Pyramid Scheme by user4322228

Format: Commander

Commander: Raffine, Scheming Seer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper tempo-reanimator list helmed by Raffine, Scheming Seer. The game plan utilizes cheap, evasive one- and two-drop creatures to establish an immediate board presence on the first two turns. Casting Raffine on Turn 3 transforms every subsequent combat step into massive card selection and board growth via the connive mechanic. By filtering several cards per attack, the deck bins high-impact reanimation targets like Archon of Cruelty, Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, and Archfiend of Ifnir directly into the graveyard without needing dedicated entomb spells. On Turn 4, low-cost reanimation spells bring these monstrous threats into play ahead of curve, establishing asymmetric board wipes and severe attrition. Backed by free and one-mana counterspells, phased protection, and lethal combat finishers like Akroma's Will and Archfiend of Despair, the deck steadily eliminates all opponents across two combat rotations.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Ainok Strike Leader
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 All-Seeing Arbiter
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Archfiend of Sorrows
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Armaggon, Future Shark
  • 1 Azure Beastbinder
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Cunning Survivor
  • 1 Dance of the Dead
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Dusk Mangler
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Esior, Wardwing Familiar
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gold-Forged Thopteryx
  • 1 Gudul Lurker
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Judge's Familiar
  • 1 Kinscaer Sentry
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Mausoleum Wanderer
  • 1 Mist-Cloaked Herald
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Priest of Fell Rites
  • 1 Psychic Frog
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Restart Sequence
  • 1 Scrounging Skyray
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Shadowstorm Vizier
  • 1 Shoreline Looter
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Soltari Foot Soldier
  • 1 Stitch Together
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Topplegeist
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Triton Shorestalker
  • 1 Unburial Rites
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vile Mutilator
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wyrm's Crossing Patrol