Raphael's Technique
- Mana cost
- {4}{R}{R}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #237 (rare)
- Price
- $0.57 USD
Sneak {2}{R} (You may cast this spell for {2}{R} if you also return an unblocked attacker you control to hand during the declare blockers step.)
Each player may discard their hand and draw seven cards.
Raphael's Technique has 2 printings, first in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2026). EDHREC ranks it #11,277 among Commander cards. It appears most in Heroes in a Half Shell decks (628 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Raphael's Technique most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Heroes in a Half Shell: 628 decks
- The Scarlet Witch: 520 decks
- Thor, God of Thunder: 156 decks
- Loki, God of Lies: 134 decks
- Raphael, Ninja Destroyer: 112 decks
- Raph & Leo, Sibling Rivals: 103 decks
- Tersa Lightshatter: 90 decks
- Inti, Seneschal of the Sun: 69 decks
Often played with Raphael's Technique
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Although a creature put onto the battlefield this way is attacking, it was never declared as an attacking creature. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks won't trigger when that creature enters attacking.
- : A player may choose to discard their hand even if their hand contains zero cards.
- : If a creature spell's sneak cost was paid, the creature it becomes enters tapped and attacking the same player, planeswalker, or battle as the creature that was returned to its owner's hand to pay its sneak cost. This is a rule specific to sneak; in other cases, when a creature is put onto the battlefield attacking, that creature's controller chooses which player, planeswalker, or battle it's attacking.
- : Spells can only be cast for their sneak costs any time you could play an instant during the declare blockers step on your turn (after your opponent has decided whether to block).