Rough & Tumble by Tyhoon

Format: Commander

Commander: Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Gruul deck is built around Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers, using a heavy ramp package to deploy the 7-mana commander on Turn 5. Thanks to innate haste and a powerful combat trigger, the commander attacks immediately to reveal and cheat massive Dragons and Turtles directly onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. The deck leverages damage multipliers such as Gratuitous Violence and Unnatural Growth to close out games rapidly through combat. It also features an infinite combat combo between Hellkite Charger and Old Gnawbone. While the deck excels at generating overwhelming board presence and high power, its reliance on combat leaves it open to well-timed removal and board wipes. The interaction suite is geared toward destroying artifacts and enchantments, with goad spells buying time against opposing combat decks.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Airship Crash
  • 1 Ancient Adamantoise
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atarka, World Render
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Blast-Furnace Hellkite
  • 1 Bogardan Hellkite
  • 1 Bower Passage
  • 1 Broken Bond
  • 1 Broodcaller Scourge
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmotronic Wave
  • 1 Crucible of Fire
  • 1 Disrupt Decorum
  • 1 Dragon Mage
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Earthquake Dragon
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Explosive Vegetation
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fast Forward
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 1 Foe-Razer Regent
  • 14 Forest
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Gratuitous Violence
  • 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
  • 1 Hellkite Charger
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Life's Legacy
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Market Festival
  • 1 Michelangelo, On the Scene
  • 1 Mighty Emergence
  • 1 Migration Path
  • 13 Mountain
  • 1 Natural State
  • 1 Naturalize
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 New Generation's Technique
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
  • 1 Raphael, Tag Team Tough
  • 1 Reclaiming Vines
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shattered Wings
  • 1 Sheltered Thicket
  • 1 Skarrg, the Rage Pits
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul's Majesty
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Suplex
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Terror of Mount Velus
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Turtle Power!
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Wilt
  • 1 Worn Powerstone
  • 1 Wrathful Red Dragon
  • 1 Yidaro, Wandering Monster