Basalt Monolith
Basalt Monolith: Artifact, Double Masters. This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step. Tap: Add Colorless Colorless Colorless. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Artifact
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Double Masters (2XM)
- Released
- 2020-08-07
- Collector number
- 232
- Artist
- Yeong-Hao Han
- Commander rank
- 563 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Build around this card with Grover
About Basalt Monolith
Basalt Monolith is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon colourless artifact from Double Masters (2XM), a Masters set released in August 2020. It is collector number 232 in that set, with art by Yeong-Hao Han. It costs {3} (three generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 19 sets, from Limited Edition Alpha (1993) to Mystery Booster 2 (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $4.71 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
{T}: Add {C}{C}{C}.
{3}: Untap this artifact.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $4.71 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Basalt Monolith by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Basalt Monolith
Basalt Monolith has been printed in 19 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #217 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #274 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| 30th Anniversary Edition (30A) #227 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| 30th Anniversary Edition (30A) #524 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #173 | Uncommon | 2018 |
| Commander Anthology (CMA) #210 | Uncommon | 2017 |
| Legendary Cube Prize Pack (PZ1) #120 | Uncommon | 2015 |
| Commander 2015 (C15) #244 | Uncommon | 2015 |
| Commander 2013 (C13) #237 | Uncommon | 2013 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #43602 | Uncommon | 2013 |
| Masters Edition IV (ME4) #182 | Uncommon | 2011 |
| Summer Magic / Edgar (SUM) #235 | Uncommon | 1994 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Basalt Monolith.
- 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.
Similar cards
Other artifact cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Basalt Monolith is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.