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Don & Raph, Hard Science

Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle · {1}{U/R}{U/R} · Red/Blue commander

Menace Whenever Don & Raph attack, the next noncreature spell you cast this turn has affinity for artifacts. (It costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)

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What Don & Raph, Hard Science actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Triggered ability · attackWhenever Don & Raph attack, the next noncreature spell you cast this turn has affinity for artifacts.
• Keyword · menacemenace

What a Don & Raph, Hard Science deck needs

Plays as combat trigger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• artifacts (each attack gives the next noncreature spell affinity for artifacts)
• noncreature spells

The Don & Raph, Hard Science deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 12× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
• 8× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 7× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 4× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 3× Answer a whole board at once
• 8× Refill your hand
• 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Don & Raph, Hard Science

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

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