Raphael, Fiendish Savior - Intelligence

Raphael is primarily a Rakdos Aristocrats commander. Put a creature card into your graveyard during the turn, reach that end step with Raphael, make a Devil, then attack or sacrifice Devils with Fiend and death payoffs.

Raphael's anthem affects other Demons, Devils, Imps, and Tieflings you control.

Raphael does not affect himself because the anthem says other.

A creature with several supported types receives the bonus once from one Raphael.

Raphael checks at the beginning of each end step, not only your end step.

The end-step ability has an intervening-if condition and must be true as the ability triggers and resolves.

A creature card must be put into your graveyard from anywhere during that turn.

The card does not need to remain in the graveyard for the condition to have happened.

Creature tokens are not cards and do not satisfy the condition.

Nontoken creature permanents normally qualify when they die and go to your graveyard.

Discarded and milled creature cards qualify.

Several qualifying creature-card events during one turn still make one token from one normal Raphael trigger.

The Devil token is created only as the end-step ability resolves.

The Devil token's death ability targets.

The Devil token is the damage source for its own death trigger, not Raphael.

The Devil's death trigger exists independently after the token ceases to exist.

Graveyard replacement effects can prevent the creature-card condition.

A missed beginning-of-end-step trigger does not trigger retroactively later in the turn.

Multiple Raphaels create separate triggers if each one sees the condition.

Panharmonicon does not apply to Raphael's end-step trigger.

Strionic Resonator can copy Raphael's triggered ability if timing and targets are legal.

Roaming Throne requires independent validation before it is treated as a core Raphael card.

The Devil token's post-death lifelink damage interaction remains an explicit verifier item before publication-level claims.

Pair recursive creatures and sacrifice outlets with Raphael so each qualifying turn produces a Devil for death payoffs.

Use Raphael as a Rakdos Fiend lord for Demon threats and Devil/Tiefling support.

Lean into repeatable Devil creation and convert every Devil death into damage and sacrifice value.

Enable Raphael during opponents' turns with recursion, discard, mill, and sacrifice timing.

Use Raphael's lifelink anthem on supported creatures while preserving the Aristocrats shell.