Hi, I'm here to tell you about the Best build for Riku. I've been playing the game since the beginning of the year and hit the ground running. I believe that's due to my prior experience in YuGiOh and Pokémon card games. In the beginning I bought a Yidris precon to play with friends that have been playing magic for years. My buddy told me "if I want to win I need to make my deck faster and make every card count, no dead hands." So he suggested Maelstrom wanderer due to me already having the cards in his colors. I tried it out, but playing blue and cascading into counterspells was cutting me short. So that same friend suggested keeping the colors and changing generals. I said "sure, why not" and there I went, on my journey to creating the meanest Riku deck possible.
This deck build is borderline unstoppable. Against most decks it's a 65/35. Mostly due to its ability to have answers for most other deck builds. The thing about Riku you should know is that he is more of a win more card, not necessarily a wincon. You'll probably ramp fast and get a turn 3 or 4 Riku if you want and on turn 5 Doublecast a Bribery to take someone else's winning combo and combo out. I remember even double casting a delved Dig Through Time, drawling 14 cards to get to my wincon. Ramp hard and drop a Survival of the fittest or Fauna Shaman by turn 4 and turn 5 get and drop a Palinchron and phantasmal Image to go infinite mana then continue to use your tutors to get your aggro wincon or draw into it
Creatures:
Riku of Two Reflections
Fauna Shaman
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Zealous Conscripts
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
Ixidron
Gilded Drake
Seedborn Muse
Farhaven Elf
Courser of Kruphix
Oracle of Mul Daya
Glen Elendra Archmage
Clever Impersonator
Coiling Oracle
Deceiver Exarch
Palinchron
Deadeye Navigator
Phantasmal Image
Fierce Empath
Eternal Witness
Archaeomancer
Mulldrifter
Arcanis the Omnipotent
Vexing Shusher
Sower of Temptation
Venser, Shaper Savant
Planeswalker:
Garruk Wildspeaker
Enchantments:
Mana Reflection
Burgeoning
Splinter Twin
Survival of the Fittest
Sylvan Library
Mind Over Matter
Sneak Attack
Sorcery:
Blasphemous Act
Cultivate
Skyshroud Claim
Farseek
Explosive Vegetation
Rampant Growth
Bribery
Ponder
Preordain
Tooth and Nail
Kodama's Reach
Instants:
Swan Song
Rapid Hybridization
Nature's Claim
Reality Shift
Beast Within
Krosan Grip
Chord of Calling
Dissolve
Hinder
Counterspell
Delay
Capsize
Aetherize
Dig Through Time
Brainstorm
Stroke of Genius
Telling Time
Noxious Revival
Worldly Tutor
This deck build is borderline unstoppable. Against most decks it's a 65/35. Mostly due to its ability to have answers for most other deck builds. The thing about Riku you should know is that he is more of a win more card, not necessarily a wincon. You'll probably ramp fast and get a turn 3 or 4 Riku if you want and on turn 5 Doublecast a Bribery to take someone else's winning combo and combo out. I remember even double casting a delved Dig Through Time, drawling 14 cards to get to my wincon. Ramp hard and drop a Survival of the fittest or Fauna Shaman by turn 4 and turn 5 get and drop a Palinchron and phantasmal Image to go infinite mana then continue to use your tutors to get your aggro wincon or draw into it
Here I'll list some of the combos.
Infinite Aggro:
Kiki-Jiki + Zealous Conscripts.
Kiki-Jiki + Deceiver Exarch.
Splinter Twin + Deciever Exarch.
Zealous Conscripts + Splinter Twin.
Infinite Mana:
Palinchron + 14 Mana.
Palinchron + Phantasmal Image.
Palinchron + Deadeye Navigator.
Infinite Draw:
Mind Over Matter + Arcanis
Toolbox:
Creatures:
Riku of Two Reflections
Fauna Shaman
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Zealous Conscripts
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
Ixidron
Gilded Drake
Seedborn Muse
Farhaven Elf
Courser of Kruphix
Oracle of Mul Daya
Glen Elendra Archmage
Clever Impersonator
Coiling Oracle
Deceiver Exarch
Palinchron
Deadeye Navigator
Phantasmal Image
Fierce Empath
Eternal Witness
Archaeomancer
Mulldrifter
Arcanis the Omnipotent
Vexing Shusher
Sower of Temptation
Venser, Shaper Savant
Planeswalker:
Garruk Wildspeaker
Enchantments:
Mana Reflection
Burgeoning
Splinter Twin
Survival of the Fittest
Sylvan Library
Mind Over Matter
Sneak Attack
Sorcery:
Blasphemous Act
Cultivate
Skyshroud Claim
Farseek
Explosive Vegetation
Rampant Growth
Bribery
Ponder
Preordain
Tooth and Nail
Kodama's Reach
Instants:
Swan Song
Rapid Hybridization
Nature's Claim
Reality Shift
Beast Within
Krosan Grip
Chord of Calling
Dissolve
Hinder
Counterspell
Delay
Capsize
Aetherize
Dig Through Time
Brainstorm
Stroke of Genius
Telling Time
Noxious Revival
Worldly Tutor
Artifacts:
Sol Ring
Sensei's Divining Top
Lands:
Stomping Grounds
Cinder Glade
Rootbound Crag
Karplusan Forest
Breeding Pool
Hinderland Harbor
Botanical Sanctum
Yavimaya Coast
Sulfur Falls
Steam Vents
Reliquary Tower
Command Tower
Reflecting Pool
Strip Mine
Alchemist's Refuge
Riptide Laboratory
Homeward path
4x Mountains
6x Islands
6x Forests