Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars

Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars

Legendary Enchantment Creature — Shrine

Mana cost: {2}{R}

How we read this card

First strike
At the beginning of your end step, you may pay {1}.

triggered —

When you do, Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars deals X damage to target player or planeswalker, where X is the number of Shrines you control.

triggered — deals damage

What we read on this card

Causes: anything deals noncombat damage, a planeswalker deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: an end step, a Shrine you control.

Works well with

a Shrine enters the battlefield — 4 cards in Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars's colors can cause this (Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars is one).

  1. Crescent Island Temple — When Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars enters, Crescent Island Temple makes a token

anything deals noncombat damage — 1,797 cards in Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars's colors can cause this (Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars is one).

When Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  3. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  4. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  5. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  6. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  8. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

27 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is lost — 1,257 cards in Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars's colors can cause this (Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars is one).

When Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars makes a player lose life:

  1. Howlsquad Heavy — raises your speed
  2. Walking Sarcophagus — raises your speed
  3. Starting Column — raises your speed
  4. Racers' Scoreboard — raises your speed
  5. Outpace Oblivion — raises your speed
  6. Kickoff Celebrations — raises your speed
  7. Goblin Surveyor — raises your speed
  8. Mindcrank — mills a card
  9. Burnout Bashtronaut — raises your speed
  10. Lich's Tomb — sacrifices a permanent

6 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an enchantment is cast — 574 cards in Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars's colors can cause this (Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars is one).

  1. Defiler of Instinct — When Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars is cast, Defiler of Instinct deals 1 damage

77 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 574 cards in Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars's colors can cause this (Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars is one).

When Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars enters:

  1. Forgeborn Oreads — deals 1 damage
  2. Infernal Phantom — gets +2/+0
  3. Confusion in the Ranks — triggers
  4. Cloudstone Curio — triggers

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 3,451 cards in Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars's colors can cause this (Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars is one).

When Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Staff of Titania — makes a token
  3. Inquisitorial Rosette — makes a token
  4. Andúril, Flame of the West — makes 2 tokens
  5. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  6. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  7. Total War — kills a creature
  8. The Spear of Leonidas — triggers
  9. Norin the Wary — flickers itself
  10. Throwing Knife — sacrifices itself

58 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature blocks — 3,451 cards in Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars's colors can cause this (Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars is one).

When Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars blocks:

  1. Barrow-Blade — strips abilities
  2. Heat of Battle — deals 1 damage
  3. Battle Strain — deals 1 damage
  4. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  5. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 3,451 cards in Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars's colors can cause this (Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars is one).

When Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars attacks:

  1. ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Misty Mountains Raider — puts 2 counters on a Goblin or Army
  3. Razorkin Hordecaller — makes a token
  4. War Effort — makes a token
  5. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — triggers
  6. Gut, True Soul Zealot — sacrifices a creature or artifact
  7. Cool but Rude — draws and discards
  8. Swashbuckler Extraordinaire — sacrifices a Treasure
  9. Puppet Master, String Puller — triggers
  10. Phyrexian Ironworks — puts a counter on a permanent you control

21 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 3,468 cards in Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars's colors can cause this (Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars is one).

When Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars is cast:

  1. Summon: Brynhildr — grants haste
  2. Oketra's Monument — makes a token
  3. Bontu's Monument — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Vanquisher's Banner — draws you 1 card
  5. Rhonas's Monument — gives +2/+2
  6. Hazoret's Monument — draws and discards
  7. Kefnet's Monument — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 3,801 cards in Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars's colors can cause this (Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars is one).

When Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Gimli of the Glittering Caves — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  4. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

70 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.