Monkey Cage

Monkey Cage

Artifact

Mana cost: {5}

How we read this card

When a creature enters, sacrifice this artifact and create X 2/2 green Monkey creature tokens, where X is that creature's mana value.

triggered —

triggered — makes that creature's mana value tokens

Causes: sacrifice an artifact, an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a Monkey creature token, put a Monkey creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: a creature enters the battlefield.

Works well with

an artifact is sacrificed — 761 cards in the game can cause this (Monkey Cage is one).

When you sacrifice Monkey Cage:

  1. Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force — deals the sacrificed artifact's mana value damage
  2. Moonstone Eulogist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Magnetic Snuffler — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Gleaming Geardrake — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Esoteric Duplicator — makes a token
  6. Biotech Specialist — deals 2 damage
  7. Jaws, Relentless Predator — deals 1 damage
  8. Crime Novelist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

6 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact in a graveyard — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Monkey Cage is one).

When Monkey Cage is in the graveyard:

  1. Loran, Disciple of History — can bring it back
  2. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — gets bigger
  3. Builder's Talent — can bring it back
  4. Trading Post — can bring it back
  5. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — can bring it back
  6. Serpent of the Pass — gets bigger
  7. Emeria Shepherd — can bring it back
  8. Goblin Engineer — can bring it back
  9. Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer — can bring it back
  10. Scrap Welder — can bring it back

179 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Monkey Cage is one).

When Monkey Cage is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Pia's Revolution — deals 3 damage
  2. Farid, Enterprising Salvager — makes a token
  3. Psychomancer — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Sly Requisitioner — makes a token
  5. Slagstone Refinery — makes a token
  6. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact goes to a graveyard — 1,250 cards in the game can cause this (Monkey Cage is one).

When Monkey Cage hits the graveyard:

  1. Ultron the Annihilator — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Ultron's Auxiliary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,254 cards in the game can cause this (Monkey Cage is one).

When Monkey Cage is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Tezzeret's Touch — brings a card back
  2. Krenko, Baron of Tin Street — makes a token
  3. Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Shard of the Void Dragon — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  5. Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Gremlin Infestation — makes a token
  7. Summoning Station — untaps itself
  8. Marionette Master — makes each opponent lose life equal to this creature's power
  9. Fangren Marauder — gains you 5 life
  10. Disciple of the Vault — makes each opponent lose 1 life

32 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact leaves the battlefield — 1,680 cards in the game can cause this (Monkey Cage is one).

  1. Sludge Strider — When Monkey Cage leaves the battlefield, Sludge Strider makes a player lose 1 life

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Monkey Cage is one).

When a Monkey enters thanks to Monkey Cage:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Monkey Cage is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Monkey Cage makes a Monkey token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Monkey Cage is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When you sacrifice Monkey Cage, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Monkey Cage is one).

When Monkey Cage is cast:

  1. Death to Our Enemies — makes a token
  2. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  3. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  4. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  5. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  6. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  7. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  8. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  9. Myrsmith — makes a token
  10. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card

271 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Monkey Cage is one).

When a Monkey enters thanks to Monkey Cage:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it grants abilities to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Darksteel Forge — Darksteel Forge gives Monkey Cage indestructible

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it applies untap to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Unwinding Clock — Unwinding Clock gives Monkey Cage an extra untap

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it applies speed increase to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Skittering Cicada — Skittering Cicada gives Monkey Cage haste

19,391 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it grants types to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Silverskin Armor — Silverskin Armor gives Monkey Cage an extra creature type

19,391 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

put a creature onto the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Minion Reflector — When a creature enters thanks to Minion Reflector, Monkey Cage sacrifices itself
  2. Oketra's Monument — When a Warrior enters thanks to Oketra's Monument, Monkey Cage sacrifices itself
  3. Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale — When a Plant enters thanks to Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale, Monkey Cage sacrifices itself
  4. Stone Idol Generator — When a Construct enters thanks to Stone Idol Generator, Monkey Cage sacrifices itself
  5. Geometric Nexus — When a Fractal enters thanks to Geometric Nexus, Monkey Cage sacrifices itself
  6. Golem Foundry — When a Golem enters thanks to Golem Foundry, Monkey Cage sacrifices itself
  7. Karn, Scion of Urza — When a Construct enters thanks to Karn, Scion of Urza, Monkey Cage sacrifices itself
  8. Deathrender — When a creature enters thanks to Deathrender, Monkey Cage sacrifices itself
  9. Desecrated Tomb — When a Bat enters thanks to Desecrated Tomb, Monkey Cage sacrifices itself
  10. Field of the Dead — When a Zombie enters thanks to Field of the Dead, Monkey Cage sacrifices itself

19,790 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.