Why not Pacifist? Monk Gyatso by FatedHour2710

Format: Commander

Commander: Monk Gyatso

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This mono-white combo deck leverages Monk Gyatso's airbending ability to convert 0-mana targeting activations into infinite enters-the-battlefield and cast loops. By pairing free targeting permanents like Nomads en-Kor or Shuko with cost reducers such as Semblance Anvil, the deck reduces the cost to recast airbent creatures from exile down to zero mana. Once this loop is established, ETB cantrip creatures draw the entire library, allowing the deck to deploy lethal outlets like Altar of the Brood, Watcher of the Wayside, or Cloister Gargoyle to eliminate all three opponents on the spot. The deck features a robust tutor package for low-cost creatures and artifacts, backed by an efficient suite of 1-mana protection spells and flicker effects to shield Monk Gyatso during combo turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of the Brood
  • 1 Avatar's Wrath
  • 1 Cloister Gargoyle
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Comeuppance
  • 1 Dazzling Theater // Prop Room
  • 1 Delivery Moogle
  • 1 Endless Sands
  • 1 Flicker of Fate
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 1 Forbidding Spirit
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Gods Willing
  • 1 Grafted Wargear
  • 1 Helm of Awakening
  • 1 Helpful Hunter
  • 1 Idyllic Grange
  • 1 Ingenious Smith
  • 1 Inquisitive Puppet
  • 1 Jhoira's Familiar
  • 1 Justiciar's Portal
  • 1 Liberate
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Long Road Home
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Militia Bugler
  • 1 Monk Gyatso
  • 1 Nomads en-Kor
  • 1 Oketra's Monument
  • 1 Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins
  • 1 Oswald Fiddlebender
  • 1 Parting Gust
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 36 Plains
  • 1 Priest of Ancient Lore
  • 1 Prismatic Lens
  • 1 Ranger of Eos
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Reprobation
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Roving Harper
  • 1 Salt Road Packbeast
  • 1 Sandstone Bridge
  • 1 Sejiri Steppe
  • 1 Selfless Squire
  • 1 Semblance Anvil
  • 1 Semester's End
  • 1 Shuko
  • 1 Slip On the Ring
  • 1 Spirited Companion
  • 1 Splitskin Doll
  • 1 Starfield Shepherd
  • 1 Starnheim Courser
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Ticket Tortoise
  • 1 Tocasia's Welcome
  • 1 Voyager Quickwelder
  • 1 Wall of Omens
  • 1 Warrior en-Kor
  • 1 Watcher of the Wayside