Monkey

Monkey Type Update

Zodiac Monkey and Tree Monkey were both reprinted in 9th edition because at the time they were the only Monkeys in Magic. Ninth Edition was when creature types would only be updated if cards were reprinted and this let yall remove Monkey as a type and roll them into Ape.

FYI

Ape Card Printing Creatures Monkey Ninth Edition Reprints Tree Monkey Zodiac Monkey

Zodiac Monkey Reprint

Do you know why Zodiac Monkey was given a reprint in 9th edition but the other Zodiac creatures never got one? It seems weird that a cycle wouldn't be reprinted together.

We reprint cards out of cycles all the time.

Card Printing Creatures Cycles Monkey Reprints Zodiac Monkey

Monkey/Ape Trivia

I would like to invoke birthday trivia in order to receive some monkey/ape themed trivia.

For years, R&D has had a running jokes that Apes hate artifacts. That’s why a bunch of artifact destruction cards involve Apes.Happy Birthday!

Ape Artifacts Birthday Humor Monkey

Apes and Mechanics

Listening to your apes and monkeys podcast, and I want to point out two things. 1, you mention that how regenerate works was changed in the 6th Edition rules change, but the mechanic was still evergreen through Oath of the Gatewatch (2016). 2, you question whether apes are carnivorous. Most primates are omnivorous, and larger apes actually eat a lot of meat, and will hunt smaller primates

FYI

Ape Drive to Work Evergreen Mechanics Monkey Oath of the Gatewatch Regenerate Regenerate Rules

Flavor Text Development

Listening to your apes and monkeys podcast question: Is it even possible for a "I want a banana this big" flavor text nowadays? As in, does flavor text get locked in before art or does art come in first and flavor text is written with it in mind?

Art is usually in before flavor text is written. There are exceptions, but usually the flavor text writers get to see the art when writing the flavor text.

Ape Art Drive to Work Flavor Text Monkey

Phyrexia's Missing Monkey

I think Phyrexia lost because they didn't have a monkey! Am I right?

It’s a theory.

Monkey

Monkey Type Trivia

Hello! Can I request birthday trivia on the Monkey creature type?

Monkey, as a creature type, first appeared in Portal: Second Age on Tree Monkey. It then appeared in Portal: Three Kingdoms on Zodiac Monkey. Both were errataed to Ape in Ninth Edition, but returned to Monkey when Wild Bandar brought the Monkey type back in Kaladesh. Happy Birthday!

Ape Birthday Creatures Kaladesh Monkey Ninth Edition Tree Monkey Zodiac Monkey

Token Choice Justification

>We did look to swap the Teddy Bear to cards that were already acorn. There unfortunately wasn’t another good token choice for either Gift Shop or Push Your Luck.Couldn't you use the 2/2 Black Zombie Employee token? Almost functionally identical only real difference is a mild flavor stretch you could make a "free monkeys" style joke out of.

Winning employees from the park as a prize was not a flavor we were willing to do.

Bear Black Employee Flavor Gift Shop Humor Monkey Push Your Luck Teddy Tokens Un-Magic / Silver Border / Acorn Un-sets Zombie

Local Prerelease Success

Our local prerelease last night was the most attended the store has ever run. People were cackling at the ridicukous monkey armed giant robot shenanigans! High five to you and your whole team! All of them!

Virtual high fives shall be distributed. Glad you enjoyed it.

Giant High Fives Monkey Prerelease Robot Sealed Format Shenanigans

Requesting More Apes in MtG

Can I request more apes in magic? Preferably a green red ape lord printed at common!

We can probably do more Apes (and Monkeys). We can also probably make an Ape (and probably Monkey) lord. Highly skeptical it will be at common though.

Ape Green Monkey Red

Request for Ape/Monkey Tribal

can I request Ape/Monkey tribal

You may.

Ape Kindred / Typal Monkey

Legendary Monkey in RG

I feel like the biggest problem with Magic right now is that there is still no legendary Monkey in RG, so edh players can not yet unleash their full monkey power. Are you working on fixing this glaring issue?

It’s on our “Serious Issues That Must Be Addressed” List. : )

Commander Gruul (R/G) Humor Monkey Unleash

Placement of Monkeys on Beeble Scale

Where are monkeys on the Beeble Scale?

A 5.

Beeble Scale Monkey

Interactions of Apes and Artifacts

Why do apes hate artifacts?

That’s their monkey business. : )

Ape Artifacts Humor Monkey

Suggestion for Ragavan Pirate Errata

Now that we’ve seen ragavan as a monkey pirate, can you please errata the old ragavan token to also be a pirate? Only good things can come of this, I’m sure of it.

I can ask.

Errata Monkey Pirate Tokens

Wily Goblin's Racial Traits

Why is Wily Goblin just a Goblin Pirate, and not say, Goblin Monkey Pirate? just space? The first thing I see if Monkey more than a Gobin or Pirate

We talked about the Ixalan Goblins being Goblin Monkeys, but ended up deciding against it.

Goblin Ixalan Monkey Pirate Wily Goblin

Request for Cabbit Card

After doing Serpopards (Cat Snake), Bandars (Cat Monkey) and Rakshasas (Cat Demon), may I request a Cabbit (Cat Rabbit), please?

: )

Cat Demon Humor Monkey Rabbit Snake

Grouping Apes, Monkeys and Yetis

Do you think Apes, Monkeys, and Yetis could be batched together?

Apes and Monkeys batched together make sense. I don’t really think of Yetis as being ape/monkey-like.

Ape Monkey Yeti

Monkey Color Association

What colors are monkeys most associated with, besides Green?

Red is a distant number two.

Colors Green Monkey Red

Ape Trivia

May I please have some birthday trivia on apes in Magic?

For a long time all Simians were creature type Ape, but a few years ago we added Monkey. All the playtest cards in Alliances, by the way, had the word “Monkey” in the title. They were rebelling against the story having sentient gorillas in it. Happy Birthday!

Alliances Ape Birthday Creatures Monkey Playtesting Story / Lore