Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers by Mistyrainforest77

Format: Commander

Commander: Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 69

Deck overview

This Gruul deck is an explosive turbo-stompy strategy built around Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers. The game plan focuses on deploying powerful fast mana and rituals to cast the 7-mana commander on Turn 3. Because the commander possesses haste and trample, it attacks immediately, triggering its ability to reveal cards from the library and cheat a colossal creature onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. The creature suite is heavily curated with extra-combat threats like Port Razer and Bloodthirster, resource generators like Old Gnawbone, and lethal beaters like Blightsteel Colossus. An extensive suite of low-cost protection spells, including Deflecting Swat, Veil of Summer, and Defense Grid, shields the commander from disruption during its critical attack turn. If the initial swing does not end the game immediately, a follow-up attack on Turn 4 routinely overwhelms the entire table.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anzrag, the Quake-Mole
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Autumn's Veil
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Bloodthirster
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Geosurge
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Hellkite Charger
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Insurrection
  • 1 Irencrag Feat
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mirri's Guile
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nature's Will
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Price of Glory
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
  • 1 Raphael, Tag Team Tough
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 World War Hulk
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Worldspine Wurm
  • 1 Wulfgar of Icewind Dale
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth