Commander

Raphael, Fiendish Savior

Global commander stats

All Rakdos commanders

305 Wins

762 Losses

Overview

Summary

Raphael, Fiendish Savior is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,080 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (305–762) at an Elo of 1,459, ranking #4403 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.54 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Raphael, Fiendish Savior's win rate?

Raphael, Fiendish Savior has a 28% win rate across 1080 recorded Playgroup games (305 wins, 762 losses).

How long do winning games with Raphael, Fiendish Savior take?

Wins with Raphael, Fiendish Savior take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 3 months.

How many decks use Raphael, Fiendish Savior?

467 decks list Raphael, Fiendish Savior as their commander on Playgroup, of which 266 have played at least one recorded game.

Raphael, Fiendish Savior Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4403

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1459

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.54

Average turn length 12 minutes

No. decks for this commander 467

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 266

No. games played with this commander 1080

Total hours played 3 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1539	SABRQQ	8	3	38 %
2	1538	Shadowninja1025	4	2	50 %
3	1536	ArsenalADD	1	1	100 %
4	1536	KCtheDeer	1	1	100 %
5	1536	TeamMedic	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Raphael, Fiendish Savior wins, 59.91% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

59.91%

Non Combat Damage

28.45%

Commander Damage

4.74%

Alternative

4.31%

Combo

2.59%

Avg win turn 10.0 based on 318 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Raphael, Fiendish Savior

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Raphael, Fiendish Savior decks that leave them out.

+4.3 pp

Top card: Haunted Ridge

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Haunted Ridge 40 games	+4.3 pp	40
2	Mayhem Devil 102 games	+3.4 pp	102
3	Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos Signature build 33 games · Signature build	+1.4 pp	33

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Raphael, Fiendish Savior wins 36.83% of games from position 1 and 7.69% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.83% n=334

Seat 2

29.69% n=357

Seat 3

25.42% n=240

Seat 4

15.49% n=142

Seat 5

7.69% n=13

Seat 6

33.33% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Raphael, Fiendish Savior wins 29.01% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.01% n=455

1 mulligan

26.92% n=182

2 mulligans

30.91% n=55

3 mulligans

22.22% n=18

4 mulligans

50.0% n=2

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

50.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Raphael, Fiendish Savior 3.66/5 on average, across 729 self-reports.

3.66 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Raphael, Fiendish Savior wins, opponents flag the game as salty 36.3% of the time across 320 tracked wins.

36.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Raphael, Fiendish Savior. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.