Monk Gyatso by Konvikt

Format: Commander

Commander: Monk Gyatso

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-white combo engine commander deck centered on Monk Gyatso. The primary game plan utilizes free targeting abilities from en-Kor creatures or Equipment like Shuko to trigger Gyatso's airbend ability on your own creatures. By pairing this interaction with cost-reducing permanents like Semblance Anvil, Cloud Key, or Oketra's Monument, airbent creatures can be recast from exile for zero mana. Looping enter-the-battlefield creatures allows you to draw your entire library, gain arbitrarily large life totals, venture through dungeons infinitely with Nadaar, Selfless Paladin, or mill all opponents with Altar of the Brood. The deck supports this fast combo strategy with dedicated white tutors, efficient spot removal, and robust turn-shielding protection like Grand Abolisher and Ranger-Captain of Eos to ensure safe execution on Turn 4 or 5.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aang, the Last Airbender
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Altar of the Brood
  • 1 Anticausal Vestige
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Avatar's Wrath
  • 1 Aven Interrupter
  • 1 Beza, the Bounding Spring
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Circuit Mender
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Daring Archaeologist
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Delivery Moogle
  • 1 Emeritus of Truce // Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Endless Sands
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Forbidding Watchtower
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Helpful Hunter
  • 1 Kindly Customer
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mantle of the Ancients
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Monk Gyatso
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nadaar, Selfless Paladin
  • 1 Nomads en-Kor
  • 1 Oblivion Sower
  • 1 Oketra's Monument
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Salt Road Packbeast
  • 1 Search for Glory
  • 1 Semblance Anvil
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shaman en-Kor
  • 1 Shuko
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 29 Snow-Covered Plains
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Starfield Shepherd
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Tax Collector
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Ticket Tortoise
  • 1 Triskelion
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Wall of Omens
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Warrior en-Kor
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow