Riku of Two Reflections (Commander) - Expensive Core

Chris Guest
Apr 9, 2026
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Training Center
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Spire Garden
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Exotic Orchard
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Hedge Maze
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Thundering Falls
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22%synergy
Dreamroot Cascade
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Commercial District
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Cinder Glade
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Bala Ged Recovery
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Fabled Passage
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Gruul Turf
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11%synergy
Simic Growth Chamber
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7%synergy
Stormcarved Coast
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1%synergy
Sink into Stupor
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16%synergy
Prismatic Vista
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15%synergy
Shivan Reef
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-12%synergy
Izzet Boilerworks
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7%synergy
Yavimaya Coast
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-14%synergy
Reflecting Pool
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13%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
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18%synergy
Cascade Bluffs
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12%synergy
Valakut Awakening
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16%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
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14%synergy
Temple of Epiphany
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Temple of Mystery
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-4%synergy
Path of Ancestry
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Flooded Grove
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0%synergy
Temple of Abandon
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-5%synergy
Riverglide Pathway
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9%synergy
Karplusan Forest
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-13%synergy