MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #269

Bontu's Monument

DIGITAL ONLY

akr·#269·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Jonas De Ro

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Aug '20

6 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #657 · Common include

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Legendary Artifact

Black creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever you cast a creature spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 5

2017-04-18wotc

Each Monument has one ability that reduces the cost of creature spells of a certain color, and a triggered ability that triggers whenever you cast any creature spell—not just a creature spell of that color.

2017-04-18wotc

In a Two-Headed Giant game, the triggered ability of Bontu's Monument causes the opposing team to lose 2 life and you gain 1 life.

2017-04-18wotc

To determine the total cost of a creature spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the creature remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from AKR — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #269 of *Amonkhet Remastered*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2020 Amonkhet Remastered release.

Card type: Legendary Artifact, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {3} (3 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #657 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Jonas De Ro. Rarix catalogs 775 other cards credited to this artist.