Monsoon
Enchantment
At the beginning of each player's end step, tap all untapped Islands that player controls and this enchantment deals X damage to the player, where X is the number of Islands tapped this way.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.93
- EDHREC rank
- #26137
Monsoon punishes blue players at end of turn by dealing damage equal to their untapped Islands — a repeating, passive tax that compounds every turn cycle. The payoff is real against Island-heavy tables, but at three mana for a do-nothing enchantment with no immediate effect, it earns a slot only in dedicated anti-blue builds.
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 |
Monsoon is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its home is Commander — the only format where blue is omnipresent enough at the same table to guarantee the damage trigger matters. In Legacy and Vintage, faster clocks and more flexible removal mean Monsoon sits on the battlefield doing nothing while opponents win through it; the formats move too quickly for a passive enchantment to matter. In Commander, it shines specifically in stax and group-slug strategies where repeated small damage sources stack into a win condition, and where games run long enough for Monsoon to fire three or four times before anyone scoops.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.93 bulk tier
At $0.93, Monsoon sits at the bottom of the bulk tier — low enough that picking one up is a no-brainer if the effect fits the deck. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to climb without a reprint or a new commander pushing dedicated anti-blue strategies into the spotlight.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.