DimirLegendary Creature — Zombie Mutant RogueRaul, Trouble Shooter
Mana value3Rank#5,236
The Commander
Once during each of your turns, you may cast a spell from among cards in your graveyard that were milled this turn.
: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Guide
Gameplan
Raul turns your graveyard into a second hand: tap him to mill everyone, then cast a spell that hit your yard this turn for free card advantage. Build a mill-and-recur engine that fills graveyards (fueling your own casts and dimir mill wins) while you grind value off the top of your library each turn.
Strengths
- Repeatable, mana-positive card advantage by casting milled spells without paying their normal draw cost
- Doubles as a mill enabler—every activation chips four cards toward a mill victory in multiplayer
- Synergizes with self-mill payoffs, flashback, and graveyard recursion in the strongest UB shells
- Cheap 3-mana commander that comes down early and immediately starts generating value
Weaknesses
- Inherently random—you can only cast what randomly hits your yard each turn
- Graveyard hate (Rest in Peace, Bojuka Bog) shuts the whole engine off
- Fills opponents' graveyards too, which can backfire against reanimator and Tarmogoyf-style decks
- Slow clock; mill is grindy and the deck can stall without a closing combo
Key Cards
- Wonder — Milled into your yard, it grants your whole team flying for evasive damage—classic self-mill payoff.
- Mesmeric Orb — Massively accelerates everyone's self-mill, fueling both your casts and a mill win.
- Glimpse the Unthinkable — A premier mill spell that's even better when Raul lets you cast it free off the top.
- Bruvac the Grandiloquent — Doubles all your mill triggers, turning Raul's activations into a fast clock.
- Sphinx's Tutelage — Converts every self-mill and forced mill into incremental damage to opponents' libraries.
- Jace, Wielder of Mysteries — Provides an alternate win and protects you from decking yourself out via heavy self-mill.
Upgrade Path
Add fast mana and self-mill enablers (Mesmeric Orb, Hedron Crab, Fraying Sanity) so Raul's activations snowball, and pair Bruvac with mill payoffs to convert the engine into a real clock. Pack a clean combo finish—Thassa's Oracle/Demonic Consultation or Laboratory Maniac with self-mill—plus graveyard-hate protection like Soul-Guide Lantern for the mirror. Tighten the spell base so most cards you can cast off the top are impactful interaction or card advantage.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Milling all opponents out with Bruvac, Sphinx's Tutelage, and Mesmeric Orb
- ▸Casting an alternate-win like Jace, Wielder of Mysteries or Thassa's Oracle
- ▸Beating down with evasive threats granted flying by Wonder
- ▸Recurring value engines that out-grind the table into a finisher
Archetypes
- Mill — Raul's tap ability mills every player, and Bruvac/Tutelage effects convert that into a kill.
- Spellslinger — Casting milled instants and sorceries for free rewards an interaction- and value-dense list.
- Reanimator/Graveyard Value — His mill stocks your yard for reanimation and flashback while he casts spells straight from it.
- Control — Free milled removal and counters plus inevitable mill let you grind and stabilize the board.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (BU), by popularity.
