The Demon Sphinx Raffine and His Hoarding Band by user7168946

Format: Commander

Commander: Raffine, Scheming Seer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper reanimator tempo strategy led by Raffine, Scheming Seer. The game plan establishes early board presence using low-mana evasive creatures like Mausoleum Wanderer and Segovian Angel. Once Raffine enters the battlefield, attacking triggers connive, allowing you to draw and discard multiple cards each turn. This rapidly filters your library, grows your attacking creatures with +1/+1 counters, and fills the graveyard with game-ending threats. The deck capitalizes on this setup by casting efficient reanimation spells such as Reanimate, Victimize, and Priest of Fell Rites to cheat powerhouse creatures like Archfiend of Ifnir, Consecrated Sphinx, and Ardyn, the Usurper into play ahead of curve. Archfiend of Ifnir systematically wipes opposing creature boards through repeated discards, while Notion Thief starves opponents of resources. The deck protects its board with Flare of Fortitude and Guardian of Faith, closing out games with overwhelming combat damage via Akroma's Will or the Queza, Augur of Agonies and Drogskol Reaver combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Archfiend of Spite
  • 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
  • 1 Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Currency Converter
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Drogskol Reaver
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Echo of Eons
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Elenda and Azor
  • 1 Emrakul's Messenger
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fix What's Broken
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Pilferer
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Guardian Scalelord
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Judge's Familiar
  • 1 Kamiz, Obscura Oculus
  • 1 Knowledge Is Power
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mausoleum Wanderer
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Obelisk of Esper
  • 1 Obscura Interceptor
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Priest of Fell Rites
  • 1 Queza, Augur of Agonies
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Segovian Angel
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shoreline Looter
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Snarling Gorehound
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stormscape Familiar
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Wonder
  • 1 Wyrm's Crossing Patrol