The new Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty has triggered a disagreement in the family. No, not the usual ‘who is the best Magic player in the family?’ but a different one. One with a zoological slant.

First, here is the source of the debate – Kami of Industry, not necessarily a great card although it proved quite effective for Noah during the Kamigawa pre-release:

So here is the question: Is Kami of Industry a gorilla or a monkey (aside from being a spirit of course)? I’m in the camp of the former while Noah is firmly adamant that this is a monkey.

How did I come up with my assessment? There are two major differences (aside from geography which is likely not applicable on Kamigawa) between apes (which include gorillas) and monkeys. First is that apes are larger than monkeys. On our plane, the largest apes, the gorillas, can weigh more than 200 kilograms whereas the largest monkey, the mandrill, does not get much bigger than 50 kilograms. Second, apes do not have tails but most monkeys do. Granted, the sole illustration of Kami of Industry that we have does not confirm nor deny the presence of a tail but would we not see our fierce blacksmith put it to good use if it had one?

Please chime in in the comments and let us know what you think.