Pointed Discussion

davidhuman 2009-05-03

★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (2 votes)

not so bad an accelerator. there are better but this is manipulable through twiddle like effects. pretty fairly costed.

Le_Chat 2009-07-09

★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0) (4 votes)

Combos quite nicely with Power Artifact.

ClowWizardEriol 2009-10-27

★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0) (4 votes)

Thran Dynamo works better for 1 more casting cost

b00kworm 2009-11-25

★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0) (6 votes)

Infinite combo with Wake Thrasher

Eppek_the_Goblin 2010-01-12

★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (3 votes)

Basalt Monolith is a good mana accelerator. A turn 3 Monolith means you'll be able to play six or seven mana spells on the fourth turn. A fourth turn Lord of the Pit, Craw Wurm, or Island Fish Jasconius was nothing to sneeze at. The drawback was that it was only good once, and then you had to pay to untap it. This meant that if you wanted to play multiple big spells, you'd have to wait until every other turn to do so. This is very bad for tempo.

Lateralis0ne 2010-08-20

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)

Thran Dynamo has trouble with infinite combos.

boneclub 2010-09-08

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)

This, Dreamstone Hedron and Thran Dynamo are some of the best and cheapest EDH filler.

wxnbvq1 2010-09-19

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (2 votes)

Training grounds infinite combo.

Long_Con 2011-03-09

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)

I was told at a tournament 13 years ago that you can't use Basalt Monolith mana to untap Basalt Monolith. I see no such clarification here... was that ruling faked?

Boakes2047 2011-05-10

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

@ wxnbvq1 you have to turn this into a creature first

tavaritz 2011-06-10

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

There used to be a ruling that you cannot use the Basalt's mana to untap itself, but it was lifted. I suggest using Power Artifact or any of its ilk.