Zodiac Monkey
Creature — Monkey
Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #11995
Zodiac Monkey is a 2/1 forestwalk creature for one green mana — a dirt-cheap beater that connects freely against any green player at the table. Outside of Kibo, Uktabi Prince, where it counts as a Monkey for tribal synergies, it does nothing that a better one-drop couldn't do.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kibo, Uktabi Prince
Kibo, Uktabi Prince cares about Monkeys, and Zodiac Monkey is one of the cheapest ways to pad that tribal count — showing up in over half of Kibo decks precisely because it costs one mana and triggers any payoffs that care about the creature type.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Zodiac Monkey is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean played. In Commander, it's a Kibo, Uktabi Prince card almost exclusively — forestwalk is marginally useful in a format packed with green decks, but a 2/1 for one that does nothing else doesn't make the 99 anywhere else. In Pauper, the format's one-drop green creatures set a much higher bar, and Zodiac Monkey doesn't clear it. Treat it as a narrow tribal piece, not a format staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Zodiac Monkey isn't currently available, which reflects its status as a niche Portal Three Kingdoms card with a small, specific audience. Check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market prices — demand is almost entirely driven by Kibo, Uktabi Prince deckbuilders.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.