Raphael 13.08.26 by Shalob

Format: Commander

Commander: Raphael, Fiendish Savior

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Raphael, Fiendish Savior leads a BR sacrifice/Demon-tribal engine. The primary plan is to sacrifice and reanimate creatures so that each end-step death creates a 1/1 Devil token; Raphael's anthem plus lifelink then lets a wave of Demons, Devils, Imps and Tieflings close out through combat. Secondary paths are Dreadfeast Demon recursion, Judith/Mutinous Massacre burst, and Orcus reanimation. There is no hidden commander; Raphael is the multiplier, not a required combo piece, though the deck is slower if he is kept off the board. Realistic wins come from either overwhelming flying lifelink attacks or from noncombat sacrifice pings distributing 40 damage across all opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of Bhaal // Bone Offering
  • 1 Altar's Reap
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Bladebrand
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood for Bones
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Bloodsoaked Insight // Sanguine Morass
  • 1 Body Dropper
  • 1 Burn Down the House
  • 1 By Force
  • 1 Cadaver Imp
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Chain Devil
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadfeast Demon
  • 1 Elturel Survivors
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fetid Imp
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Guildsworn Prowler
  • 1 Harvester of Souls
  • 1 Hellrider
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos
  • 1 Hoard Robber
  • 1 Hour of Victory
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Judith, Carnage Connoisseur
  • 1 Juri, Master of the Revue
  • 1 Lich-Knights' Conquest
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mayhem Patrol
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Mutinous Massacre
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Orcus, Prince of Undeath
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Perforating Artist
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rakdos, Lord of Riots
  • 1 Raphael, Fiendish Savior
  • 1 Reaper from the Abyss
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Showstopper
  • 1 Sin Prodder
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spitebellows
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Tibalt, Rakish Instigator
  • 1 Torch Fiend
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Vexing Devil
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vile Mutilator
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Worthy Cost
  • 1 Zurzoth, Chaos Rider