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Rikku, Resourceful Guardian
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
Whenever you put one or more counters on a creature, until end of turn, that creature can't be blocked by creatures your opponents control. Steal — {1}, {T}: Move a counter from target creature an opponent controls onto target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
2 / 3
“Steal counters, buff creatures, swing through unblocked.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage
Counters, Theft Effects
Strategy
Rikku is a sneaky counter-theft commander that turns your opponents' investments against them. The core gameplan revolves around moving counters from enemy creatures onto your own threats, which simultaneously weakens their board while empowering yours. Every counter you steal triggers Rikku's first ability, giving your creatures evasion and making them harder to block down. You win by growing your creatures faster than opponents can rebuild, swinging in for unblockable damage while using the Steal ability to gradually dismantle opposing threats.
The deck focuses on cards that generate or interact with counters—both putting them on your creatures and harvesting them from opponents. Blue's typical counter-manipulation suite works perfectly here: proliferate effects multiply your progress, while cards that move or copy counters accelerate your gameplan. The evasion boost from each steal creates a snowball effect where even small creatures become threats, and the resource advantage of converting enemy work into your damage output is powerful and fun.
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Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey planeswalkers and use budget counter-doublers like Doubling Season alternatives (Branching Evolution, Shared Summons). Cheaper blue cantrips replace Uro.
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Contentious Plan
Inclusion = % of Rikku, Resourceful Guardian decks running this card. +lift = percentage-point boost over the format average.
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