---
name: "Darksteel Monolith"
mana_cost: "{8}"
cmc: 8
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Indestructible"]
set: "CMM"
set_name: "Commander Masters"
collector_number: "743"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Sergey Glushakov"
oracle_id: "fdd3482d-7bce-411b-80c4-956a12fc143d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/darksteel-monolith-cmm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Darksteel Monolith
- **Mana Cost:** `{8}` (CMC: 8)
- **Type:** Artifact
- **Keywords:** Indestructible

## Oracle Text
Indestructible
Once each turn, you may pay {0} rather than pay the mana cost for a colorless spell you cast from your hand.

> *Le cœur de Mirrodin bat avec le pétrole phyrexian.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Darksteel Ingot](/printing/darksteel-ingot-pio.md) — Artifact
2. [Darksteel Citadel](/printing/darksteel-citadel-plst.md) — Artifact Land
3. [Darksteel Relic](/printing/darksteel-relic-nph.md) — Artifact
4. [Darksteel Myr](/printing/darksteel-myr-som.md) — Artifact Creature — Myr
5. [Darksteel Forge](/printing/darksteel-forge-m14.md) — Artifact
6. [Grim Monolith](/printing/grim-monolith-wc00.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Masters (CMM) #743
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Sergey Glushakov
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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