Raphael by DJ-Odawg

Format: Commander

Commander: Raphael, Fiendish Savior

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Raphael, Fiendish Savior anchors a Rakdos attrition engine that converts deaths and self-mill into Devils, life, and card advantage. The primary plan is to develop a sacrifice-and-descend loop that fills the graveyard, triggers end-step Devil generation, and then turn those small drains and tokens into evasive beatdown. Secondary paths use recursion bombs like Ancient Brass Dragon and Nautiloid Ship to steal or reanimate threats, while Mirror March and Mirrormind Crown multiply a key token. Most cards either die profitably, encourage dying, or reward permanents entering the graveyard. Raphael's anthem makes Demons, Devils, Imps, and Tieflings relevant at every stage, but the deck does not rely on a single combo line.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acolyte of Aclazotz
  • 1 Agent of the Shadow Thieves
  • 1 Al Bhed Salvagers
  • 1 Ancient Brass Dragon
  • 1 Another Chance
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist
  • 1 Bag of Holding
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blight Keeper
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Canonized in Blood
  • 1 Caustic Exhale
  • 1 Chain Devil
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Child of the Volcano
  • 1 Contract Killing
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Embrace
  • 1 Decode Transmissions
  • 1 Dose of Dawnglow
  • 1 Dread Cacodemon
  • 1 Embrace Oblivion
  • 1 Evil Reawakened
  • 1 Fang Dragon // Forktail Sweep
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Forum Necroscribe
  • 1 Grasping Shadows // Shadows' Lair
  • 1 Guildsworn Prowler
  • 1 Hidden Necropolis
  • 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
  • 1 Mephitic Draught
  • 1 Mirror March
  • 1 Mirrormind Crown
  • 1 Molten Collapse
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 1 Moonglove Extractor
  • 1 Moonshadow
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Nautiloid Ship
  • 1 Nefarious Imp
  • 1 Nimblewright Schematic
  • 1 Overkill
  • 1 Pact Weapon
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Passageway Seer
  • 1 Pilgrim's Eye
  • 1 Prized Statue
  • 1 Raphael, Fiendish Savior
  • 1 Reckless Barbarian
  • 1 Restless Vents
  • 1 Rooftop Percher
  • 1 Scion of Halaster
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Seymour Flux
  • 1 Sinister Concoction
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Stir Up Trouble
  • 1 Stormshriek Feral // Flush Out
  • 1 Summon Undead
  • 23 Swamp
  • 1 Swarm Culler
  • 1 Thieves' Tools
  • 1 Topaz Dragon // Entropic Cloud
  • 1 Vrock
  • 1 Warehouse Thief
  • 1 Zhentarim Bandit