You Meet In A Tavern by GhostSuplex

Format: Commander

Commander: Riku of Many Paths

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This Temur deck features Riku of Many Paths at the helm of an exhibition build themed around Dungeons & Dragons mechanics from Adventures in the Forgotten Realms and Battle for Baldur's Gate. The primary strategy uses Riku's ability to turn versatile modal 'choose one' spells into a recurring engine that produces 1/1 flying Bird tokens and impulse card advantage. Alongside Riku, the deck incorporates the Initiative and Dungeon venture systems to explore the Undercity, ramping mana with Undermountain Adventurer and securing card advantage through Caves of Chaos Adventurer. The win condition is entirely combat-driven, leveraging wide evasive boards, large Dragons, and Hydra beaters amplified by team overrun effects like Overwhelming Encounter and Sakashima's Will. While the deck features flexible interactive spells, it avoids fast mana, tutors, and infinite combos, leading to a deliberate midrange pace that finishes games around Turn 9.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Adventurous Impulse
  • 1 Agitator Ant
  • 1 Balor
  • 1 Bar the Gate
  • 1 Barbarian Class
  • 1 Bloodboil Sorcerer
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Caves of Chaos Adventurer
  • 1 Chaos Dragon
  • 1 Choose Your Weapon
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contact Other Plane
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Den of the Bugbear
  • 1 Displacer Beast
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Dungeon Descent
  • 1 Eccentric Apprentice
  • 1 Ellywick Tumblestrum
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore the Underdark
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Find the Path
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
  • 1 Green Dragon
  • 1 Gruul Guildgate
  • 1 Hall of Storm Giants
  • 1 Illithid Harvester // Plant Tadpoles
  • 1 Intrepid Outlander
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Izzet Guildgate
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Klauth's Will
  • 1 Lair of the Hydra
  • 1 Lumbering Falls
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mind Flayer
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Neverwinter Hydra
  • 1 Ochre Jelly
  • 1 Opportunistic Dragon
  • 1 Overwhelming Encounter
  • 1 Pixie Guide
  • 1 Purple Worm
  • 1 Raging Ravine
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Restless Ridgeline
  • 1 Riku of Many Paths
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Sakashima's Will
  • 1 Sarevok's Tome
  • 1 Scavenging Ooze
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Song of Inspiration
  • 1 Sorcerer Class
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sublime Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of the Dragon Queen
  • 1 The Deck of Many Things
  • 1 Thunderbreak Regent
  • 1 Tomb of Horrors Adventurer
  • 1 Undermountain Adventurer
  • 1 Varis, Silverymoon Ranger
  • 1 Wand of Wonder
  • 1 Wandering Troubadour
  • 1 Winged Portent
  • 1 Wizard Class
  • 1 Wizard's Spellbook
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Wrong Turn
  • 1 Wyll's Reversal
  • 1 Wyll, Blade of Frontiers
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 You Come to a River
  • 1 You Come to the Gnoll Camp
  • 1 You Find Some Prisoners
  • 1 You Find a Cursed Idol
  • 1 You Find the Villains' Lair
  • 1 You Happen On a Glade
  • 1 You Look Upon the Tarrasque
  • 1 You Meet in a Tavern
  • 1 You See a Guard Approach
  • 1 You See a Pair of Goblins
  • 1 You've Been Caught Stealing