I run this in a deck where at least 1/3 of the cards are enchantments with Sigil of the Empty Throne, Walking Archive, Celestial Ancient (which buffs the archive so I draw insane amounts of cards and buffs the angels, but I have to run an enchantment that only lets your opponent cast one card each term, I can't recall the name) and Mesa Enchantress. And but some Golden Wish's in the deck and I can pull any card I need to stop any opponent. Don't forget to add 4 Emeria, the Sky Ruin as well. When you are drawing so many cards you tend to draw games out and play a lot of lands.
Posted By:
blazestudios23
(11/19/2012 12:43:31 PM)
I feel sorry for Serra's Sanctum, living in the shadow of Gaea's Cradle and Tolarian Academy. It's still a fine card, even if it's not as ridiculously powerful as its siblings.
Posted By:
stygimoloch
(12/1/2008 3:24:22 PM)
Am I the only one who thinks that WotC should have changed what to count between this and Gaea's Cradle?
Think about it. Green enchanterss decks would love to get muchos mana per enchantments and white weenie would do the same with creatures.
Posted By:
tavaritz
(8/21/2011 11:02:33 AM)
Wow! A card that rewards me for playing all those Oblivion Rings! It's not as useful as the other lands in the set, like Tolarian Academy, because it takes awhile to play a bunch of enchantments. They are also plenty of 0-drop creatures and artifacts so the other lands benefit much more much faster, and enchantments are generally more limited. Still, anything that helps get those big-drop-spells out faster helps.
4/5
Posted By:
CorkBulb
(9/7/2012 1:26:14 PM)
Pffft. Tolarian with no Artifacts or a Shatterstorm casted isn't even worth an Island. Cradle after Wrath? Not even a Forest. who plays with Tranquility anymore though? Enchantress decks make this work better than Tolarian.
Posted By:
SlackWareWolf
(7/11/2009 12:16:33 AM)
@Kirbster: They did finish the cycle. Phyrexian Tower and Shivan Gorge are both rare, Legendary Lands in Urza's Saga, and those 5 lands are the only Legendary Lands in that set. Just because they don't read "{T} add X to your mana pool for each __________" doesn't mean they're not part of the cycle.
I don't even care about the power level of this card, I love the art. It's going in my Rafiq of the Many Commander deck only because it fits the Enchantment theme the deck has, not because of how powerful it is. Hopefully I don't get hated out too much for that building decision; the card was too expensive to have bought to not be able to play it.
Posted By:
sarroth
(6/8/2011 7:37:02 PM)
The Art Is Beautiful Totally Unique And Arcane Sanctum Looks Much Like This Which Is Also Very Stunning
Posted By:
MasterOfEtherium
(8/4/2009 12:26:57 AM)
I wish Tolarian Academy had art as good as cradle or this.
Posted By:
TheAj
(12/1/2012 10:38:57 AM)
The lest broken of the cycle, but very effective mana producer if you have many enchantments of course.
Enchantress deck like this a lot.
Posted By:
Anzu-chan
(11/23/2012 7:05:12 PM)
Oh how I wish this was better than Gaea's Cradle! :/
Not even Kaalia Decks will change this card's ranking in relation to the other two very much, sadly, but it's still pretty cool. for what it does. :)
EDIT: I have a theory for how to play this and actually feel very casual and 'legitimate' ^_^ !!!
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Serra's Sanctum
1x Gaea's Cradle
2x Shivan Oasis
2x Urborg Volcano
1x Yavimaya Coast
1x Adarkar Wastes
1x Caves of Koilos
1x Llanowar Wastes
1x Karplusan Forest
1x Shivan Reef
3x Terramorphic Expanse
2x Forest
2x Mountain
2x Plains
2x Island
2x Swamp
1x Gerrard Capashen
1x Karn, Silver Golem
... (see all)
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(4/3/2013 2:09:48 PM)