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Bontu's Monument

4 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Bontu's Monument, Foundations Commander printing
Foundations Commander FDC · No. 247 2026-10-02

Card text

{3}
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.
"The worthy shall strive for greatness. Supremacy in life leads to supremacy in the afterlife." —Monument inscription
EDHREC rank #660 Uncommon Not on the Reserved List
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The 4 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

5 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

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.

2017-04-18 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2017-04-18 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2017-04-18 · Wizards of the Coast

Each Monument's triggered ability triggers as the creature spell is cast and resolves before that creature spell resolves. The ability will resolve even if that creature spell is countered.

2017-04-18 · Wizards of the Coast

A creature spell that's multiple colors is each of those colors. For example, Ahn-Crop Champion is a white creature and a green creature, so it can benefit from either Oketra's Monument or Rhonas's Monument—or both at once.

2017-04-18 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Bontu's Monument, Dominaria United Commander printing
Dominaria United Commander
DMC · #179
Uncommon
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