Raph & Mikey by bseaton

Format: Commander

Commander: Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This Gruul deck operates as a high-velocity Stompy engine led by Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers. The primary strategy focuses on rapid early mana acceleration using land-search sorceries, mana rocks, and cost reducers to reach seven mana by turn 5. Upon entering the battlefield with innate haste, the commander attacks immediately, triggering its ability to reveal cards until hitting a creature and cheating it directly onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. The creature suite consists of immense threats such as Sire of Seven Deaths, Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant, and Pathbreaker Ibex, which rapidly overwhelm opposing life totals. Combat multipliers like Twinflame Tyrant, Savage Beating, and Preposterous Proportions turn consecutive attack steps into decisive multi-player eliminations by turn 7. While the deck boasts heavy redundancy in large threats and resilient backup beaters, its reliance on tapping out for high-cost spells leaves it vulnerable to early countermagic, instant-speed creature removal, and sweeping exile effects.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Airtight Alibi
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashroot Animist
  • 1 Bleeding Woods
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Captain Lannery Storm
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cycle of Renewal
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Dolmen Gate
  • 1 Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Fated Firepower
  • 1 Fog
  • 15 Forest
  • 1 Galadriel, Gift-Giver
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Gigantic Big Bear
  • 1 Gigantosaurus
  • 1 Gladiolus Amicitia
  • 1 Gongaga, Reactor Town
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Grow from the Ashes
  • 1 Gruul Guildgate
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Herd Heirloom
  • 1 Heritage Reclamation
  • 1 Horrid Vigor
  • 1 Jolene, Plundering Pugilist
  • 1 Kraven, Proud Predator
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
  • 15 Mountain
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Pathbreaker Ibex
  • 1 Planar Engineering
  • 1 Preposterous Proportions
  • 1 Quakestrider Ceratops
  • 1 Quilled Greatwurm
  • 1 Rampaging Brontodon
  • 1 Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
  • 1 Rhino, Barreling Brute
  • 1 Roxanne, Starfall Savant
  • 1 Ruby, Daring Tracker
  • 1 Rugged Highlands
  • 1 Ruric Thar, Magecrusher
  • 1 Sami's Curiosity
  • 1 Savage Beating
  • 1 Siege Dragon
  • 1 Sire of Seven Deaths
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Strixhaven Stadium
  • 1 Summon: Titan
  • 1 Sunspine Lynx
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tangle
  • 1 The Boulder, Ready to Rumble
  • 1 The Regalia
  • 1 The Rollercrusher Ride
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wilderland Scrounger
  • 1 Zendikar Incarnate