Silumgar Monument
Artifact
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: This artifact becomes a 4/4 blue and black Dragon artifact creature with flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #19412
Silumgar Monument gives you a mana rock that doubles as a recursive threat — three mana to make blue-black, and six mana to animate it into a 4/4 flying, deathtouch Dragon when you need a body on board. The three-mana entry cost is the ceiling here: at that price point, it competes with strictly better rocks, so you run it because the Dragon mode earns its slot, not despite the cost.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sivitri, Dragon Master
Sivitri, Dragon Master tutors Dragons directly onto the battlefield, and Silumgar Monument's animated form is a Dragon — meaning it feeds Sivitri's typal synergies and can be fetched or buffed alongside the real threats in that 99.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Silumgar Monument is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees virtually no play outside Commander. In competitive non-rotating formats, three mana for a conditional mana rock is unplayable — Sol Ring and Arcane Signet don't exist there, but neither does a reason to pay this much for colorless ramp. Commander is the only context where the Monument earns consideration: the format's slower pace lets the animated Dragon mode matter, and Dragon-tribal shells — especially Dimir builds helmed by Sivitri, Dragon Master — extract real value from a rock that can crash in for four damage with deathtouch when the mana is already flowing.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Silumgar Monument sits firmly in bulk territory — this is a card you pick up as a throw-in, not a purchase you plan around. Bulk artifacts rarely appreciate unless a new Commander pushes their theme into the mainstream, so treat it as a low-cost role-player rather than a hold.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.