Raffine's Silencer
Creature — Human Assassin
When this creature enters, it connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
When this creature dies, target creature an opponent controls gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is this creature's power.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #15650
Raffine's Silencer enters the battlefield and immediately strips a target creature of its activated abilities until your next turn — a punishing effect stapled onto a body that rewards you for assassinating it. Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad turns that assassination trigger into a counter engine, which is exactly why this card shows up in nearly 40% of those decks.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad wants creatures that beg to be killed on your terms, and Raffine's Silencer fits perfectly — it silences an opponent's key creature, then hands Altaïr a willing assassination target to chain into his counter-distribution engine.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Raffine's Silencer is a Commander card through and through — the pay-to-assassinate trigger is most valuable in a multiplayer environment where disabling a single creature's activated abilities (think mana outlets, sacrifice engines, or tap abilities) can swing a whole turn. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's legal but effectively invisible; a two-mana 2/1 with conditional upside can't compete in those formats' threat density. Commander is where the effect-to-cost ratio makes sense: opponents run powerful activated abilities constantly, and the Silencer punishes them while setting up your own board.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Raffine's Silencer is deep bulk — pick up as many as you need without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow Commander applications rarely climb, so don't expect this to move.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.