Riku of 9,001 Reflections
Commander / EDH*
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Long time no update! —Sept. 27, 2017
I've made several tweaks since the last update.
I was running into issues with basic land count, so I removed Cultivate in favor of Gilded Lotus.
Remand generally feels bad in EDH, so I swapped it out for a delightful card I found called Cerebral Vortex. It allows me to draw 2 for 3 with minimal drawback, or I can outright kill someone if they get greedy with Con Sphinx. Also excellent against/with group hug decks.
Seeing as this deck has shifted away from infinite turns and more towards Kiki/Twin/Exarch combo, I added Birthing Pod to help pick out the right creatures.
The mana base has also been adjusted a bit, most notably adding in Alchemist's Refuge to allow for maximum flexibility.
Hipparchos huh, weird. I have NO idea how that happened. Oh well, updates have been made and the count is back to 100!
May 2, 2016 7:54 p.m.
Hipparchos says... #3
Sometimes tappedout acts strange :)
I'm looking for some ideas for my future Riku deck, and i really like yours. What's your experience in multiplayer games? Also, can u write down some of the infinite combos pls?
May 3, 2016 7:08 a.m.
Hipparchos This deck holds its own in multiplayer because (usually) by the time people realize I'm a threat, it's too late to stop me. The combos are fast and there are enough counterspells to protect against disruption.
I also added the combos to the description.
May 3, 2016 3:30 p.m.
Hipparchos Oh, howdy there. Yes, I've added Eldritch Evolution, Glen Elendra Archmage, Mana Crypt, and Birthing Pod since my last update. I'm not sure offhand what I took out for them, but I'll update when I get a chance.
September 6, 2016 11:56 p.m.
Hipparchos says... #8
Oh sorry for my bad manners, ofc hey! :)
I would appreciate it, if you update your decklist. I've made my own (casual) Riku deck, but i want to take it to a more competitive level in the next months. Do you play Riku regularly at EDH tournaments?
September 7, 2016 5:43 a.m.
I haven't played in an actual EDH tournament in a very long time. I have learned a few things from when I did though. Namely that this works best as a "sneaky combo" deck. It doesn't always build a threatening board presence like creature based Riku decks do with Avenger of Zendikar and whatnot. This one just tries to ramp, then quietly assemble combo pieces and tutors, then drop a copied Time Warp and hopefully assemble the combo while everyone is tapped out. Ideally, everyone will ignore you until it's too late, but if someone is playing safe, keep a counterspell up if you're going to try to combo. Don't try to combo if you aren't 90% sure you can pull it off. Also redundancy is very important. I learned that the hard way when I lost Time Warp to a Bojuka Bog and had no other way to combo.
September 7, 2016 5:27 p.m.
Hipparchos says... #10
Thanks for sharing your experience, but is there any reason you don't put in cards like Boseiju, Who Shelters All or Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir to combo off more safely?
September 9, 2016 9:17 a.m.
somethingrandom6 says... #11
I noticed another infinite turn combo that you didn't mention. Instead of Imprinting Remand, you can imprint Regrowth and just keep bringing Time Warp back with that.
December 16, 2016 8:17 a.m.
somethingrandom6 Isochron Scepter can only have instants imprinted on it.
December 20, 2016 2:43 p.m.
LordNazahn says... #13
So I found this as a suggestion, and it is sad to see no Updates, but would any new cards make the cut? I really like Nissa, Steward of Elements personally, dropping her as a three drop to jsut get a Scry 2 isn't half bad, and late game with enough mana she could get anything from top of your deck, and with top you can manipulate that to some extent.
June 8, 2017 5:48 a.m.
Add Words of Wind to combo with Time Warp and Eternal Witness. Infinite turns without decking yourself and all your opponents permanents are bounced.
July 20, 2017 2:41 a.m.
Jitsrotu I had Words of Wind at one point, but it does nothing outside of the combo so I removed it.
LordNazahn Hipparchos Hey dudes. I haven't been keeping up with magic at all recently, but I've been meaning to get back to it. Nissa is definitely worth a look. I haven't seen anything else that caught my eye but I'll update if I make any changes. Also no idea how a card got left out. I'll have to see which one.
Hipparchos says... #1
Nice decklist, but you have only 98 cards in your main deck.
May 2, 2016 6:07 a.m.