Monkey See, Monkey Do by Odd-Derg

Format: Commander

Commander: Kibo, Uktabi Prince

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Gruul stompy strategy commanded by Kibo, Uktabi Prince, focusing on Ape and Monkey tribal synergies, +1/+1 counters, and heavy artifact punishment. Kibo hands out Banana tokens to all players, enticing opponents to crack them for mana and life while simultaneously powering up your ape army with +1/+1 counters whenever any opposing artifact hits the graveyard. The deck accelerates through dense 1–2 mana ramp, establishing Kibo by Turn 3 and an active token engine by Turn 4. Mid-game turns deploy imposing threats such as Silverback Elder, Kogla, the Titan Ape, and Defiler of Vigor, which rapidly grow into lethal trampling attackers. Artifact hate pieces like Vandalblast, Manglehorn, and Gorilla Shaman double as one-sided board disruption and massive team buffs. While the deck lacks stack-based countermagic and nonland tutors, its sheer physical combat pressure, counter resilience via The Ozolith, and board protection spells create a robust clock that closes games around Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Benefactor's Draught
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Defiler of Vigor
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Duskshell Crawler
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fangren Marauder
  • 1 Ferocious Tigorilla
  • 1 Fomori Vault
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Goblin Welder
  • 1 Gorilla Berserkers
  • 1 Gorilla Shaman
  • 1 Grunn, the Lonely King
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kibo, Uktabi Prince
  • 1 Kird Ape
  • 1 Kird Chieftain
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kogla and Yidaro
  • 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liquimetal Coating
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Manglehorn
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Mycosynth Lattice
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Primitive Justice
  • 1 Quakebringer
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Rampaging Yao Guai
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Scrounging Bandar
  • 1 Season of Gathering
  • 1 Silkguard
  • 1 Silverback Elder
  • 1 Simian Simulacrum
  • 1 Simian Sling
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Summit Apes
  • 1 Sword of Truth and Justice
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Tempting Contract
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Throne of Geth
  • 1 Treetop Village
  • 1 Uktabi Orangutan
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Viridian Revel
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya Steelcrusher