Monastery Siege

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Monastery Siege: Enchantment, Commander 2017. As this enchantment enters, choose Khans or Dragons. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{U}
Mana value
3
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander 2017 (C17)
Released
2017-08-25
Collector number
88
Artist
Mark Winters
Commander rank
5,888 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Monastery Siege

Monastery Siege is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue enchantment from Commander 2017 (C17), a Commander product released in August 2017. It is collector number 88 in that set, with art by Mark Winters. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Fate Reforged (2015) to Commander 2017 (2017). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.71 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

As this enchantment enters, choose Khans or Dragons.

• Khans - At the beginning of your draw step, draw an additional card, then discard a card.

• Dragons - Spells your opponents cast that target you or a permanent you control cost {2} more to cast.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.71 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Monastery Siege by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Monastery Siege

Monastery Siege has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Fate Reforged (FRF) #43Rare2015
Fate Reforged (FRF) #43★Rare2015

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Monastery Siege, newest first.

  • The “Dragons” ability adds {2} per spell, not per target. It won’t cause a spell to cost more than {2} more to cast, even if that spell targets you and a permanent you control or more than one permanent you control.
  • The “Khans” ability happens after you draw the card you normally draw during your draw step. That card and the additional card will be in your hand when you have to discard a card.
  • The words “Khans” and “Dragons” are anchor words, connecting your choice to the appropriate ability. Anchor words are a new rules concept. “[Anchor word] - [Ability]” means “As long as you chose [anchor word] as this permanent entered the battlefield, this permanent has [ability].” Notably, the anchor word “Dragons” has no connection to the creature type Dragon.
  • Each of the last two abilities is linked to the first ability. They each refer only to the choice made as a result of the first ability. If a permanent enters the battlefield as a copy of one of the Sieges, its controller will make a new choice for that Siege. Which ability the copy has won’t depend on the choice made for the original permanent.
  • Each Siege will have one of the two listed abilities, depending on your choice as it enters the battlefield.

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