Sanctum of Shattered Heights

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Sanctum of Shattered Heights: Legendary Enchantment - Shrine, Core Set 2021. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{R}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Enchantment - Shrine
Colour identity
Red (R)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Core Set 2021 (M21)
Released
2020-07-03
Collector number
157
Artist
Johannes Voss
Commander rank
6,505 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Sanctum of Shattered Heights

Sanctum of Shattered Heights is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red legendary enchantment from Core Set 2021 (M21), a core set released in July 2020. It is collector number 157 in that set, with art by Johannes Voss. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is red. 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

{1}, Discard a land card or Shrine card: Sanctum of Shattered Heights deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker, where X is the number of Shrines you control.

Rage smolders within, An all-consuming wildfire Burning fear to ash

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 Shattered Heights by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Sanctum of Shattered Heights, newest first.

  • 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.

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