---
name: "Bontu's Monument"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "DRC"
set_name: "Aetherdrift Commander"
collector_number: "124"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jonas De Ro"
oracle_id: "940ba435-7abc-40f8-a5af-c1c653b3284e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bontus-monument-drc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Bontu's Monument
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Artifact

## Oracle Text
Black creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

> *「蓋世の英雄は偉業を目指さねばならぬ。現世での卓越は来世での卓越に通ず。」
――碑文*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kefnet's Monument](/printing/kefnets-monument-akr.md) — Legendary Artifact
2. [Throne of Bone](/printing/throne-of-bone-7ed.md) — Artifact
3. [Smolder Initiate](/printing/smolder-initiate-shm.md) — Creature — Elemental Shaman
4. [Heartless Summoning](/printing/heartless-summoning-isd.md) — Enchantment
5. [The Darkness Crystal](/printing/the-darkness-crystal-fin.md) — Legendary Artifact
6. [Andradite Leech](/printing/andradite-leech-inv.md) — Creature — Leech

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aetherdrift Commander (DRC) #124
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jonas De Ro
- **Total Printings:** 26 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`