MONKEY by bherman13

Format: Commander

Commander: Kibo, Uktabi Prince

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul Ape and Monkey tribal midrange deck led by Kibo, Uktabi Prince. The strategy focuses on giving opponents Banana artifact tokens and using efficient artifact removal to trigger Kibo's ability, placing +1/+1 counters on all your Apes and Monkeys. Early ramp pieces like Nature's Lore and Farseek allow Kibo to enter on Turn 3 and immediately start distributing Bananas. Midgame turns leverage asymmetric board wipes like Vandalblast and Meltdown, repeatable removal from Gorilla Shaman and Kogla, the Titan Ape, and engines like Viridian Revel to generate card advantage while growing a formidable board. The deck closes games around Turn 8 through overwhelming combat damage, supported by trample from Garruk's Uprising and mass pump effects like Return of the Wildspeaker. Its primary vulnerabilities include creature board sweepers, combat-step exposure, and limited stack interaction against non-artifact combo strategies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Grudge
  • 1 Anzrag's Rampage
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodroot Apothecary
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chomping Changeling
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clockwork Percussionist
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Descendants' Path
  • 1 Elephant-Mandrill
  • 1 Escape to the Wilds
  • 1 Fangren Marauder
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Flopsie, Bumi's Buddy
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Gangly Stompling
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Gearbane Orangutan
  • 1 Gorilla Shaman
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hit-Monkey
  • 1 Hooting Mandrills
  • 1 Jaheira's Respite
  • 1 Karn, the Great Creator
  • 1 Kibo, Uktabi Prince
  • 1 Kindred Summons
  • 1 Kird Ape
  • 1 Kird Chieftain
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kogla and Yidaro
  • 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
  • 1 Liquimetal Coating
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Mana Reflection
  • 1 Meltdown
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Party Dude
  • 1 Patriar's Seal
  • 1 Quest for Renewal
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Red Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Scrounging Bandar
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Signature Slam
  • 1 Silverback Elder
  • 1 Silverback Shaman
  • 1 Simian Simulacrum
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectacular Showdown
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Towering Gibbon
  • 1 Tree Monkey
  • 1 Treetop Village
  • 1 Uktabi Orangutan
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Vengeful Tracker
  • 1 Viridian Revel
  • 1 Wily Bandar
  • 1 Zodiac Monkey