RAFFINE B3 by dongro

Format: Commander

Commander: Raffine, Scheming Seer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Tempo Reanimator strategy commanded by Raffine, Scheming Seer. The game plan opens with cheap, evasive creatures and token producers such as Esper Sentinel, Faerie Mastermind, and Bitterblossom. Casting Raffine on Turn 3 immediately weaponizes these attackers through the connive mechanic, drawing and discarding cards to sculpt the hand, grow attackers with +1/+1 counters, and discard heavyweight threats. On Turn 4, the deck uses efficient reanimation spells like Animate Dead, Necromancy, and Victimize to cheat devastating creatures into play, primarily Archon of Cruelty or Serra's Emissary. The resulting board state applies tremendous pressure through asymmetric edicts, drain, and evasive combat damage, closing out the table around Turn 6 with overrun effects like Akroma's Will. The deck backs its proactive curve with a rich suite of efficient countermagic and versatile spot removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Battle Angels of Tyr
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Greed
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
  • 1 Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Priest of Fell Rites
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectral Sailor
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi, Master of Time
  • 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witch of the Moors