---
name: "Tainted Monkey"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Monkey"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "UNH"
set_name: "Unhinged"
collector_number: "64"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mark Zug"
oracle_id: "c223712b-2aa0-4ed5-9f75-ac33ccd87a2a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tainted-monkey-unh"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Tainted Monkey
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Monkey
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle Text
{T}: Choose a word. Target player mills a card. If a card with the chosen word in its text box was milled this way, they lose 3 life.

> *"C'mon, choose 'monkey.' Everybody loves monkeys!"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Monkey Monkey Monkey](/printing/monkey-monkey-monkey-unh.md) — Creature — Monkey
2. [Cathartic Adept](/printing/cathartic-adept-ala.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Atrocious Experiment](/printing/atrocious-experiment-clb.md) — Sorcery
4. [Duskmantle Guildmage](/printing/duskmantle-guildmage-gtc.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Millikin](/printing/millikin-ody.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
6. [Deranged Assistant](/printing/deranged-assistant-uma.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unhinged (UNH) #64
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mark Zug

## Format Legalities
Commander: `not_legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `not_legal` | Vintage: `not_legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`