MTG Salvation

Edit: Link to Tappedout for alternate viewing http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/riku-khan-of-mirrors/

NOTE: I have yet to play test this exact deck list


I've been playing Riku for a few months now and have fell in love. This decklist is my ideal end product for the playgroup I currently play with.
This is in no regards a "competitive" deck, I was not looking to make a "combo" deck with infinite mana palinchrons; nor was I looking to dish out
all of my money for fetch/shock lands, plus I wouldn't be able to double my basic ramp spells as often with a bunch of bull***** expensive lands.
Although this is not to say I don't want to win, I just want to have fun and make sure my other Planeswalkers are having fun as well.

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This deck doesn't explode turn 3, I often play in the back trying to maintain political grace so to speak but the Oloro player in my playgroup is
catching onto my passive ramping wars until I can Comet Storm everyone to the face.

Other win cons,

Beat down with big fatties through a couple outlets Genesis Wave or Maelstrom Wanderer (copied so I can cascade 4 times)
If I G-wave into a bunch of creatures (all with decent ETB effects) I will hopefully have haste and swing under the radar with unblockability Thassa, God of the Sea or Glaring Spotlight

Stealing people's fun things with Clever impersonator, Dack's Duplicate, Dack Fayden himself, Phyrexian Metamorph have all done a lot of work for me.

Flashing things in is always fun, ultimate blue playstyle, play nothing on my turn wait to respond with all open mana with flash outlets like Prophet of Kruphix, Alchemist's Refuge, Leyline of Anticipation, and Future Sight

Melek, Izzet Paragon Have yet to play with Melek so I'm not sure if he's going to stick because I've got more creatures than Instants/Sorceries but I love the prospect of another copy for spells.
Picture this, Time Stretch Two turns copied,
Once Riku, of Two Reflections
Twice Chandra, the Firebrand
Four times Twincast
Six times Reverberate
Eight times Fork
Twelve times Howl of the Horde
Thirteen Times Melek, Izzet Paragon

Who needs 26 turns? I do, my mission is to kill someone with Commander damage. Which actually isn't that hard with Xenagos, God of Revels and Master Biomancer

I did have Blue Sun's Zenith so I could deck out people with a lot of mana, but I decided not to run Palinchron because insta-win combos aren't my style.



Sideboard

• 1x Bribery
  
• 1x Codex Shredder
  
• 1x dack's duplicate
  
• 1x Decimate
  
• 1x Dig Through Time
  
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
  
• 1x Lotus Cobra
  
• 1x nin, the pain artist
  
• 1x Ral Zarek
  
• 1x Rhystic Study
  
• 1x Rite of Replication
  
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
  
• 1x Sphinx of Uthuun
  
• 1x Stolen Identity
  
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
  
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

Unfortunately, Maelstrom wanderer doesn't trigger cascade twice if copied by Riku because the second maelstrom was not cast.

So your goal is to make sure everyone has loads of fun? I find extra turn spells to be severely detrimental to the fun factor. For example, you are playing a 4 player game; not unusual in this format. As the game goes on, turns start to take longer and longer. Once you start taking multiple turns in a row, you have several people (three, in this case) who just sit around and wait for essentially one extremely long turn. It becomes more painful when your opponents could have responses for all the shenanigans you are pulling. Don't even get me started on getting multiple floating turns.

If insta-wins aren't your style, then perhaps making your insta-win take a very long time isn't your style either.

Also, Maelstrom Wanderer only cascades on cast. A copy will not cascade, and will just die a horrible, painful death.

So your goal is to make sure everyone has loads of fun? I find extra turn spells to be severely detrimental to the fun factor. For example, you are playing a 4 player game; not unusual in this format. As the game goes on, turns start to take longer and longer. Once you start taking multiple turns in a row, you have several people (three, in this case) who just sit around and wait for essentially one extremely long turn. It becomes more painful when your opponents could have responses for all the shenanigans you are pulling. Don't even get me started on getting multiple floating turns.

If insta-wins aren't your style, then perhaps making your insta-win take a very long time isn't your style either.

Also, Maelstrom Wanderer only cascades on cast. A copy will not cascade, and will just die a horrible, painful death.