Big Boy Monkey

Format: Commander

Commander: Kibo, Uktabi Prince

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This Gruul deck is led by Kibo, Uktabi Prince and executes a synergistic artifact-punishing beatdown strategy. It weaponizes the symmetrical gift of Banana tokens by systematically destroying opposing artifacts, converting opposing resources into overwhelming +1/+1 counters across an army of Apes and Monkeys. Dense early land ramp guarantees an early commander arrival on Turn 3. By Turn 4 and 5, the deck deploys asymmetric lock pieces like Collector Ouphe and Titania's Song alongside devastating sweepers such as Vandalblast, Meltdown, and Creeping Corrosion. As opponents lose their mana rocks and utility artifacts, Kibo and fellow primates rapidly grow into double-digit power threats. The deck closes the game around Turn 7 via trample enablers like Overwhelming Stampede and End-Raze Forerunners. While heavily reliant on combat damage and natural card draws, its extreme anti-artifact pressure cripples traditional artifact-heavy pods.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bane of Progress
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodline Pretender
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Brotherhood's End
  • 1 By Force
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Changeling Titan
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Collector Ouphe
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Creeping Corrosion
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 End-Raze Forerunners
  • 1 Fangren Marauder
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Goblin Ruinblaster
  • 1 Gorilla Chieftain
  • 1 Gorilla Shaman
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hooting Mandrills
  • 1 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kibo, Uktabi Prince
  • 1 Kird Ape
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liquimetal Coating
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Manglehorn
  • 1 Masked Vandal
  • 1 Meltdown
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Patriar's Seal
  • 1 Ravenous Baboons
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sardian Avenger
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scrounging Bandar
  • 1 Shatterstorm
  • 1 Silverback Elder
  • 1 Silverback Shaman
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Sting, the Glinting Dagger
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Tempting Contract
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Titania's Song
  • 1 Uktabi Orangutan
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Viridian Revel
  • 1 Viridian Shaman
  • 1 Yavimaya Steelcrusher
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth