Riku, Ramp machine

Commander / EDH Aggro Combo Infinite Combo Midrange Ramp Toolbox

KeilFX

Instant (5)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Savage Beating
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Decimate
• 1x Distortion Strike
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Ezuri's Predation
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Sleep

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Mirri's Guile
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Artifact (13)

• 1x Amulet of Vigor
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Neurok Stealthsuit
• 1x Omen Machine
• 1x Quicksilver Amulet
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Creature (29)

• 1x Conundrum Sphinx
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Jalira, Master Polymorphist
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1x Palinchron
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Rubblehulk
• 1x Scuttling Doom Engine
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Siege Behemoth
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Spike Weaver
• 1x Surrak Dragonclaw
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Tyrant of Discord
• 1x Undergrowth Champion
• 1x Vexing Shusher
• 1x Whirler Rogue
• 1x Worldgorger Dragon
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Yasova Dragonclaw

Land (36)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 5x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x High Market
• 5x Island
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Lotus Vale
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Tolaria West

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Instant (3)

• 1x Capsize
• 1x Domineering Will
• 1x Overwhelming Denial

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Boundless Realms
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Gamble

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Evolutionary Leap

Artifact (2)

• 1x Helm of Possession
• 1x Manriki-Gusari

Creature (6)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Dragon Broodmother
• 1x Magmatic Force
• 1x Polis Crusher
• 1x Scourge of Skola Vale
• 1x Sphinx of Jwar Isle

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Riku of Two Reflections is one of those staple commanders that really pushed the boundaries of a deck's powerlevel. You're telling me that for 3 generic, GU and 2 life I can have TWO Phyrexian Metamorphs?! Or you can completely wast the board for 3GG+UR for doubled Overwhelming Stampede... or 10 mana for doubled Ezuri's Predation, to get twice as many 4/4 beasts as your opponents have creatures plus a fight trigger... The main thing you have to consider is that every single spell (big or small) should work in tandem with Riku of Two Reflections; He's 5 mana for a 2/2, so you basically give up on the turn you cast him. MAKE HIM COUNT.

Due to the mana-intensive nature or Riku, this deck has a fair amount of ramp, in Solemn Simulacrum, Cultivate/Kodama's Reach, as well as Skyshroud Claim and Amulet of Vigor to have those basics/forests come in untapped. These ramp spells serve a double purpose to thin out our deck, making our draws later in the game more relevant. There are also many ways of cheating creatures out, with sacrifice effects like Birthing Pod and Jalira, Master Polymorphist-- which you'd typically sacrifice a pre-existing copy to, but we run steal effects like Yasova Dragonclaw and Blatant Thievery (and various other steal effects in the sideboard...), so hypothetically you can grab their dude, kill it and get your own.

Probably the most oppressive cheat-spell in this deck is Omen Machine. You may notice that the only spell that directly draws us cards is Solemn Simulacrum, so I don't mind NOT DRAWING CARDS (Sad Machine already ramped me, so I'm fine with that. He's also recurrable with Trading Post). You can mess with the top of your library with Sensei's Divining Top, Mirri's Guile and Scroll Rack, which will make your Omen Machine triggers a lot more spicy than they would be.

Conundrum Sphinx is a juicy little card in EDH that also works well under Omen Machine. Since Sensei's Divining Top, Mirri's Guile, Scroll Rack (with Sphinx of Jwar Isle in the sideboard) will let you know the top card of your library, you can safely swing with a Conundrum Sphinx (or two!) and draw that card without ACTUALLY drawing the card.

Whirler Rogue is a fun little creature to copy, making 4 1/1 thopters that you can tap that turn to give 2 creatures unblockable that turn (and maybe even the following turn?). Excellent.

And now for the cheese; The two main infinite-combo cards are (when paired with Riku of Two Reflections) Worldgorger Dragon and Palinchron. If you have the mana to cast or cheat in, then copy either of those fatties with Riku (whilst still having mana open, of course!), you then get a string of triggers, resulting in a BUTT TONNE of mana (and in the case of Worldgorger Dragon, ETB effects as well, though you then only have Worldgorger Dragon on the battlefield when you decide to stop the chain...) If you didn't already have a relevant ETB thing like Inferno Titan or Warstorm Surge in play to deal infinite damage, you have mana to cast Genesis Wave, or hydrra broodmaster, immediately monstrousing for a tonne of tokens.

Omen Machine and Genesis Wave do NOT play well together, so if you have omen machine out, try your best to use Scroll Rack or Sensei's Divining Top to not have it on the top of your library! The sideboard is mainly to switch over your commander slot to Yasova Dragonclaw. Let me know what you think!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 3 Mythic Rares 55 - 10 Rares 15 - 1 Uncommons 5 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.12
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Dragon 1/1 RG, Elemental 5/5 RG, Elephant 3-3 G, Goat 0/1 W, Hydra */* G, Phyrexian Beast 4/4 G, Plant 0/1 G, Thopter 1/1 C, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink