Monastery Siege
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Commander 2017 #88 (rare)
- Price
- $0.67 USD
As this enchantment enters, choose Khans or Dragons.
• Khans — At the beginning of your draw step, draw an additional card, then discard a card.
• Dragons — Spells your opponents cast that target you or a permanent you control cost {2} more to cast.
Monastery Siege has 3 printings, first in Fate Reforged (2015). EDHREC ranks it #6,123 among Commander cards. It appears most in Grand Arbiter Augustin IV decks (1,347 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Monastery Siege
- Draconic Domination - Commander 2017, led by The Ur-Dragon
Commanders that run Monastery Siege most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Grand Arbiter Augustin IV: 1,347 decks
- Zur the Enchanter: 1,310 decks
- Sivitri, Dragon Master: 967 decks
- Captain Howler, Sea Scourge: 842 decks
- Minn, Wily Illusionist: 774 decks
- Runo Stromkirk // Krothuss, Lord of the Deep: 468 decks
- Alandra, Sky Dreamer: 263 decks
- Lavinia, Azorius Renegade: 209 decks
Often played with Monastery Siege
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The “Dragons” ability adds {2} per spell, not per target. It won’t cause a spell to cost more than {2} more to cast, even if that spell targets you and a permanent you control or more than one permanent you control.
- : The “Khans” ability happens after you draw the card you normally draw during your draw step. That card and the additional card will be in your hand when you have to discard a card.
- : The words “Khans” and “Dragons” are anchor words, connecting your choice to the appropriate ability. Anchor words are a new rules concept. “[Anchor word] — [Ability]” means “As long as you chose [anchor word] as this permanent entered the battlefield, this permanent has [ability].” Notably, the anchor word “Dragons” has no connection to the creature type Dragon.
- : Each of the last two abilities is linked to the first ability. They each refer only to the choice made as a result of the first ability. If a permanent enters the battlefield as a copy of one of the Sieges, its controller will make a new choice for that Siege. Which ability the copy has won’t depend on the choice made for the original permanent.
- : Each Siege will have one of the two listed abilities, depending on your choice as it enters the battlefield.