Grim Monolith
Urza's Legacy 126 • rare
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Collector number
- 126
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Chippy
- Market price
- $478.02
What it does
This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
tap: Add colorless mana colorless mana colorless mana.
4 generic mana: Untap this artifact.
Part prison, part home.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Released in February 1999 as part of the Urza's Legacy expansion, the Grim Monolith was designed by Wizards of the Coast to serve as a high-powered artifact within the Magic: The Gathering ecosystem. Its development followed the aggressive power-level trends of the late 90s, where artifacts were often created with low casting costs that offered significant resource acceleration at the expense of temporary or conditional utility.
The card was illustrated by Mike Raabe, whose work features the cold, imposing aesthetic characteristic of the Urza block. The design, which allows players to generate three mana for a cost of two, quickly earned a reputation for its efficiency in combo-centric decks. It was received by the player base as an essential engine piece, eventually becoming a staple in high-stakes formats due to its unique ability to fuel rapid, explosive turns.
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