A real Ryu deck at the price of a pile of commons
Train Ryu behind a creature with more power, turn inexpensive Equipment into a real clock, then convert his post-combat Hadoken into removal and cards. The deck is built to use 37 basic lands you already have, so the live CardTrader Zero floor only covers the 63 nonlands.
Ryu, World Warrior is the clearly matching Magic card: a Commander-legal red-white legendary creature. Exact Ryu had no live English CardTrader Zero listing in this snapshot. The $16.70 build therefore uses Vikya, Scorching Stalwart, the mechanically identical Commander-legal Universes Within printing, at $0.29. That is a visible purchase choice, not a silent substitution. Verify the Ryu/Vikya card identity and legality.
How it plays: deploy cheap mana and a bigger attacker, cast Ryu/Vikya, and attack with the larger body to train him. Equipment makes both the training line and combat meaningful. After combat, Hadoken turns Ryu’s power into targeted damage; excess damage draws a card. The support cards either make bodies, reduce/ease Equipment, protect Ryu, or keep cards and mana flowing. This is combat Commander, not cEDH—but every card pulls toward the same plan.
- Live card floor — 63 listed nonlands
- $16.70
- Your 20 Plains + 17 Mountains
- $0.00 supplied
- Exact Street Fighter Ryu, World Warrior
- No English Zero listing found
- CardTrader Zero service / shipping fees
- Not priced — checkout and destination dependent
- Sales tax
- Not priced — checkout and destination dependent
- Cart / checkout / purchase
- Not created
Live snapshot: the core deck scan ran at 10:36 PDT on 5 Aug 2026; the Ryu-equivalent and replacement checks completed at 10:38–10:41 PDT. Every selected card is English and CardTrader Zero-eligible. The floor combines those exact read-only snapshots; prices, Zero availability, and checkout fees can change. It is deliberately not presented as a delivered total.
Sources used in the page: Ryu/Vikya identity and Commander legality; CardTrader API read-only English Zero inventory scans. No CardTrader cart, order, wishlist, message, or marketplace record was created.