Sanctum of Calm Waters
Sanctum of Calm Waters: Legendary Enchantment - Shrine, Core Set 2021. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Enchantment - Shrine
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2021 (M21)
- Released
- 2020-07-03
- Collector number
- 68
- Artist
- Johannes Voss
- Commander rank
- 5,184 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Sanctum of Calm Waters
Sanctum of Calm Waters is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue legendary enchantment from Core Set 2021 (M21), a core set released in July 2020. It is collector number 68 in that set, with art by Johannes Voss. It costs {3}{U} (three generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. Core Set 2021 is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.33 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
At the beginning of your first main phase, you may draw X cards, where X is the number of Shrines you control. If you do, discard a card.
Truth lurks in the depths, Invisible from the shore. Knowledge inundates.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.33 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Sanctum of Calm Waters by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Sanctum of Calm Waters, newest first.
- If Sanctum of Calm Waters leaves the battlefield while its ability is on the stack, you may control no Shrines as the ability resolves. If so, you may choose to draw zero cards and discard one, or you may choose not to draw zero cards and not discard a card.
- Each Shrine has an ability that counts the number of Shrines you control. These abilities include the Shrine they're printed on.
- Shrines count only enchantments with the subtype Shrine. Other cards with “shrine” in their name (such as Jungle Shrine, Luxa River Shrine, and Nantuko Shrine) don't count.
- You draw X cards and discard a card all while the triggered ability is resolving. Nothing can happen between the two, and no player may choose to take actions.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.