Raphael, the Nightwatcher

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Name	Raphael, the Nightwatcher
Type	Legendary creature — mutant ninja turtle
Description	Sneak (You may cast this spell for if you also return an unblocked attacker you control to hand during the declare blockers step. He enters tapped and attacking.) Attacking creatures you control have double strike.
Artist	Jim Cheung & Jay David Ramos
Set	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #213
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About Raphael, the Nightwatcher

Raphael, the Nightwatcher, Legendary creature — mutant ninja turtle, designed by Greg Staples first released in Jan, 2026 in the set Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and was printed exactly in 4 different ways. It see play in 1 formats: Commander.

Raphael, the Nightwatcher fits best in aggressive red-based decks that flood the board with cheap, evasive creatures—such as Mono-Red Aggro, Boros Aggro, or go-wide token strategies—because granting double strike to all attacking creatures can immediately double combat damage and threaten lethal out of nowhere, especially alongside pump effects or combat tricks; the Sneak cost also synergizes well with low-cost creatures that have attack triggers or that you’re happy to replay (like creatures with haste or ETB value). That said, four-mana red finishers face steep competition from cards like Hellrider (which provides immediate, hard-to-block damage without needing a board), Embercleave (which often ends games on the spot and is harder to interact with mid-combat), or Torbran, Thane of Red Fell (which passively boosts all red damage), and compared to these, Raphael is more “win-more” and weaker when you’re behind or have no board presence. He would see play mainly in synergy-driven or ca