Darksteel Monolith
Artifact
Mana cost: {8}
How we read this card
Indestructible
Once each turn, you may pay {0} rather than pay the mana cost for a colorless spell you cast from your hand.
Causes: nothing.
Cares about: nothing.
Works well with
an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Darksteel Monolith is one).
When Darksteel Monolith is cast:
- Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
- Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
- Ravenous Robots — makes a token
- Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
- Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
- Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
- Digsite Engineer — makes a token
- Myrsmith — makes a token
- Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
- Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control
271 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 3,768 cards in the game can cause this (Darksteel Monolith is one).
When Darksteel Monolith enters:
- Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
- The Prydwen, Steel Flagship — makes a token
- Conquest Mission — puts a quest counter on itself
- Surge Conductor — proliferates
- Replication Specialist — makes a token
- Weapons Manufacturing — makes a token
- Mirrorworks — makes a token
an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Darksteel Monolith is one).
When Darksteel Monolith enters:
- Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
- Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
- Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils
- Sludge Strider — makes a player lose 1 life
- Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Mechan Assembler — makes a token
- Glassdust Hulk — gets +1/+1
- Rook Turret — draws you 1 card
- Hedron Detonator — deals 1 damage
- Pactdoll Terror — makes each opponent lose 1 life
55 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Darksteel Monolith is one).
When Darksteel Monolith enters:
- HYDRA Assault Robot — deals 1 damage
- Era of Innovation — puts a counter on a permanent you control
38 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Darksteel Monolith is one).
When Darksteel Monolith is cast:
- Sokka, Bold Boomeranger — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Saheeli, Radiant Creator — puts a counter on a permanent you control
10 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.