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Basalt Monolith

First printed in Limited Edition Alpha (1993)

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  • Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #217, 2024
  • Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #274, 2023
  • 30th Anniversary Edition (30A) #227, 2022
  • 30th Anniversary Edition (30A) #524, 2022
  • Double Masters (2XM) #232, 2020
  • Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #173, 2018
  • Commander Anthology (CMA) #210, 2017
  • Legendary Cube Prize Pack (PZ1) #120, 2015 (digital)
  • Commander 2015 (C15) #244, 2015
  • Commander 2013 (C13) #237, 2013
  • Magic Online Promos (PRM) #43602, 2013 (digital)
  • Masters Edition IV (ME4) #182, 2011 (digital)
  • Summer Magic / Edgar (SUM) #235, 1994
  • Revised Edition (3ED) #235, 1994
  • Foreign Black Border (FBB) #235, 1994
  • Collectors' Edition (CED) #232, 1993
  • Intl. Collectors' Edition (CEI) #232, 1993
  • Unlimited Edition (2ED) #232, 1993
  • Limited Edition Beta (LEB) #232, 1993
  • Limited Edition Alpha (LEA) #231, 1993

Basalt Monolith

Artifact

This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
tap: Add ColorlessColorlessColorless.
3 generic: Untap this artifact.

Illustrated by
Jesper Myrfors

Legality

Legal in
Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
Not legal in
Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl

Ruling (1)
  • Basalt Monolith's last ability can untap it as often as you can pay for it. If you believe you've found a way to generate an unbounded amount of mana with it, you're probably right.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.13 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

Combos

301 combos, the most popular first:

See all 301 on Commander Spellbook

Commander In 79 of 719 decks (11.0%), most in Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

Staple: main deck, 11% of decks (#187) (last 120 days)

Share of decks
11.0%
▼ 1.0 vs previous 7 days
17 Aug: 10.3% 24 Aug: 11.7% 31 Aug: 10.5% 7 Sep: 11.4% 14 Sep: 12.5% 21 Sep: 10.3% 28 Sep: 10.2% 5 Oct: 11.6% 12 Oct: 12.6% 19 Oct: 12.0% 26 Oct: 11.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
79
79 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
51%
24 top 8, leagues excluded
Weekly data
Week fromShare of decks
10 Aug–
17 Aug10.3%
24 Aug11.7%
31 Aug10.5%
7 Sep11.4%
14 Sep12.5%
21 Sep10.3%
28 Sep10.2%
5 Oct11.6%
12 Oct12.6%
19 Oct12.0%
26 Oct11.0%

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy 6.4% 67%
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Thrasios, Triton Hero 5.3% 3%
Thrasios, Triton Hero + Tymna the Weaver 2.6% 16%
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand 2.1% 93%
Thrasios, Triton Hero + Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful 1.8% 15%
Zirda, the Dawnwaker 1.1% 100%
Kefka, Court Mage 0.7% 20%
Godo, Bandit Warlord 0.6% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Sol Ring100%1.0
Ancient Tomb99%1.2
Mana Vault96%1.2
Gemstone Caverns95%1.1
Chrome Mox94%1.1
Mox Diamond92%1.1
Lotus Petal92%1.1
Arcane Signet91%1.3
Mox Opal89%1.6
Grim Monolith81%2.8
Together
decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift
how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
Maharshi Dubasi in 1st annual 1stCKMA cEDH Tournament *100% PROXY FRIENDLY* *GAEA'S CRADLE*		 5-1
83%
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Thrasios, Triton Hero
Michael Uehara in Oahu Commander Invitational Qualifier Ser4S3W4		 4-1
80%
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand
Guillem Giralt in La CASTanyada cEDH | La Competència		 4-1
80%
Godo, Bandit Warlord
Nan pacardo in The Great Duals Showdown 5		 4-1
80%
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
Matthew Swaney [Monolith] in Sparky's Need for Cedh | Tropical Island		 3-2
60%
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
PEPINOT DESTROYER in La CASTanyada cEDH | La Competència		 3-2
60%
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
Mads Munk Rasmussen in Sharkcon 2		 2-3
40%
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
Ivailo Ivanov in Sharkcon 2		 2-3
40%

Leagues excluded: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Thrasios, Triton Hero
Michael Uehara, 		1 main #1
of 29
4-1
Kefka, Court Mage
Ethan, 		1 main #15
of 29
1-3
Shorikai, Genesis Engine
Julian C, 		1 main #17
of 29
1-1
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand
Kyle Platt, 		1 main #3
of 17
1-1
Zirda, the Dawnwaker
Kerry Hatton, 		1 main #6
of 17
1-1
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
Tayton, 		1 main #9
of 17
0-2
Godo, Bandit Warlord
Jordan "The Tangelo" Larson [C4], 		1 main #1
of 25
3-0
Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor
Travis Arnold, 		1 main #10
of 25
1-2

Legacy No decks in this period

No decks with this card in this period.

Vintage No decks in this period

No decks with this card in this period.

Duel Commander No decks in this period

No decks with this card in this period.