Weldfast Monitor
Artifact Creature — Lizard
: This creature gains menace until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kaladesh Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #27657
Weldfast Monitor is a three-mana 3/3 that grants itself menace until end of turn whenever it becomes tapped — serviceable stats, relevant evasion, but nothing that demands a deck slot outside narrow synergy contexts. It's a role-player for decks that repeatedly tap their own creatures, and a bench card everywhere else.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Weldfast Monitor sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer — the power floor is too low to justify inclusion when those formats demand immediate board impact or redundancy at scale. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where a 3/3 with conditional menace is at least in the conversation for aggressive artifact or tap-synergy shells, though it still faces stiff competition at three mana. Commander is where Weldfast Monitor finds its most plausible home, specifically in decks built around untap loops or tap-to-trigger engines — think Inspired mechanics or Thoughtpicker Witch-style synergies — where the repeatable menace clause turns it into a reliable evasive attacker rather than a one-shot trick.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Weldfast Monitor isn't available in current market sources, which typically signals a bulk common or uncommon sitting well under $0.50. If you need it, your local game store's bulk bin is the first stop before paying shipping on a single copy.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.