New Untitled Deck by Philbus

Format: Commander

Commander: Raffine, Scheming Seer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper tempo and aggro-reanimator list commanded by Raffine, Scheming Seer. The primary strategy curves low-cost evasive creatures into a Turn 3 Raffine to trigger connive immediately upon attack. Conniving rapidly grows attackers with +1/+1 counters while sculpting the hand and stocking the graveyard with high-impact bombs such as Archfiend of Ifnir, Sephara, Sky's Blade, and Dream Trawler. Efficient reanimation spells like Reanimate and Animate Dead cheat these threats into play on Turn 4, applying overwhelming pressure. Token producers like Adeline, Resplendent Cathar and Ainok Strike Leader scale Raffine's connive count exponentially. While the list lacks fast mana rocks and dense stack interaction, its immense card-filtering velocity, resilient flyers, and asymmetric discard triggers allow it to out-tempo opponents and close games by Turn 6.

Decklist (106 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Ainok Strike Leader
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blighted Agent
  • 1 Change of Plans
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmogrand Zenith
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptcaller Chariot
  • 1 Currency Converter
  • 1 Deep-Cavern Bat
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Drake Haven
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Duelist of the Mind
  • 1 Elenda and Azor
  • 1 Endless Foot Assault
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Faith of the Devoted
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gold-Forged Thopteryx
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
  • 1 Healer's Hawk
  • 1 Iron Man, Armored Avenger
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Knowledge Is Power
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Leader's Talent
  • 1 Leader, Super-Genius
  • 1 Lyla, Holographic Assistant
  • 1 Mausoleum Wanderer
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Military Intelligence
  • 1 Miner's Guidewing
  • 1 Momo, Playful Pet
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Nadir Kraken
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reluctant Role Model
  • 1 Restart Sequence
  • 1 Ruin-Lurker Bat
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Segovian Angel
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shabraz, the Skyshark
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shadrix Silverquill
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shoreline Looter
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Sinkhole Surveyor
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Songs of the Damned
  • 1 Starwinder
  • 1 Stitch Together
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swooping Lookout
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Vault Skirge
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Willie Lumpkin, Postman
  • 1 Writ of Return