EDH Optimizer
Raul, Trouble Shooter
Legendary Creature — Zombie Mutant Rogue · 1UB
Color identity: Black · Blue · Dimir
Raul, Trouble Shooter is Dimir (black and blue): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Once during each of your turns, you may cast a spell from among cards in your graveyard that were milled this turn.
{T}: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Reference price of the card: €0.46
Comes in the precon Mutant Menace
Average lands in decks for Raul, Trouble Shooter: 35
MillReanimatorSelf-MillGraveyardComboControlFlashbackDredge
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The list people actually play (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: C (55/100)
- Consistency16
- Speed55
- Interaction62
- Resilience86
- Closing53
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (24 nonbasic, 5 Island, 6 Swamp)
Sol Ring · Arcane Signet · Talisman of Dominance · Dimir Signet · Millikin · Reanimate · Deranged Assistant · Ghoulcaller's Bell · Codex Shredder · Syr Konrad, the Grim · Thought Scour · Counterspell · Drown in the Loch · Singularity Rupture · Stitcher's Supplier · Dark Ritual · Nuclear Fallout · An Offer You Can't Refuse · Emry, Lurker of the Loch · Mesmeric Orb · Screeching Scorchbeast · Feed the Swarm · Hedron Crab · Mirelurk Queen · Consuming Aberration · Cruel Somnophage // Can't Wake Up · The Ancient One · The Water Crystal · Toxic Deluge · Victimize · Animate Dead · Brainstorm · Ruin Crab · Ripples of Undeath · Extract from Darkness · Fellwar Stone · Mindcrank · Riverchurn Monument · Perpetual Timepiece · Breach the Multiverse · Dread Return · Vantress Gargoyle · Zellix, Sanity Flayer · Dauthi Voidwalker · Maddening Cacophony · Undead Butler · Demonic Tutor · Frantic Search · Fraying Sanity · Infesting Radroach · Laboratory Maniac · Mind Stone · Ashiok, Dream Render · Bruvac the Grandiloquent · Cemetery Tampering · Deadly Rollick · Glimpse the Unthinkable · Lantern of Insight · Shadow Kin · The Mindskinner · Feral Ghoul · Negate · Vampiric Tutor · Vault 12: The Necropolis · Command Tower · Sunken Hollow · Drowned Catacomb · Watery Grave · Tainted Isle · Underground River · Darkwater Catacombs · Morphic Pool · Bojuka Bog · Polluted Delta · Temple of Deceit · Choked Estuary · Exotic Orchard · Nephalia Drownyard · Undercity Sewers · Dimir Aqueduct · Shipwreck Marsh · Takenuma, Abandoned Mire · Fetid Pools · Mystic Sanctuary · Otawara, Soaring City · Myriad Landscape · Gloomlake Verge · Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
🃏 Recommended cards for Raul, Trouble Shooter
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Raul, Trouble Shooter, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Millikin | 50% | +46% |
| Ghoulcaller's Bell | 47% | +46% |
| Deranged Assistant | 48% | +45% |
| Codex Shredder | 45% | +43% |
| Thought Scour | 44% | +38% |
| Nuclear Fallout | 37% | +36% |
| Screeching Scorchbeast | 36% | +36% |
| Stitcher's Supplier | 39% | +35% |
| Mirelurk Queen | 33% | +32% |
| Emry, Lurker of the Loch | 36% | +32% |
| Syr Konrad, the Grim | 45% | +32% |
| Mesmeric Orb | 36% | +31% |
| Hedron Crab | 35% | +31% |
| Singularity Rupture | 40% | +27% |
| The Ancient One | 30% | +26% |
| Drown in the Loch | 42% | +25% |
| Cruel Somnophage | 30% | +24% |
| Perpetual Timepiece | 25% | +24% |
| Vantress Gargoyle | 24% | +24% |
| Ripples of Undeath | 27% | +23% |
| Reanimate | 49% | +23% |
| Nephalia Drownyard | 31% | +22% |
| Riverchurn Monument | 26% | +22% |
| Infesting Radroach | 22% | +22% |
💰 The best cards for your Raul, Trouble Shooter deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Millikin
- Ghoulcaller's Bell
- Deranged Assistant
- Codex Shredder
- Thought Scour
- Screeching Scorchbeast
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Nuclear Fallout
- Hedron Crab
- Ripples of Undeath
- Reanimate
- The Water Crystal
- Animate Dead
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Mesmeric Orb
- Zellix, Sanity Flayer
- Crucible of Worlds
- Bruvac the Grandiloquent
- Urza's Saga
- The Ghoul, Gunslinger
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Raul, Trouble Shooter
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Demonic Consultation + Thassa's Oracle → Exile your library, Win the game
- Tainted Pact + Thassa's Oracle → Win the game
- Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite mana nonland permanents you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite untap of nonland permanents you control
- Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite storm count
- Hullbreaker Horror + Mox Amber → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite colored mana, Infinite storm count
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Frequently asked questions
What is Raul, Trouble Shooter's color identity?
Raul, Trouble Shooter is Dimir (black and blue): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Raul, Trouble Shooter come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Raul, Trouble Shooter deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.1 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 35 % of the time and floods 31 %. Deck health: C (55/100).
How many lands should a Raul, Trouble Shooter deck run?
Real Raul, Trouble Shooter decks run 35 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Raul, Trouble Shooter?
The three highest-synergy cards are Millikin, Ghoulcaller's Bell, Deranged Assistant. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Raul, Trouble Shooter decks.
What combos does Raul, Trouble Shooter have?
Raul, Trouble Shooter has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Raul, Trouble Shooter deck cost?
You can start cheap: Millikin, Ghoulcaller's Bell, Deranged Assistant are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.