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Kibo, Uktabi Prince
Legendary Creature — Monkey Noble · {2}{G} · Green/Red commander
{T}: Each player creates a colorless artifact token named Banana with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add {R} or {G}. You gain 2 life."
Whenever an artifact an opponent controls is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control that's an Ape or a Monkey.
Whenever Kibo attacks, defending player sacrifices an artifact of their choice.
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What Kibo, Uktabi Prince actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Activated ability{T}: Each player creates a colorless artifact token named Banana with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add {R} or {G}. You gain 2 life."
- Triggered ability · otherWhenever an artifact an opponent controls is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control that's an Ape or a Monkey.
- Triggered ability · attackWhenever Kibo attacks, defending player sacrifices an artifact of their choice.
What a Kibo, Uktabi Prince deck needs
Plays as combat trigger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- Apes and Monkeys (opposing artifacts dying grow them)
- artifact removal and edicts (its attack makes the defender sacrifice an artifact)
The Kibo, Uktabi Prince deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 8× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- 5× Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- 22× A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
- 4× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 14× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
Best cards for Kibo, Uktabi Prince
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- Rising of the Day3 mana
- Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
- The Fire Crystal4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Urabrask the Hidden5 mana
- Fervor3 mana
- Hammer of Purphoros3 mana
Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- Aggravated Assault3 mana
- Bear Umbra4 mana
- Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
- Umbral Mantle3 mana
- Genji Glove5 mana
- Akki Battle Squad6 mana
- Copperhorn Scout1 mana
- Éomer, Marshal of Rohan4 mana
A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Lotus Petal0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Lion's Eye Diamond0 mana
- Ornithopter0 mana
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Kodama of the West Tree3 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Goblin War Drums3 mana
- Duskshell Crawler2 mana
- Sphere Grid2 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Gruul War Chant4 mana
Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Branching Evolution3 mana
- Hardened Scales1 mana
- Ozolith, the Shattered Spire2 mana
- Kami of Whispered Hopes3 mana
- Benevolent Hydra2 mana
- Michelangelo, Weirdness to 112 mana
- The Earth Crystal4 mana
- High Score3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Emerald Charm1 mana
- Naturalize2 mana
- Origin of Metalbending2 mana
- Natural State1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Archdruid's Charm3 mana
- Chord of Calling3 mana
- Eldritch Evolution3 mana
- Summoner's Pact0 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Mizzium Mortars2 mana
- Delete2 mana
- Earthquake1 mana
- Needle Storm3 mana
Refill your hand
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
Combos with Kibo, Uktabi Prince
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Kibo, Uktabi Prince is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Kibo, Uktabi Prince + Battered Golem + Staff Of Domination + Multani's Harmony30 decks
- Kibo, Uktabi Prince + Patriar's Seal + Clock Of Omens + Grinding Station + Summoning Station10 decks
- Kibo, Uktabi Prince + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Voltaic Construct + Liquimetal Torque + Altar Of The Brood8 decks
- Kibo, Uktabi Prince + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Voltaic Construct + Mycosynth Lattice + Altar Of The Brood7 decks
- Kibo, Uktabi Prince + Nyxbloom Ancient + Sword Of The Paruns + Karn, The Great Creator6 decks
- Kibo, Uktabi Prince + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Voltaic Construct + Liquimetal Coating + Altar Of The Brood6 decks
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