Ape Together Strong by SpockLogic

Format: Commander

Commander: Kibo, Uktabi Prince

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 23

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul tribal aggro strategy commanded by Kibo, Uktabi Prince. It combines Ape and Monkey tribal synergies with pervasive artifact destruction. The primary game plan revolves around casting Kibo on Turn 3 and generating Banana tokens for all players. As opponents sacrifice their Bananas for mana or life, or as the deck forcibly destroys opposing artifacts using cards like Gorilla Shaman, Uktabi Orangutan, and Decimate, Kibo places +1/+1 counters on your entire Ape and Monkey board. Over successive turns, this engine inflates low-cost creatures into formidable combat threats. Trample enablers like Garruk's Uprising and Kessig Wolf Run ensure that high-power creatures break through blockers to close the game around Turns 8 to 9. The deck excels at punishing artifact-heavy strategies but remains vulnerable to creature sweepers and spell-based combo decks due to limited stack interaction and protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Abundant Growth
  • 1 Ancient Grudge
  • 1 Apes of Rath
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armorcraft Judge
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Changeling Wayfinder
  • 1 Chomping Changeling
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clockwork Percussionist
  • 1 Colossal Majesty
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Elephant-Mandrill
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fangren Marauder
  • 1 Ferocious Tigorilla
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Flopsie, Bumi's Buddy
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Fungal Reaches
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Gearbane Orangutan
  • 1 Gorilla Shaman
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Guerrilla Gorilla
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Hooting Mandrills
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Invigorating Hot Spring
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kibo, Uktabi Prince
  • 1 Kird Ape
  • 1 Kird Chieftain
  • 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
  • 1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Monkey Cage
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Party Dude
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pendant of Prosperity
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Scrounging Bandar
  • 1 Sheltered Thicket
  • 1 Signature Slam
  • 1 Silverback Elder
  • 1 Silverback Shaman
  • 1 Simian Simulacrum
  • 1 Simian Sling
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Structural Assault
  • 1 Summit Apes
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Towering Gibbon
  • 1 Tree Monkey
  • 1 Treetop Village
  • 1 Uktabi Orangutan
  • 1 Viridian Revel
  • 1 Wily Bandar
  • 1 Wooded Ridgeline
  • 1 Woodwork Prodigy // Soul Tether
  • 1 Yavimaya Steelcrusher
  • 1 Zodiac Monkey