Raph & Mikey by user6932947

Format: Commander

Commander: Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive Gruul stompy engine built around Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers. The primary strategy accelerates mana through explosive rituals, fast artifacts, and cost-efficient ramp to cast the seven-mana commander on Turn 4. Because the commander possesses natural haste and trample, it immediately attacks, triggering a free polymorph that cheats massive threats directly from the library onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. The creature package is packed with game-ending bombs including Blightsteel Colossus, Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus, Etali, Primal Conqueror, and extra-combat engines such as Port Razer and Raphael, Tag Team Tough. The deck quickly overwhelms opponents in combat, often chaining additional combat steps with Aggravated Assault or Savage Ventmaw to finish the game within a single table rotation. While highly proactive and capable of rapid kills, the list relies heavily on combat damage and possesses minimal stax or interaction, making it vulnerable to well-timed removal and fog effects.

Decklist (63 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Full Throttle
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Geosurge
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Hellkite Charger
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Irencrag Feat
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Michelangelo, Improviser
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
  • 1 Raphael, Tag Team Tough
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Smuggler's Surprise
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Summon: Bahamut
  • 1 Sylvan Tutor
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 World War Hulk
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Worldspine Wurm