Bontu's Monument
Bontu's Monument: Legendary Artifact, Foundations Commander. Black creature spells you cast cost 1 less to cast. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Legendary Artifact
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Foundations Commander (FDC)
- Released
- 2026-10-02
- Collector number
- 247
- Artist
- Jonas De Ro
- Commander rank
- 678 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Bontu's Monument
Bontu's Monument is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon colourless legendary artifact from Foundations Commander (FDC), released in October 2026. It is collector number 247 in that set, with art by Jonas De Ro. It costs {3} (three generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Amonkhet (2017) to Aetherdrift Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.96 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
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
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.96 (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 Bontu's Monument by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Bontu's Monument
Bontu's Monument has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Aetherdrift Commander (DRC) #124 | Uncommon | 2025 |
| Dominaria United Commander (DMC) #179 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #269 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| Amonkhet (AKH) #225 | Uncommon | 2017 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Bontu's Monument, newest first.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Similar cards
Other artifact cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Bontu's Monument is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.