Raphael Devils and Demons by Skomoto

Format: Commander

Commander: Raphael, Fiendish Savior

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Demon and Devil tribal aristocrats strategy helmed by Raphael, Fiendish Savior. The game plan accelerates mana on early turns to deploy Raphael alongside sacrifice outlets and token generators like Zurzoth, Chaos Rider and Mayhem Devil. Raphael grants substantial buffs and lifelink to the tribe while producing 1/1 Devil tokens whenever creatures enter the graveyard. The deck translates this board presence into lethal table-wide pressure using damage doublers like Bloodletter of Aclazotz and Fiendish Duo, sustained burn from Defiling Daemogoth, and extra combat phases from Karlach, Fury of Avernus. It interacts using high-velocity removal such as Deadly Rollick, Deflecting Swat, and Toxic Deluge, while leveraging a robust suite of reanimation spells including Reanimate and Victimize to recover from board wipes. It reliably presents a critical lethal threat by turn 6 and eliminates the table by turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Balor
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Body Dropper
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Burn Down the House
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defiling Daemogoth
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Fiendish Duo
  • 1 Gibbering Fiend
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Great Unclean One
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Harvester of Souls
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hellrider
  • 1 Herald of Slaanesh
  • 1 Hobblefiend
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
  • 1 Perforating Artist
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Joins Up
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rakdos, Lord of Riots
  • 1 Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
  • 1 Rakdos, the Showstopper
  • 1 Raphael, Fiendish Savior
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sin Prodder
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spiteful Prankster
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Séance Board
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Torch Fiend
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Vexing Devil
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
  • 1 Witty Roastmaster
  • 1 Zariel, Archduke of Avernus
  • 1 Zurzoth, Chaos Rider