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Raphael, the Muscle

Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle · {4}{R} · Red commander

Double all damage that creatures you control with counters on them would deal. When Raphael enters, create a Mutagen token. Partner—Character select (You can have two commanders if both have this ability.)

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What Raphael, the Muscle 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 · etbWhen Raphael enters, create a Mutagen token.
• Keyword · partnerpartner
• Keyword · doubledouble

What a Raphael, the Muscle deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

• 6× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
• 16× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
• 8× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 4× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
• 12× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 7× Refill your hand

Best cards for Raphael, the Muscle

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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