Backalley Beatdown by Bubbz3544

Format: Commander

Commander: Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck executes a high-velocity Gruul polymorph strategy centered on Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers. With an ultra-dense package of 0–1 CMC acceleration, rituals, and fast mana, the deck powers out its 7-mana commander on Turn 4. Because the commander possesses innate haste, it attacks immediately upon entering the battlefield. The library contains exactly eight creature cards, ensuring that every attack trigger cheats a devastating threat directly into play tapped and attacking. Payoffs like Old Gnawbone, Port Razer, and Blightsteel Colossus generate immediate board dominance or instant player elimination. The deck then chains extra combat spells such as Relentless Assault, Fury of the Horde, and Aggravated Assault to multiply attack triggers and eliminate all opponents by Turn 5. An exceptional suite of cheap protection spells, including free interaction like Deflecting Swat and Not of This World, shields the commander during critical casting and combat windows.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anzrag, the Quake-Mole
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Autumn's Veil
  • 1 Avoid Fate
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Burnout
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Desert Were-Worm
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Fervor
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Full Throttle
  • 1 Fury of the Horde
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Grim Reaper's Sprint
  • 1 Guttural Response
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Insult // Injury
  • 1 Isengard Unleashed
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mass Hysteria
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirri's Guile
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Not of This World
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Overpowering Attack
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
  • 1 Raphael, Tag Team Tough
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Relentless Assault
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Ricochet Trap
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Savage Beating
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Seize the Day
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellbinder
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Surge to Victory
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sylvan Awakening
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 World War Hulk
  • 1 World at War