Ride the Modes with Riku Riku of Many Paths is a compact toolkit commander for players who like modal choices and incremental advantage. Cast Riku and every modal spell becomes a bank of small but decisive options. The card rewards spells that offer multiple modes by letting you choose up to X where X equals the number of modes chosen. Each choice can translate to card access, a growth counter and a short trample boost, or a 1 1 flying Bird token. Practical play sees Riku enable flexible midgame turns where you trade answers, board presence and card advantage based on what the table presents.
In set context Riku fits the Outlaws of Thunder Junction tone by turning improvisation into steady value. He favors decks with modal spells and a mix of top end and recur effects. Use him to tax removal and to convert modal picks into long term resources. The foil light play copy shown makes a subtle addition to a collection and will perform the same in a kitchen table multiplayer game or a focused commander list.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {U}{B}{R}
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Card Type – Legendary Creature
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Subtypes – Human Wizard
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Whenever you cast a modal spell, choose up to X, where X is the number of times you choose a mode for that spell —
- Exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play it.
- Put a +1/+1 counter on Riku of Many Paths. It gains trample until end of turn.
- Create a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying.
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Power / Toughness – 3/3
