Grim Monolith: Is it worth it?
Commander Deck Help forum
Posted on Aug. 14, 2017, 9:15 p.m. by Wurmlover
I'm looking to finish my brago stax list, and I was looking at how to make it cheaper. My first idea is Grim Monolith for a few reasons
its $50
It doesn't do a lot for what it is
I don't run Power Artifact
I don't run Rings of Brighthearth.
Its FIFTY DOLLARS
I would love to hear what everyone thinks in terms of replacements/ideas!
the deck:
Stalin, King Eternal
Commander / EDH*
SCORE: 2 | 14 COMMENTS | 968 VIEWS
Raging_Squiggle says... #3
If you don't care about gold-bordered cards, there's a gold-border Grim Monolith for about $3.
I use it, since I don't play tournaments and no one cares since it's not a proxy, it's a real card printed by Wizards. Plus it's budget friendly.
August 14, 2017 10:19 p.m.
Raging_Squiggle where would I find this gold bordered card? also, what is a gold-bordered card?
August 14, 2017 10:21 p.m.
RazortoothMtg says... #5
The world championships decks i think have gold-bordered cards. Basically they printed whatever deck won the pro tour in a non-tournament legal gold border so you could play pro-level decks with your friends for cheap. Kinda a cool idea.
You can find it here for SCG or here for cardkingdom. Unfortunately tcgplayer doesn't carry them. The cardkingdom one is a dollar less than the scg one.
abby315 says... #2
Well, in a strict sense it's worth it because it's RL, so if you ever want to play it in a deck you should pick it up now rather than later. (The foil price just super spiked, so...)
But otherwise, if you're not playing Rings, you can just replace it with a random mana artifact. Or you can run something like Lavinia of the Tenth, which is can be a soft lock on the table.
August 14, 2017 9:36 p.m.