Monument to Endurance
Artifact
Whenever you discard a card, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn —
• Draw a card.
• Create a Treasure token.
• Each opponent loses 3 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $16.33
- EDHREC rank
- #1169
Monument to Endurance turns discarded and milled cards into a library-refill engine, letting graveyard-heavy decks cycle through threats without ever running out of gas. Lorehold, the Historian runs it in nearly three-quarters of its builds, and that adoption rate alone tells you where the card belongs.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Lorehold, the Historian
Lorehold, the Historian's ability to exile cards from graveyards for value maps directly onto Monument to Endurance's exile-to-draw mechanism — the Monument converts what Lorehold would spend anyway into fresh cards, closing the loop on the whole engine.
Captain Howler, Sea Scourge
Captain Howler, Sea Scourge generates consistent discard and self-mill, and Monument to Endurance turns that pile of exiled fodder into a replenished hand rather than a dead zone.
Mog, Moogle Warrior
Mog, Moogle Warrior cares about cards leaving the graveyard, and Monument to Endurance is a repeatable source of exactly that trigger while also restocking the hand mid-game.
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer casts cards from the graveyard, meaning Monument to Endurance works as a safety valve — exiling what Oskar can't cast to generate draws instead of letting the pile go to waste.
Gavi, Nest Warden
Gavi, Nest Warden's cycling theme floods the graveyard fast, and Monument to Endurance gives those cycled-away cards a second purpose by converting the exile into late-game draw when the yard gets deep.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Monument to Endurance earns its keep — the longer game means the exiling-for-draws loop triggers repeatedly, and decks built around the graveyard run it as a combo-adjacent engine rather than a support piece. In non-rotating formats like Legacy and Modern it's technically legal but sees virtually no play, where graveyard decks demand speed and Monument to Endurance's investment cost is too slow to matter. Pioneer and Standard offer the most plausible non-Commander homes in self-mill or cycling shells, though the card hasn't broken into those formats either. If you're playing it, you're playing it in Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Elixir of Immortality covers the shuffle-your-graveyard-back-in angle for under a dollar and gains life, but it doesn't generate draws — it's pure insurance, not an engine. If the draw-from-exile loop is what you're after, Monument to Endurance doesn't have a clean budget replacement; the closest analogues either lack the repeatable activation or require a different deck architecture entirely.
Price Context
Current price
$16.33 mid tier
At $16.33, Monument to Endurance sits in mid-tier artifact territory — meaningful enough that it's not an impulse buy, but not so expensive that it demands budget consideration in a powered shell. Given its near-74% inclusion rate in Lorehold, the Historian decks and strong adoption across multiple commanders, the price reflects real demand rather than hype.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Lorehold, the Historian
- Captain Howler, Sea Scourge
- Mog, Moogle Warrior
- Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer
- Gavi, Nest Warden
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.