Oracle: MOAR RAMPING. Do people actually just play a ramp.dec? It's fun to have no variation?
I'd say Oracle should replace Harrow if you're leaning too hard on ramp. It works well with Cultivate and Kodama's Reach and helps clean the top cards of your deck to take some guesswork out of Mayael.
Hexproof is better than shroud, but making your biggies unblockable is priceless – in this type of deck, re-usable evasion is key. A Hydra Omivore that can't be chumped or doom bladed? I think it's worth it.
Hey everyone, wanted to get some feedback on a multiplayer, competitive Riku deck I'm building. The idea is that infect generally isn't that great in EDH, but with Riku you are getting twice as many infect creatures, twice as many pumps, and twice as much proliferation. I've found that ten poison counters is easy to accomplish in duals, but once others see you can take out a player in one turn, you're pretty much hated by everyone else at the table. The deck:
I'd say Oracle should replace Harrow if you're leaning too hard on ramp. It works well with Cultivate and Kodama's Reach and helps clean the top cards of your deck to take some guesswork out of Mayael.
Hexproof is better than shroud, but making your biggies unblockable is priceless – in this type of deck, re-usable evasion is key. A Hydra Omivore that can't be chumped or doom bladed? I think it's worth it.
BTW, love the deck name.
Hamletback Goliath: insane growth, works great with
Fling: deal direct damage to finish off a player.
Oracle of Mul Daya: ramp and knowing exactly what you're going to get with Mayael.
Whispersilk Cloak: Shroud your general or make your beasts unblockable.
1 Riku of Two Reflections
Infectors
1 Blight Mamba
1 Tangle Angler
1 Corpse Cur
1 Putrefax
1 Ironclaw Myr
1 Phyrexian Swarmlord
1 Blighted Agent
1 Viral Drake
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Blightwidow
1 Phyrexian Juggernaut
1 Spinebiter
1 Viridian Corrupter
1 Razor Swine
Clones
1 Clone
1 Vesuvan Doppelganger
1 Cryptoplasm
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Body Double
1 Quicksilver Gargantuan
Utility Creatures
1 Neurok Invisimancer
1 Eternal Witness
1 Brutalizer Exarch
1 Acidic Slime
1 Forgotten Ancient
1 Goblin Tunneler
Instants & Sorceries
1 Invigorate
1 Vines of Vastwood
1 Blood Lust
1 Untamed Might
1 Groundswell
1 Colossal Might
1 Soul's Fire
1 Volt Charge
1 Cryptic Command
1 Pistus Strike
1 Chaos Warp
1 Rite of Replication
1 Distortion Strike
1 Regrowth
1 Hull Breach
1 Decimate
1 Cultivate
1 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Tezzeret's Gambit
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Mimic Vat
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Darksteel Plate
1 Trailblazer's Boots
1 Mage Slayer
1 Surestrike Trident
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Whispersilk Cloak
1 Livewire Lash
1 Umezawa's Jitte
Enchantments
1 Corrupted Conscience
1 Splinter Twin
1 Rancor
1 Eldrazi Conscription
Planeswalkers
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Lands
6 Island
6 Forest
6 Mountain
1 Yavimaya Coast
1 City of Brass
1 Izzet Boilerworks
1 Cascade Bluffs
1 Simic Growth Chamber
1 Vesuva
1 Rootbound Crag
1 Fire-Lit Thicket
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Breeding Pool
1 Gruul Turf
1 Grove of the Burnwillows
1 Flooded Grove
1 Academy Ruins
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Karplusan Forest
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Command Tower
1 Shivan Reef
The idea is to shroud Riku of Two Reflections, then double cast infect creatures. Use Distortion Strike, Whispersilk Cloak, Mage Slayer, etc. to open up paths for infect damage, then double pump for the kill. Clones provide support for more infect, utility, or to copy any bombs that have hit the board. Splinter Twin itself creates a lot of reusable craziness with the clones, Brutalizer Exarch, Eternal Witness, etc.
Thoughts?