Raffine scheming seer by user5835363

Format: Commander

Commander: Raffine, Scheming Seer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

Raffine, Scheming Seer commands an Esper midrange reanimator deck that leverages the connive mechanic to sculpt hands, fill the graveyard, and build substantial combat pressure. The game plan opens with low-cost creatures and mana rocks to enable Raffine on Turn 3. Attacking on Turn 4 triggers connive, discarding heavy game-ending creatures like Vilis, Broker of Blood or Archfiend of Ifnir. The deck quickly reanimates these targets with low-cost spells such as Reanimate and Animate Dead, converting discarded threats into crushing card advantage or repeatable one-sided board wipes. The definitive win condition is a compact Necrotic Ooze combo: with Asmodeus the Archfiend and Skirge Familiar in the graveyard, Necrotic Ooze draws the entire library and generates surplus mana to drain opponents with Psychosis Crawler. Backed by solid Esper spot removal and Grand Abolisher for protection, the deck reliably pivots from midgame attrition into a lethal combo finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Asmodeus the Archfiend
  • 1 Ayara's Oathsworn
  • 1 Bone Miser
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Depopulate
  • 1 Desert
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faith of the Devoted
  • 1 Feast of Sanity
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gollum, Patient Plotter
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hour of Glory
  • 1 Incarnation Technique
  • 1 Ingenious Prodigy
  • 1 Iron-Shield Elf
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Kederekt Leviathan
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Late to Dinner
  • 1 Lich's Mastery
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Moon-Blessed Cleric
  • 1 Necrotic Ooze
  • 1 Obscura Charm
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Persist
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Priest of Fell Rites
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Shadow of the Grave
  • 1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
  • 1 Skirge Familiar
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 The Eagles Are Coming!
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toluz, Clever Conductor
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Vile Entomber
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Villainous Wrath
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Waterfront District
  • 1 Weathered Runestone