Riku of the Non-Creature Synergy

Commander / EDH* Budget Creatureless RUG (Temur) Spellslinger Tokens Twin

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Sorcery (24)

• 1x Animist's Awakening
• 1x Banefire
• 1x Boundless Realms
• 1x Burn from Within
• 1x Cleansing Wildfire
• 1x Clone Legion
• 1x Collective Voyage
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Doublecast
• 1x Drawn from Dreams
• 1x Earthquake
• 1x Explore
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Fireball
• 1x Gelatinous Genesis
• 1x Inscription of Insight
• 1x Mass Diminish
• 1x Migration Path
• 1x Mythos of Illuna
• 1x New Frontiers
• 1x Pirate's Pillage
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Red Sun's Zenith
• 1x Search for Tomorrow

Artifact (5)

• 1x Folio of Fancies
• 1x Ketria Crystal
• 1x Midnight Clock
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x The Magic Mirror

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Dack Fayden

Instant (19)

• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Blink of an Eye
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cackling Counterpart
• 1x Censor
• 1x Expansion / Explosion
• 1x Fog
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Haze of Pollen
• 1x Hieroglyphic Illumination
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Lull
• 1x Mindswipe
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Opt
• 1x Thrill of Possibility
• 1x Wilt

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Dictate of Karametra
• 1x Dictate of the Twin Gods
• 1x Double Vision
• 1x Firemind's Research
• 1x Lay Claim
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings
• 1x Shark Typhoon
• 1x Trail of Evidence
• 1x Unbound Flourishing

Commander (1)

Land (38)

• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Desert of the Fervent
• 1x Desert of the Indomitable
• 1x Desert of the Mindful
• 12x Forest
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 8x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Mage-Ring Network
• 8x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Tranquil Thicket

Creature (5)

• 1x Fire Servant
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Paradise Druid
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Young Pyromancer

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Sorcery (5)

• 1x Hour of Promise
• 1x Mass Manipulation
• 1x Mob Rule
• 1x Praetor's Counsel
• 1x Talent of the Telepath

Instant (2)

• 1x Glimmer of Genius
• 1x Reins of Power

Artifact (1)

• 1x Chaos Wand

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Precognition Field

Land (1)

• 1x Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind

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When I first started getting into MTG, some of the most powerful cards in the first packs I opened contained Izzet and Simic synergy. However, to my dismay, there was little creature synergy, but rather impressive instant and sorcery magnetism. At the time, I believed Blue to contain the most powerful sorceries, while Green contained the weakest, with Red somewhere in the middle. This opinion changed over time as I scoured the internet for singles and saw the full extent of color versatility. I realized that Green also contained insanely good sorceries, namely in ramp and token generation. So, this year I built my first 60-card Temur control/tempo deck. The general strategy for the deck was to sit back and counter my opponent's early threats while building passive counters on [Deeproot Champion] and [Brineborn Cutthroat], all the while generating tokens with [Talrand, Sky Summoner] and [Animation Module]. It was not a bad deck at all, and even used [Fireball] as a finisher.

Since then, I have decided to take this deck to the next level in Commander. Of course, the strategy is fairly different, but I am happy to reveal that I already own some of the more expensive cards in this deck such as [Primal Amulet], [Dack Fayden], and [Clone Legion] simply from opening packs. What this deck aims to do is to ramp into [Riku of Two Reflections], get some value off its sorceries with cards like [Double Cast], [Shark Typhoon], and [Metallurgic Summonings]. The end game (which can happen as early as turn 6) ends with the user copying or increasing the damage from [Fireball], [Clone Legion], [Hydroid Krasis], or [Gelatinous Genesis]. Many of the spells and lands have cycling, which can attain the end game quickly. In the meantime, the user turbos with cards like [Faithless Looting], [Trail of Evidence], [Dack Fayden], and finally [The Magic Mirror]. Towards the end, one can increase noncreature damage off the charts with [Double Vision], [Dictate of the Twin Gods], and [Unbound Flourishing].

I hope this deck makes instant and sorcery synergy more enjoyable for you, it certainly has for me.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 25 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 26 - 0 Commons
Cards	102
Avg. CMC	2.98
Tokens	Clue, Construct X/X C, Copy Clone, Drake 2/2 U, Elemental 1/1 R, Emblem Dack Fayden, Illusion X/X U, Ooze */* G, Shark X/X U, Treasure