Trouble by MasterSquinters

Format: Commander

Commander: Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Gruul big-mana stompy strategy built around Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers. The game plan focuses on rapid early mana acceleration using ramp artifacts, sorceries, and creature dorks during turns 1 through 4. On turn 5, the deck reaches seven mana to cast the commander, who immediately attacks with haste to trigger a free creature reveal directly onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Cheating out massive threats such as Emrakul, the Exigent Doom, Desolation Twin, Glacier Godmaw, and Ghalta the Unstoppable creates an overwhelming combat board state. Each subsequent combat step compounds this advantage by adding another large beater to the battlefield. The deck wins by trampling through blockers to eliminate opponents one by one over three response cycles, concluding around turn 8. While the deck possesses strong functional redundancy and high creature quality, it relies heavily on maintaining a fragile creature board and features limited reactive interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aerid Konstrari
• 1 Ajani's Anguish
• 1 Alien Invasion
• 1 Annoyed Altisaur
• 1 Anticausal Vestige
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arni Slays the Troll
• 1 Ashroot Animist
• 1 Bender's Waterskin
• 1 Cavalier of Thorns
• 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
• 1 Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Desolation Twin
• 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
• 1 Emrakul, the Exigent Doom
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 17 Forest
• 1 Gardenize
• 1 Ghalta the Unstoppable
• 1 Gilded Lotus
• 1 Glacier Godmaw
• 1 Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1 Herigast, Erupting Nullkite
• 1 Hot Dog Cart
• 1 Iron Man Armor
• 1 Karn, the Great Creator
• 1 Karplusan Forest
• 1 Konstrari Charm
• 1 Konstrari Improviser // Soul Tether
• 1 Loot, the Nexus
• 1 Mana Geyser
• 1 Maraxus of Keld
• 16 Mountain
• 1 Myojin of Towering Might
• 1 Naturalize
• 1 Planar Engineering
• 1 Pyre Rhymer // Molten Tide
• 1 Quicksilver Amulet
• 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
• 1 Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
• 1 Red Hulk
• 1 Rhino's Rampage
• 1 Rockfall Vale
• 1 Ruby Medallion
• 1 Ruby, Daring Tracker
• 1 Ruric Thar, Magecrusher
• 1 Scarlet Spider, Ben Reilly
• 1 Snakeskin Veil
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solemn Simulacrum
• 1 Spider Manifestation
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Tangle
• 1 Tenured Tethermage
• 1 The Fire Crystal
• 1 The Last Agni Kai
• 1 The Ten Rings
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Training Compound
• 1 Troop of Ponies
• 1 Vibrance
• 1 Vibranium Strike Gauntlets
• 1 Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
• 1 Warg Tactics
• 1 Warmaker Gunship
• 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1 Woodwork Prodigy // Soul Tether
• 1 Yisan, the Wanderer Bard