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Basalt Monolith
Oracle Text
This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
{T}: Add {C}{C}{C}.
{3}: Untap this artifact.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Basalt Monolith is one of those artifacts that looks simple but quietly powers some of Magic’s most explosive plans: it taps for {C}{C}{C}, then asks you to invest {3} to wake it back up. In practice, that makes it best in combo and ramp shells, especially decks that care about generating and recycling large bursts of colorless mana. The card is famously strong with mana reducers or untap synergies such as Rings of Brighthearth, which can create extra activations and lead to infinite or near-infinite mana lines, and it also pairs well with effects that untap artifacts repeatedly. Even without combo pieces, it supports control decks that want to jump from three to six mana quickly for sweepers, planeswalkers, or big finishers. The 30th Anniversary Edition frame fits its ancient, monolithic feel: a cold, imposing relic that doesn’t look like much until it starts converting time into power.
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Character Background
Basalt Monolith is one of those artifacts that looks simple but quietly powers some of Magic’s most explosive plans: it taps for {C}{C}{C}, then asks you to invest {3} to wake it back up. In practice, that makes it best in combo and ramp shells, especially decks that care about generating and recycling large bursts of colorless mana. The card is famously strong with mana reducers or untap synergies such as Rings of Brighthearth, which can create extra activations and lead to infinite or near-infinite mana lines, and it also pairs well with effects that untap artifacts repeatedly. Even without combo pieces, it supports control decks that want to jump from three to six mana quickly for sweepers, planeswalkers, or big finishers. The 30th Anniversary Edition frame fits its ancient, monolithic feel: a cold, imposing relic that doesn’t look like much until it starts converting time into power.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-21 17:20:45 UTC