Bontu's Monument
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This printing
SetAKR
Collector #269
Released2020-08-13
Rarityuncommon
ArtistJonas De Ro
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Bontu's Monument

UncommonMV 3
Legendary Artifact
Black creature spells you cast cost less to cast.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
3 other English printingsEarliest 2017-04-28Newest 2025-02-14Cheapest priced $3.82 in DRC
Rulings (5)
wotc18 Apr 2017
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.
wotc18 Apr 2017
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.
wotc18 Apr 2017
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.
wotc18 Apr 2017
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.
wotc18 Apr 2017
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.