Darksteel Monolith
Darksteel Monolith: Artifact, Commander Masters. Indestructible. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {8}
- Mana value
- 8
- Type
- Artifact
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander Masters (CMM)
- Released
- 2023-08-04
- Collector number
- 743
- Artist
- Sergey Glushakov
- Commander rank
- 2,382 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Indestructible
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About Darksteel Monolith
Darksteel Monolith is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 743 in that set, with art by Sergey Glushakov. It costs {8} (eight generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 8. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $25.50 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Indestructible
Once each turn, you may pay {0} rather than pay the mana cost for a colorless spell you cast from your hand.
Mirrodin's heart beats with Phyrexian oil.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $25.50 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Darksteel Monolith by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Darksteel Monolith
Darksteel Monolith has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #102 | Rare | 2026 |
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #223 | Rare | 2026 |
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #344 | Rare | 2026 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #778 | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Darksteel Monolith, newest first.
- If you cast a card for an alternative cost of {0}, you can't pay any other alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs like kicker. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
- You must still follow any relevant timing rules for the colorless spell you cast from your hand.
Similar cards
Other artifact cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Darksteel Monolith is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.