08tongue's Legend(s) of RIku

08tongue's

Legend(s) of RIku

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Deck Idea
Format (legal 👍) vinVintage

Approx. Value:

$834.07

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Avg. CMC 4.38

Card Color Breakdown

Card Type Breakdown

Main Deck - 100 cards, 93 distinct

Columns

	Name	Edition	$	Type	Cost
	Name	Rarity	$	Type	Color
Creature (35)
1	Acidic Slime		$0.11	Creature - Ooze
1	Animar, Soul of Elements		$8.29	Legendary Creature - Elemental
1	Arcanis the Omnipotent		$0.30	Legendary Creature - Wizard
1	Avenger of Zendikar		$4.29	Creature - Elemental
1	Birds of Paradise		$5.38	Creature - Bird
1	Bogardan Hellkite		$0.38	Creature - Dragon
1	Coiling Oracle		$0.12	Creature - Snake Elf Druid
1	Cold-Eyed Selkie		$0.22	Creature - Merfolk Rogue
1	Dragon Broodmother		$5.75	Creature - Dragon
1	Duplicant		$0.26	Artifact Creature - Shapeshifter
1	Edric, Spymaster of Trest		$2.64	Legendary Creature - Elf Rogue
1	Eternal Witness		$1.21	Creature - Human Shaman
1	Gilded Drake		$271.61	Creature - Drake
1	Glissa Sunseeker		$0.91	Legendary Creature - Elf
1	Godo, Bandit Warlord		$1.26	Legendary Creature - Human Barbarian
1	Intet, the Dreamer		$0.39	Legendary Creature - Dragon
1	Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs		$0.24	Legendary Creature - Ogre Warrior
1	Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker		$9.26	Legendary Creature - Goblin Shaman
1	Lotus Cobra		$3.63	Creature - Snake
1	Maelstrom Wanderer		$1.17	Legendary Creature - Elemental
1	Memnarch		$8.83	Legendary Artifact Creature - Wizard
1	Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind		$0.67	Legendary Creature - Dragon Wizard
1	Phyrexian Metamorph		$7.80	Artifact Creature - Phyrexian Shapeshifter
1	Progenitor Mimic		$1.36	Creature - Shapeshifter
1	Prophet of Kruphix		$0.51	Creature - Human Wizard
1	Purphoros, God of the Forge		$17.03	Legendary Enchantment Creature - God
1	Reki, the History of Kamigawa		$7.56	Legendary Creature - Human Shaman
1	Riku of Two Reflections		$4.51	Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
1	Sakashima the Impostor		$9.09	Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
1	Sakura-Tribe Elder		$1.56	Creature - Snake Shaman
1	Thada Adel, Acquisitor		$22.33	Legendary Creature - Merfolk Rogue
1	Thassa, God of the Sea		$4.03	Legendary Enchantment Creature - God
1	Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre		$34.85	Legendary Creature - Eldrazi
1	Venser, Shaper Savant		$0.91	Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
1	Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger		$7.95	Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Praetor
Instant (5)
1	Cryptic Command		$7.32	Instant
1	Cyclonic Rift		$30.28	Instant
1	Harrow		$0.44	Instant
1	Mystical Tutor		$8.98	Instant
1	Voidslime		$3.33	Instant
Sorcery (12)
1	Blasphemous Act		$2.08	Sorcery
1	Bribery		$7.51	Sorcery
1	Cultivate		$0.54	Sorcery
1	Fabricate		$5.21	Sorcery
1	Farseek		$0.93	Sorcery
1	Green Sun's Zenith		$10.19	Sorcery
1	Notorious Throng		$4.12	Tribal Sorcery - Rogue
1	Recurring Insight		$1.48	Sorcery
1	Rite of Replication		$3.57	Sorcery
1	Temporal Mastery		$6.04	Sorcery
1	Time of Need		$2.58	Sorcery
1	Tooth and Nail		$3.98	Sorcery
Artifact (9)
1	Argentum Armor		$0.72	Artifact - Equipment
1	Batterskull		$3.89	Artifact - Equipment
1	Bident of Thassa		$3.75	Legendary Enchantment Artifact
1	Birthing Pod		$13.56	Artifact
1	Gilded Lotus		$1.23	Artifact
1	Heroes' Podium		$0.27	Legendary Artifact
1	Mirror Gallery		$2.87	Artifact
1	Sol Ring		$1.25	Artifact
1	Umezawa's Jitte		$9.58	Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Enchantment (1)
1	Sylvan Library		$20.78	Enchantment
Planeswalker (2)
1	Garruk Wildspeaker		$3.25	Legendary Planeswalker - Garruk
1	Tezzeret the Seeker		$20.39	Legendary Planeswalker - Tezzeret
Land (36)
1	Breeding Pool		$17.18	Land - Forest Island
1	Cascade Bluffs		$3.25	Land
1	Command Tower		$0.16	Land
1	Dryad Arbor		$5.20	Land Creature - Forest Dryad
1	Flooded Grove		$1.86	Land
4	Forest		$0.08	Basic Land - Forest
1	Great Furnace		$2.57	Artifact Land
1	Hinterland Harbor		$1.25	Land
4	Island		$0.09	Basic Land - Island
1	Izzet Boilerworks		$0.23	Land
1	Kessig Wolf Run		$0.79	Land
1	Minamo, School at Water's Edge		$61.06	Legendary Land
1	Misty Rainforest		$19.36	Land
1	Mosswort Bridge		$0.28	Land
2	Mountain		$0.11	Basic Land - Mountain
1	Mystifying Maze		$0.72	Land
1	Reliquary Tower		$2.40	Land
1	Rootbound Crag		$3.75	Land
1	Scalding Tarn		$19.35	Land
1	Seat of the Synod		$1.26	Artifact Land
1	Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep		$12.44	Legendary Land
1	Simic Growth Chamber		$0.24	Land
1	Steam Vents		$14.26	Land - Island Mountain
1	Stomping Ground		$11.21	Land - Mountain Forest
1	Sulfur Falls		$0.88	Land
1	Temple of Abandon		$0.40	Land
1	Temple of Mystery		$0.20	Land
1	Tree of Tales		$1.16	Artifact Land
1	Wooded Foothills		$25.18	Land

Sideboard - 0 cards, 0 distinct

No cards here. :(

Notes

This is easily my favorite Magic deck of all time, even if it's not particularly powerful. The goal is to cast Mirror Gallery and then copy powerful legends such as Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker with Riku of Two Reflections. A flavor win in my book if there ever was one (shame Kiki-Jiki has a non-legendary clause). Reki and Heroes' Podium encourage the legendary plays, while Minamo, Time of Need, and Sakashima play nicely with other legends. There are a few sweet legend-based synergies to assemble, such as Niv-Mizzet/Arcanis, Glissa/Memnarch, Purphuros/Dragon Broodmother, Thassa/Edric, etc.

The obvious weird inclusion is Notorious Throng. Riku plays really well with extra turn effects, but casting Time Warp itself makes me feel bad. Thankfully there are a few Rogues to activate Prowl, and the card has often proven itself; no one ever sees it coming, and winning the game with a swarm of self-produced black fliers in a RUG deck is hilariously counterintuitive to EDH rules. Also Temporal Mastery...because Time Stretch for 4.

Current issues with the deck include a lack of artifact tutors (Hoarding Dragon, Personal Tutor/Merchant Scroll for Fabricate, and Reshape come to mind) and ways to protect Mirror Gallery when cast (uh...Spellskite?). However, the deck functions just fine without Mirror Gallery, and the powerful legends are a blast to play with.

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