Monkey

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Monkey
Info
Cost
Type(s)	Action - Duration
Kingdom card?	Yes
Set	Seaside
Illustrator(s)	Grant Hansen
Card text
Until your next turn, when the player to your right gains a card, +1 Card. At the start of your next turn, +1 Card.

Monkey is an Action-Duration card from the second edition of Seaside. It provides duration draw that increases for each card the player to your right gains.

FAQ

Official FAQ

• This includes cards that the player gains on other players' turns, such as a Curse they gain on your turn via Witch.

Other Rules clarifications

• When the player to your right gains a card, if it's their turn, they resolve any of their on-gain effects before you draw a card.
  • If they gain an Attack card to make you discard to their Skirmisher, you'll first discard down to 3 cards, and then you'll draw a card from Monkey.
  • If they gain a Berserker and play it, you'll draw a card (from the cheaper card that that their Berserker gains); then you'll discard down to 3 cards; then you'll draw another card (from the initial Berserker gain).
• If your Monkey draws a Reaction that can react to the card they gained (e.g. they gained a Treasure and you draw a Pirate), you can immediately use it.
• If the player to your right gains a Province, you can trash a Fool's Gold from your hand, and then draw the gained Gold with Monkey.
• If you play this with Way of the Chameleon, you get + when the player to your right gains a card during your turn. After your turn ends, you'll get +1 Card when that player gains a card, and +1 Card at the start of your next turn.

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date
		Until your next turn, when the player to your right gains a card, +1 Card. At the start of your next turn, +1 Card.	Seaside (Second Edition)	June 2022

Other language versions

Language	Name	Print	Digital	Text	Notes
French	Singe			Jusqu'à votre prochain tour, quand le joueur à votre droite reçoit une carte, +1 Carte. Au début de votre prochain tour, +1 Carte.
German	Affe			Bis zu deinem nächsten Zug: +1 Karte, wenn dein rechter Mitspieler eine Karte nimmt. Zu Beginn deines nächsten Zuges: +1 Karte.
Polish	Małpa			Do twojej następnej tury, ilekroć gracz po twojej prawej stronie doda kartę, +1 karta. Na początku twojej następnej tury: +1 karta.

Trivia

Official card art.

Name

Monkey has a much different effect than Way of the Monkey.

It's nice to have those things line up, but Monkey is a good name for Monkey. The issue is on Way of the Monkey's side, where the question was, what animal gives you +Buy? There was no good choice there.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, Seaside 2E Preview 1

Preview

Monkey isn't even an attack; Seaside is following in the footsteps of later sets, that are a little lighter on attacks. It's interactive though. You draw cards if they gain cards. They'll feel attacked, take it from me.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, Seaside 2E Preview 1

Secret History

One of the split pile outtakes from Allies was the Mariners. I liked them but then it seemed like, hey these could be Seaside cards. The pile went Sailor, Pirate, Ghost Pirate, Buried Treasure. Sailor gave + per Duration card in play next turn; I tried a bunch of versions and it never worked out. Pirate was Monkey! Just as printed except the name. Ghost Pirate was a cantrip one-card Ghost Ship. And Buried Treasure was Pirate sans the reaction. One issue with original Seaside was a lack of draw; there is more draw now.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of Seaside 2E