a two pipe problem by le111f

Format: Commander

Commander: Riku of Two Reflections

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a proactive Temur midrange engine led by Riku of Two Reflections. The primary strategy focuses on accelerating through the early turns using two-mana ramp spells, establishing Riku or token-doubling enchantments, and leveraging copy triggers to generate massive board advantage. Once the mana engine is established, the deck transitions into copying high-impact creatures such as Titan of Industry, Astral Dragon, or kicked Rite of Replication targets. Card velocity is sustained through enchantments like Temur Ascendancy and Garruk's Uprising, which reward every large creature deployment with fresh cards. The endgame culminates on Turn 6 or 7 by deploying Craterhoof Behemoth or End-Raze Forerunners, granting haste, trample, and overwhelming power to eliminate the table across one to two combat steps. While the deck boasts immense late-game scaling, its reliance on a fragile 2/2 commander and minimal cheap interaction leaves it vulnerable to fast combo decks and well-timed removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
  • 1 Aerid Konstrari
  • 1 Altered Ego
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Astral Dragon
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Cathartic Reunion
  • 1 Cemetery Prowler
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clever Impersonator
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Curiosity Crafter
  • 1 Determined Iteration
  • 1 Double Major
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 End-Raze Forerunners
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hulking Raptor
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Leafkin Druid
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Manamorphose
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 1 Phantasmal Image
  • 1 Pirate's Pillage
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Quasiduplicate
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Riku of Two Reflections
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Skyline Despot
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Temur Ascendancy
  • 1 Temur Battlecrier
  • 1 Terastodon
  • 1 Thunderfoot Baloth
  • 1 Titan of Industry
  • 1 Topiary Stomper
  • 1 Trumpeting Carnosaur
  • 1 Twinning Staff
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Whisperer of the Wilds
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast