Sinister Monolith
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
At the beginning of combat on your turn, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
T, Pay 2 life, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards. Activate only as a sorcery.
Rulings
One official ruling, as Wizards published it.
- 2024-07-26
The beginning of combat step happens every turn, even if there are no creatures on the battlefield that could attack.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Sinister Monolith, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glarb, Calamity's Augur | 1 | 0 | — |
| Olinda the Oblivious | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Black 1 deck
- Sultai 1 deck
Every version of Sinister Monolith
1 printing, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.

- Normal
- $0.27
- Foil
- $0.33
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Sinister Monolith. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.