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Basalt Monolith

Magic: The GatheringTales of Middle-earth Commander#274

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Tales of Middle-earth CommanderLTC · #274

Card type: Artifact
Rarity: Uncommon
Indicative price: 3.76 € · 5.29 $
Mana value: 3
Colour: Colourless

Card text

This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step. : Add . : Untap this artifact.

Format legality

CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
LegacyLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PredhLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator: Pablo Mendoza
Card language: English
Release date: 2023-06-23

Flavour text

"When it turns round the black rock, you'll see it. Suddenly you'll see it above you, and you'll want to hide." —Gollum

Rulings

2020-08-07

Basalt Monolith's last ability can untap it as often as you can pay for it. If you believe you've found a way to generate an unbounded amount of mana with it, you're probably right.