Ive even seen an Obeka, Splitter of Seconds deck that runs the shrines that trigger during your upkeep, but shrines feel like a secondary part of the upkeep trigger strategy rather than a focal point of the deck
Most Used Format Non-Meta Decks Public Decks 797 Tournament Decks 306 Top: TCG Total Copies 1,929 Avg Copies / Deck 2.42 Main Deck 96.4% 1,860 copies in 762 decks Extra Deck 0% 0 copies in 0 decks Side Deck 3.6% 69 copies in 41 decks Similar Cards Cards with related names, effects, or gameplay patterns
Lands (21) Spells (39) 3 Fireball 4 Lightning Bolt 3 Swords to Plowshares 1 Jester's Cap 4 Icy Manipulator 4 Howling Mine 3 Winter Orb 1 Ivory Tower 1 Balance 1 Earthquake 3 Fellwar Stone 1 Detonate 1 Black Vise 2 Shatter 2 Incinerate 1 Elkin Bottle 1 Feldon's Cane 2 Stormbind 1 Zuran Orb Sideboard Justices list was an early precursor to the prison archetype, built to slowly and methodically achieve a near complete mana-lock
Not only that, but Garsem is terrible outside of this context, and even Slash itself isnt a shining example of a board breaker
Its VSTAR Power lets it live up to the hype and be a powerful Pokemon
The same Charizard that was present in the Base set (which is PTCG's Alpha, to put it in Magic terms) in 1999 is still present in 2025 products