Utrom Monitor
Artifact Creature — Utrom Scientist
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs 
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal
- Price
- $7.21
- EDHREC rank
- #27479
Utrom Monitor puts a 4/4 vigilance body on the board while drawing you a card — two meaningful effects stapled together at four mana. It's a solid value piece in any deck that wants incremental advantage without sacrificing board presence.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Utrom Monitor earns its slot in any deck that wants to refuel without skipping a blocker — vigilance means the 4/4 attacks and still holds down the fort. Pauper is where it gets genuinely interesting: at common, a four-mana 4/4 that draws a card is well above rate for the format, and any midrange or tempo shell should consider it. Legacy and Vintage are too fast for a four-mana sorcery-speed play to matter competitively, but it's technically legal. Oathbreaker follows Commander logic — fine if you're playing a grindy value gameplan.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Phyrexian Rager and Divination cover the "draw on entry" angle for less mana but surrender the 4/4 body entirely, so you're trading board impact for speed. If the vigilance creature matters more than the card, Inspiring Overseer hits for three mana at common and replaces itself, though the body is smaller — Utrom Monitor is the right call when you need both effects at meaningful size.
Price Context
Current price
$7.21 mid tier
At $7.21, Utrom Monitor sits in the mid tier — noticeable for a single common-style value piece but not unreasonable if the effect fits your deck's gameplan. That price is almost certainly a novelty premium tied to the TMNT crossover, so expect it to soften over time as supply normalizes.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.