Riku
Commander / EDH*
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Oct. 24, 2021
Some more updates with cards I've picked up or moved around from other decks today :)
Panharmonicon out, Harmonic Prodigy in. As I mentioned in the last post, I wanted to make this switch because Harmonic Prodigy is cheaper, and can be copied by Riku. While I do miss out on some value trigger copies from Panharmonicon, I think the Prodigy works better for the deck.
Quickling Out, Riptide Laboratory in. Quickling was originally supposed to be a replacement for Crystal Shard, which I wanted to use mostly to recycle my creatures. While it being a creature itself did have some upsides, ultimately it wasn't as flexible as I wanted. Riptide Laboratory is more limited in what it can recycle, but it can still hit a lot of my creatures. Further, it adds to my Crop Rotation utility, which I think is super useful!
Birthing Pod out, Spellseeker in. Cutting Pod was a tough choice, because it really is great. However, I intentionally didn't run untappers or pod chains for wins because I'm not a huge fan of that playstyle. Mmore often that not I would cast pod, use it once, then have it destroyed. Spellseeker is a card I've wanted in the deck since I first saw it. It has a ton of targets in the deck, including Neoform, which lets it fill the same role pod normally did for me. As a bonus, it works well with Harmonic Prodigy and Riptide Laboratory too!
Coiling Oracle out, Glasspool Mimic
Flip in. Being completely honest, Coiling Oracle should have probably left when I put Risen Reef into the deck. I've been pretty disappointed with it the last few times I've seen it. My only copy of mimic had a spot in my Omnath, Locus of Creation deck, but I broke that deck up, so Riku got it!
Cultivate out, Three Visits in. While I think this Cultivate is gorgeous, I wanted to put Three Visits in and this seems like a natural replacement. It misses out on a land in the hand, but it's cheaper, finds nonbasics, and puts the land in untapped. Just a better card.
Frontier Bivouac out, Path of Ancestry in. This feels like just a strict upgrade - I didn't want to just add another tapland, so I figured I'd replace one with another :)