Mach Speed Running by Finkstein

Format: Commander

Commander: Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul Big Mana Polymorph Stompy strategy commanded by Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers. The deck's primary architecture leverages a dense suite of 18 ramp spells to accelerate directly into its 7-mana commander by Turn 5. Because Raph & Mikey possess innate haste and trample, they attack immediately upon arrival. Their attack trigger reveals cards until hitting a creature, putting a game-ending threat directly onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. By curating the 99 to contain zero small creatures and exactly 15 massive bombs—such as Moraug, Fury of Akoum, Quartzwood Crasher, and End-Raze Forerunners—the deck guarantees every attack trigger hits an overwhelming threat. Secondary synergies exploit extra combat steps via Port Razer and Aggravated Assault to multiply attack triggers in a single turn. While vulnerable to early spot removal on the commander, the deck's sheer mana velocity and backup hardcast capability provide formidable mid-game inevitability.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Bitter Work
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Desert Were-Worm
  • 1 Display of Power
  • 1 End-Raze Forerunners
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Gift
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Giant Adephage
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Groundchuck & Dirtbag
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Irencrag Feat
  • 1 Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
  • 1 Last Night Together
  • 1 Level Up
  • 1 Mana Reflection
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Pyrewood Gearhulk
  • 1 Quartzwood Crasher
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
  • 1 Raphael, Tag Team Tough
  • 1 Raphael, the Nightwatcher
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Reverberate
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Saved by the Shell
  • 1 Search for Tomorrow
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Selvala's Stampede
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Special Move
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Super Combo
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Titan of Industry
  • 1 Turtle Lair
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 World War Hulk