Don & Raph, Hard Science

Don & Raph is a 3-mana 2/4 menace that grants affinity for artifacts to the next noncreature spell cast after attacking — a potent cost-reducer in artifact-heavy shells that can make expensive instants, sorceries, or noncreature combos essentially free. It's a signature include in UR artifact-matters and spellslinger decks that run a high artifact count, and can enable broken turns with high-MV spells like Torment of Hailfire or combo pieces. The trigger is attack-gated, requiring setup each turn, and the payoff scales entirely with artifact density.

• The affinity granted is a full per-artifact discount on the NEXT noncreature spell cast that turn — this can reduce a spell's cost to zero if you control enough artifacts, enabling completely free high-CMC spells like Expropriate or Torment of Hailfire after a single attack.

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• The hybrid {U/R}{U/R} pips mean this card can slot into a mono-blue or mono-red commander deck (e.g., as part of the 99), not just UR — worth noting for color-identity edge cases.

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• Because the affinity discount applies to any noncreature spell (including enchantments, planeswalkers, and artifacts), this pairs particularly well with expensive artifact spells like Blinkmoth Urn or Darksteel Forge that also benefit from and contribute to artifact density.

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• EDHREC rank: #19,306