Monkey Business by MagicBardbuckler

Format: Commander

Commander: Rashmi and Ragavan

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is an artifact-token midrange strategy led by Rashmi and Ragavan. It focuses on accumulating artifact tokens—primarily Treasures, Clues, and Foods—while stealing and casting spells from opponents' libraries. The early game focuses on accelerating mana through low-cost artifact ramp and artifact lands. Once the commander enters the battlefield, every first spell cast on your turn generates a Treasure token and provides free card advantage from an opponent's deck based on your artifact count. Token multipliers such as Academy Manufactor, Xorn, and Adrix and Nev, Twincasters rapidly compound your board presence. The deck converts this mass artifact generation into victory through burn damage from Reckless Fireweaver and Ingenious Artillerist, token transformation via Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer, or an unblockable Kappa Cannoneer. While vulnerable to mass artifact sweepers and lacking stack interaction, the deck delivers resilient value and scaling late-game combat pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abrade
• 1 Academy Manufactor
• 1 Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
• 1 Aetherize
• 1 Agent of Treachery
• 1 Arcane Bombardment
• 1 Bloodbraid Elf
• 1 Bootleggers' Stash
• 1 Brass's Bounty
• 1 Breeches, the Blastmaker
• 1 Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
• 1 Chaos Wand
• 1 Cinder Glade
• 1 Crack Open
• 1 Darksteel Citadel
• 1 Diluvian Primordial
• 1 Dragonspark Reactor
• 1 Eroded Canyon
• 1 Esix, Fractal Bloom
• 1 Etali, Primal Storm
• 1 Explore
• 1 Fae Offering
• 8 Forest
• 1 Frontier Bivouac
• 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
• 1 Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1 Gruul Signet
• 1 Harrow
• 1 Hinterland Harbor
• 1 Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
• 1 Ingenious Artillerist
• 1 Inspiring Statuary
• 8 Island
• 1 Izzet Signet
• 1 Junk Winder
• 1 Kappa Cannoneer
• 1 Lazotep Plating
• 1 Lumengrid Sentinel
• 1 Mechanized Production
• 1 Molten Gatekeeper
• 9 Mountain
• 1 Passionate Archaeologist
• 1 Plargg and Nassari
• 1 Powerbalance
• 1 Rapid Hybridization
• 1 Rashmi and Ragavan
• 1 Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
• 1 Reality Shift
• 1 Reckless Fireweaver
• 1 Reverse Engineer
• 1 Rootbound Crag
• 1 Rose Room Treasurer
• 1 Seat of the Synod
• 1 Seize the Spoils
• 1 Shardless Agent
• 1 Share the Spoils
• 1 Shared Roots
• 1 Silverbluff Bridge
• 1 Simic Signet
• 1 Slagwoods Bridge
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Stolen Strategy
• 1 Strionic Resonator
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Talisman of Impulse
• 1 Tanglepool Bridge
• 1 Temple of Mystery
• 1 Third Path Iconoclast
• 1 Thopter Spy Network
• 1 Thought Monitor
• 1 Thoughtcast
• 1 Throes of Chaos
• 1 Tree of Tales
• 1 Urabrask's Forge
• 1 Vision of Love
• 1 Wand of Wonder
• 1 Wild-Magic Sorcerer
• 1 Xorn