Go-Shintai of Hidden Cruelty wants a deck that is built around one creature type, like Elves or Dragons. It also works in a deck built around Shrines / Hondens.
Mana cost
Black ()
Power / toughness2 / 2
RarityUncommon
Deathtouch
At the beginning of your end step, you may pay . When you do, destroy target creature with toughness X or less, where X is the number of Shrines you control.
Picked for what they do in Go-Shintai of Hidden Cruelty's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Go-Shintai of Hidden Cruelty's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Open the full glossary
Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryBPlayers write colors as letters: B for black.Typal/KindredTypal decks are built around one creature type, like Elves, Dragons or Zombies, with cards that make that type stronger. The type is printed after the dash on the card's type line, and the strategy is also called kindred or tribal.Open the Typal/Kindred pageTypal PayoffRewards you for playing lots of one kind of creature. That includes "lords" that make every other Goblin or Merfolk you control bigger, and cards that ask you to choose a creature type and then pay you off for it. A creature type is the word on the middle line of the card, like Goblin, Elf or Zombie.Open the Typal Payoff pageShrines / HondensShrines are enchantments that each grow stronger for every Shrine you control, like the five Hondens from Kamigawa.Open the Shrines / Hondens page
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. When you do, destroy target creature with toughness X or less, where X is the number of Shrines you control.
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