Raph Devil Daddy by SkullSketch14

Format: Commander

Commander: Raphael, Fiendish Savior

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 20

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos midrange aristocrats and tribal strategy led by Raphael, Fiendish Savior. The game plan revolves around generating creature death triggers using token producers like Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia and Lagomos, Hand of Hatred, allowing Raphael to create 1/1 Devil tokens on each end step. Raphael provides a +1/+1 anthem and lifelink to all Demons, Devils, Imps, and Tieflings, transforming small tokens and large flying beaters into significant life swings. The deck applies attrition through group slug cards like Descent into Avernus and Painful Quandary, alongside board-constricting Demons like Archfiend of Depravity. However, the deck runs a low land count of 30 lands with light low-cost ramp, leading to a deliberate assembly pace around Turn 6 and an expected combat-driven win around Turn 10. Protection is sparse, making the strategy rely on sustained pressure and recursion to close out games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of Bhaal // Bone Offering
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Depravity
  • 1 Ashnod's Intervention
  • 1 Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Bloodgift Demon
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Barrens
  • 1 Combustible Gearhulk
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Deadly Tempest
  • 1 Death-Rattle Oni
  • 1 Demon of Catastrophes
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dictate of the Twin Gods
  • 1 Dreamshaper Shaman
  • 1 Dredge the Mire
  • 1 Embodiment of Agonies
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Geothermal Bog
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Heirloom Mirror // Inherited Fiend
  • 1 Hellrider
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Judith, the Scourge Diva
  • 1 Kaervek the Merciless
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
  • 1 Kethek, Crucible Goliath
  • 1 Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
  • 1 Liliana's Contract
  • 1 Lolth, Spider Queen
  • 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
  • 1 Molten Slagheap
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Ob Nixilis Reignited
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • 1 Orcus, Prince of Undeath
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Profane Command
  • 1 Rakdos Guildgate
  • 1 Rakshasa Debaser
  • 1 Raphael, Fiendish Savior
  • 1 Reign of the Pit
  • 1 Sangromancer
  • 1 Scythe Specter
  • 1 Sepulchral Primordial
  • 1 Shadow-Rite Priest
  • 7 Shadowborn Apostle
  • 1 Sin Prodder
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Spiteful Visions
  • 1 Stensia Bloodhall
  • 1 Stormfist Crusader
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Taborax, Hope's Demise
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Theater of Horrors
  • 1 Tibalt, Rakish Instigator
  • 1 Titan Hunter
  • 1 Tramway Station
  • 1 Urza's Mine
  • 1 Urza's Power Plant
  • 1 Urza's Tower
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wildfire Devils
  • 1 Witty Roastmaster
  • 1 Worn Powerstone