Many monks by MrDuckduck

Format: Commander

Creator: MrDuckduck

Commander: The Archimandrite

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a Jeskai typal-lifegain aggressive midrange deck commanded by The Archimandrite. It leverages the synergy between Advisors, Artificers, and Monks, turning incidental and dedicated lifegain spells into massive, explosive power buffs. The early game focuses on ramping through 2-mana artifacts and curving out synergistic creatures like Monastery Swiftspear, Cori Mountain Stalwart, and token engines like Aligned Heart. Once The Archimandrite hits the battlefield, the deck draws extra cards by tapping excess typal bodies and capitalizes on hand size to trigger upkeep lifegain. The win condition is combat-focused: resolving sudden lifegain bursts via Union of the Third Path, Sanguine Sacrament, or True Conviction pumps the entire team into lethal attackers, supported by evasion and double strike effects like Flying Crane Technique and Bayek of Siwa.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Gale
  • 1 Ajani, Strength of the Pride
  • 1 Aligned Heart
  • 1 Arbaaz Mir
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Bayek of Siwa
  • 1 Blighted Steppe
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chase Inspiration
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloak of Mists
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Congregate
  • 1 Cori Mountain Stalwart
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crash Through
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Divination
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drumbellower
  • 1 Elsha of the Infinite
  • 1 Elsha, Threefold Master
  • 1 Filter Out
  • 1 Firebending Student
  • 1 Flying Crane Technique
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hard-Won Jitte
  • 1 Inspired Ultimatum
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Ivory Tower
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jaya, Fiery Negotiator
  • 1 Jeskai Ascendancy
  • 1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
  • 1 Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold
  • 1 Lightning Helix
  • 1 Memory Lapse
  • 1 Meticulous Artisan
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Monastery Swiftspear
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Narset of the Ancient Way
  • 1 Narset, Enlightened Exile
  • 1 Overpowering Attack
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Ride Down
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sage of the Inward Eye
  • 1 Sanguine Sacrament
  • 1 Schema Thief
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 The Archimandrite
  • 1 The Seriema
  • 1 The Ten Rings
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 True Conviction
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Union of the Third Path
  • 1 Venser's Journal
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Whirlwind of Thought