Foundation (18 cards)
- 5x Big Macaque AttackX
Big Macaque Attack Monkey Horde+1 Fighting for each Monkey Character in play. Not a legal subject for States.
Flavor:As it turns out, a barrel full of monkeys isn't actually that much fun.
Fighting Fighting:1Cost Cost:2Provides Provides:
Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Foundation - 5x Chanting MonksX
Chanting Monks Zen PilgrimsCannot be the subject of States. When this card enters play, target a card you control :: Heal X damage from target. X = the number of Monk Characters you control (including this one).
Fighting Fighting:1Cost Cost:1Provides Provides:
Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Foundation - 3x Railroad WorkersX
Railroad Workers Steel-Driving RabbleYou may sacrifice exactly one "Railroad Workers" when you play a Site :: Gain 1 Power.
Flavor:A great army laying siege to nature in her strongest citadel.
Fighting Fighting:1Cost Cost:1Provides Provides:Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Foundation - 5x Rhesus PiecesX
Rhesus Pieces Explosive MonkeysWhen this card is smoked, you must target a Character :: Inflict 2 non-combat damage on target.
Flavor:"What do you mean, 'they explode'?"
Fighting Fighting:1Cost Cost:1Provides Provides:Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Foundation
Character (7 cards)
- 5x Mandrill SergeantX
Mandrill Sergeant Militant MonkeyUncopyable. +1 Fighting for each Monkey card in your smoked pile.
Flavor:"Time to evolve, maggots!"
Fighting Fighting:3Cost Requires:Cost:3Provides Provides:Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Uncopyable - 2x The Iron MonkeyX
The Iron Monkey Masked HeroUnique. Superleap. When The Iron Monkey inflicts combat damage on the target of his attack, steal half the Power (round down) of his target's controller and give that Power to any player you choose.
Fighting Fighting:5Cost Requires:Cost:4Provides Provides:Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Unique, Superleap
Edge (8 cards)
- 2x Stand TogetherX
Stand Together EdgeLimited. You must have at least two resources each from two different factions in your pool to play this card. Choose a designator when you play this card. All Characters with that designator gain +1 Fighting.
Cost Cost:1Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Limited - 2x Mo' Monkeys, Mo' ProblemsX
Mo' Monkeys, Mo' Problems EdgeFlavor:More fun than a temple full of monkeys.
Cost Requires:Cost:0Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Limited - 2x Payback TimeX
Payback Time EdgeLimited. When an opponent reduces the Body of a Site you control to 0, you gain 1 Power and you may inflict 1 damage each on up to 3 Sites controlled by that opponent.
Cost Requires:Cost:0Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Limited - 2x Shield of Pure SoulX
Shield of Pure Soul EdgeLimited. When a Site you control is seized or burned, you gain 1 Power and may search your deck and select a card. Reshuffle your deck, then place the selected card on top of your deck.
Cost Requires:Cost:0Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Limited
Event (15 cards)
- 3x Barrel of MonkeysX
Barrel of Monkeys EventPut 4 "Monkey" Character tokens into play. They have a printed Fighting of 1 and a printed cost of
1.Flavor:"Man, there is nothing fun about this."
Cost Requires:Cost:2Artist Set Rarity Designators - 2x Confucian StabilityX
Confucian Stability EventPlay in response to an Event or State :: Cancel and smoke that card.
Flavor:Chance is only for those who have not embraced the Principle of Principles.
Cost Requires:Cost:1Artist Set Rarity Designators - 4x Rigorous DisciplineX
Rigorous Discipline EventTarget a Character :: Copy the printed rules text from any Character to target Character until the end of the turn.
Flavor:We can learn much from our enemies. Study them well, and embrace that which is useful.
Cost Requires:Cost:0Artist Set Rarity Designators Errata January 2001 - 2x ScroungingX
Scrounging EventPlay at the start of your turn, target an opponent and choose State, Edge, Character, Feng Shui Site or non-Feng Shui Site :: Generate X Power. X = the number of cards of the chosen type controlled by the target, minus the number of cards in your burned-for-victory pile. No other card you control or play generates Power during this Establishing Shot.
Cost Requires:Cost:0Artist Set Rarity Designators Errata March 2014 - 2x Violet MeditationX
Violet Meditation EventPlay at the start of your turn and target an opponent :: Generate X Power. X = the number of Edges and Power- generating Sites controlled by the target, minus the number of cards in your burned-for-victory pile. No other card you control or play generates Power during your Establishing Shot this turn.
Cost Requires:Cost:0Artist Set Rarity Designators Errata March 2014 - 2x Who's the Monkey Now?X
Who's the Monkey Now? EventPlay in response to an Event played by an opponent that would damage or smoke a card you control :: Cancel that Event, and you may immediately smoke a card controlled by that opponent of the same type that would have been damaged or smoked.
Cost Requires:Cost:1Artist Set Rarity Designators
Feng Shui Site (12 cards)
- 5x DockyardX
Dockyard Feng Shui SiteWhen this card is revealed :: You may search your deck for a non-Unique Foundation Character, show it to your opponents and add it to your hand.
Flavor:Where even enemies can trade goods and services.
Body Body:6Power Power:1Artist Set Rarity Designators - 2x Gambling HouseX
Gambling House Feng Shui SiteLimited. If any opponent controls at least two cards that share a designator, you may turn this card during your Main Shot to gain 1 Power.
Flavor:Dice, cards, tiles, whatever - if it's played for money, you can find it here.
Body Body:6Power Power:1Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Limited - 1x Martyr's TombX
Martyr's Tomb Feng Shui SiteLimited. Turn :: Reload a Character.
Flavor:"No good thing ever dies. Unfortunately, same goes for some pretty awful things!"
Body Body:7Power Power:1Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Limited - 2x The Dragon's TeethX
The Dragon's Teeth Feng Shui SiteUnique. Turn and target a Character :: Until the end of the turn, target gains Unstoppable, and when target inflicts combat damage, draw a card.
Flavor:Its unique Feng Shui focuses your strength.
Body Body:7Power Power:1Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Unique - 2x The Red Lantern TavernX
The Red Lantern Tavern Feng Shui SiteUnique. Turn and target a Character :: Until the end of the turn, target gains Assassinate and the first time target smokes a Character in combat while attacking you gain 1 Power.
Flavor:Purveyor of pleasure and murder in equal measure.
Body Body:7Power Power:1Artist Set Rarity Designators Keywords Keywords:Unique
This is the modernization of the deck I won with at KublaCon in 20XX (I forget when).
It's built around the idea that the Iron Monkey is a Monkey, and he'll stand together with his actual Monkey brethren. Once you have the resources set up, you can Rigourous Discipline his power onto a Big Macaque Attack or vice versa. A little zap defense and the combination of Payback Time and Shield of Pure Soul help provide the resilience to recover from a disaster and make a legit push for the win.
It's particularly vulnerable to edge denial, but it can survive even without its edges. That said, having all your edges blown away at once really reduces your ability to come back, since those edges are what make people think twice about ripping your sites off in the mid game.