Jade Monolith
Artifact
: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to target creature this turn, that source deals that damage to you instead.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Summer Magic / Edgar
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #16578
Jade Monolith lets you redirect combat damage aimed at your creatures onto yourself — a specific trick that's nearly useless in most decks but becomes a core engine in a handful of commanders that reward taking damage, most notably Darien, King of Kjeldor. The activation cost and the narrowness of the effect mean Jade Monolith earns a slot only when your commander explicitly cares about damage hitting your face; everywhere else, it's a three-mana do-nothing.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Darien, King of Kjeldor
Darien, King of Kjeldor creates a Soldier token for each damage you take, and Jade Monolith lets you funnel combat damage from any of your creatures straight to yourself — turning every blocked or unblocked attacker into a token factory on demand.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Jade Monolith is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a three-mana artifact with a one-mana redirect activation when those formats are over before the engine ever matters. Commander is the only format where Jade Monolith sees real play, and even there it's strictly a build-around piece — Horobi, Death's Wail decks can use the targeting activation to destroy their own creatures on cue, and Darien, King of Kjeldor decks use it as a damage engine. Outside those specific commanders, Jade Monolith does nothing a competitive or even casual Commander deck wants.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Horobi, Death's WailRevel in RichesJade Monolith
Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control; Destroy any number of creatures opponents control; Lock
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Current price
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.