could be great. Your suggestions on it?


EDIT:
- Added Idyllic Tutor and Enduring Ideal.
- Added Sterling Grove, Mirror Gallery and Enchantress's Presence.
- Replaced 2 Enduring Ideal for 2 Paradox Haze since Enduring Ideal is pretty expensive, while Paradox Haze costs 2U only and doubles the hondens' effects. Removed 2 Enchantress's Presence and instead added 4 times Diabolic Tutor, so I made it a 63-card deck including the additional land I then need. That's ok, because without Diabolic Tutor, I wouldn't be able to bring Mirror Gallery on my hand when necessary.

[magic4life]

I think you should try out Sterling Grove.

(G)(W) and other enchantments you control have shroud.
(1) Sacrifice Sterling Grove: Search your library for an enchantment card and shuffle your library, then put that card on top of it.

Hope it helps.

[Thaye]

Sterling Grove was a good hint, thanks. And since the shrines aren't legal in standard, I guess I would play this deck in Legacy anyway. I'm just afraid it might sometimes and especially against fast decks take too long to get the shrines. Maybe Powerstone Minefield (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=23198) would be a good addition.

EDIT: Forget about Powerstone Minefields, it's too expensive to really be helping in early game anyway.

[jfff112]

throwing in some diabolic tutors couldnt hurt, to make sure you get your hondens, or any of your enchantment protection cards

[Thaye]

You're right. Though Idyllic Tutor and Sterling Grove enable me to get all enchantments I need, a little more never hurts. Besides, Mirror Gallery isn't an enchantment, so I really need Diabolic Tutor to get it when necessary. Thanks for your help.

I edit my first post whenever I update the deck list, as also mentioned there.

[mtglord]

you could use vampyric tutor.(look it up on the getherer)

[Brink of Chaos]

I would seriously consider Enduring Ideal again. It would be a great card for this deck, assuming you already have a mirror gallery in play. True it's expensive, but if the game drags on long enough, imagine being able to get out all your shrines and both your Paradox Haze. You have a VERY ench heavy deck there.

[Thaye]

Thanks for your reply.

@ mtglord: I unfortunately haven't got Vampiric Tutor, and it's just too expensive to buy....

Of course Enduring Ideal would be perfect for this deck. But as soon as I've got just one blue shrine among two or three other ones in play, I won't need it at all any more, because then I will draw damn lots of cards each turn. That means that I'll always be playing a land and soon be able to bring out 2 shrines per round and more. With Enduring Ideal, it would be one per round only.... ;)

If I'm unlucky and the game really lasts THAT long, I might draw myself to death with the blue shrines. But whenever I get this far in a game, I guess I would usually have won until then. :D

[Brink of Chaos]

To be honest, I forgot what the blue shrine did. Lol. What you said makes sense, ignore me.