Riku's Replicants

Commander / EDH Clone RUG (Temur) Theme/Gimmick

Romer

Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dreamroot Cascade
• 1x Fire-Lit Thicket
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 5x Forest
• 4x Island
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Mirrorpool
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Rockfall Vale
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Stormcarved Coast
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Training Center

Great Things to Copy (8)

• 1x Agent of Treachery
• 1x Augmenter Pugilist  ^Flip
• 1x Biovisionary
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Gruff Triplets
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Time Warp

Board Wipes (1)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift

Tutor (1)

• 1x Imperial Recruiter

Copy That (20)

• 1x Augmenter Pugilist  ^Flip
• 1x Bramble Sovereign
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Dack's Duplicate *f-etch*
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Flameshadow Conjuring
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Malleable Impostor
• 1x Mirrorhall Mimic  ^Flip
• 1x Mirrorpool
• 1x Mocking Doppelganger
• 1x Mythos of Illuna
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
• 1x Stunt Double
• 1x Undercover Operative
• 1x Virtue of Knowledge
• 1x Vizier of Many Faces

Targeted Removal (11)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Amphin Mutineer
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Flame of Anor
• 1x Horned Loch-Whale
• 1x Hull Breach
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Unravel the Aether

Protection (5)

• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant

Commander (1)

Ramp (14)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bramble Familiar
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Dockside Extortionist P
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Rattleclaw Mystic
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Topiary Stomper
• 1x Wood Elves

Card Advantage (10)

• 1x Bramble Familiar
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Flame of Anor
• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Guided Passage *f-etch*
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Risen Reef
• 1x Temur Ascendancy

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"The reflections never stray far from each other, and when danger threatens, enemies face the power of both."

Copies and Copies and Copies

This deck is all about replication but Riku isn't the only one copying spells. Packed with the best clones, token doublers and other utilities to copy both spells and permanents, this deck can churn out replicas even without its commander at the helm.

Copy creatures:

• Dack's Duplicate
• Flameshadow Conjuring
• Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• Mirror March
• Rite of Replication
• Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
• Stunt Double
• Mirrorhall Mimic  
• Lithoform Engine
• Littjara Mirrorlake
• Mirrorpool

Copy tokens:

• Doubling Season
• Parallel Lives

Copy permanents (like Doubling Season and Panharmonicon):

• Clever Impersonator
• Mirage Mirror
• Mythos of Illuna
• Lithoform Engine

Copy your triggers:

• Panharmonicon
• Lithoform Engine

Abusing ETB

Riku's ability to copy creatures as they enter the battlefield led me to focus on creatures with great ETB effects. These provide a great toolbox of options to respond to a variety of board states. An ETB effect can be great, but copying that effect one or more times can be huge value. As mentioned above, Riku isn't the only one making copies of creatures or their effects as they enter the battlefield so it's not unusual to get an extra two or more copies of a creature entering the battlefield.

Let's talk about Thassa, Deep-Dwelling. Being able to flicker a creature at end of turn is a great way to get one more ETB trigger off them. But as that creature re-enters the battlefield, Riku's ability to copy them triggers again. So flicker + {G}{U} nets two extra ETB effects (or more, depending on what else I have to double up on creatures entering the battlefield). I haven't gone harder into the flicker theme, in order to save room for all this replication.

Other Fun Highlights

• Lame infinite turns combo playing Time Warp, getting it back with Ardent Elementalist and repeating it next turn using Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker to copy Ardent Elementalist.
• Agent of Treachery's card-draw ability is pretty easy to pull off. I can easily steal three or more permanents from other players between copies of the Agent and Gilded Drake.
• Cast a big Comet Storm and save 2 mana to copy it with Riku for lethal damage.
• Tooth for the usual Craterhoof Behemoth and Avenger of Zendikar, then makes copies of them both as they enter the battlefield. Even attack with Haste if you have a Temur Ascendancy.

Ending Games

My favourite way to close out a game is a Biovisionary win. Easy with a Rite of Replication or a Mirror March. Or just make copies with Riku and the many token doublers and clones  .

Most often, games just end with a replicant army of monsters trampling my opponents to death. Perhaps enhanced with a Craterhoof (or two). Seriously, how is that not legendary?

Suggestions and comments welcome.

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH RUG (Temur) 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Theme/Gimmick 4 years ago
Date added	12 years
Last updated	3 months
Exclude colors	WB
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 58 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.40
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Morph 2/2 C, On an Adventure, Treasure, Vizier of Many Faces 0/0 W
Folders	Commander / EDH, EDH - Riku, Riku, EDH (Combo), Riku Ideas, Temur, Blueprints, Future ideas, inspiration, Other Commander Ideas