Arch-Thief Rafaam (boss)

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For Rafaam's other appearances, see Arch-Thief Rafaam (disambiguation).

Arch-Thief Rafaam is a boss found in the League of Explorers adventure. He is the third boss in the adventure's fourth and final wing, Hall of Explorers.

Rafaam returns as the fourth and final boss, Rafaam.

Hero Power

Normal	Heroic

Special cards

Deck

At the beginning of the encounter Rafaam will steal the player's deck, using it as his own. The player will be given the deck listed below (depending on mode) to complete the encounter.

Note that the below classes are listed purely for reference, and have no effect on the availability or use of the cards in the encounter.

Normal

Class	Card	Quantity
Boss	Rare Spear	2x
Neutral	Wisp	2x
	Goldshire Footman	2x
	Acidic Swamp Ooze	2x
	Jeweled Scarab	2x
	Eerie Statue	2x
	Kezan Mystic	2x
	Harrison Jones	1x
	Hemet Nesingwary	1x
	Nightblade	2x
Druid	Raven Idol	2x
Hunter	Explorer's Hat	2x
Hunter	Flare	1x
Mage	Forgotten Torch	2x
Priest	Mind Vision	2x
	Museum Curator	2x
	Entomb	1x

Heroic

Class	Card	Quantity
Boss	Rare Spear	2x
Neutral	Wisp	4x
	Goldshire Footman	2x
	Acidic Swamp Ooze	2x
	Jeweled Scarab	2x
	Ancient Shade	2x
	Eerie Statue	2x
	Harrison Jones	1x
	Hemet Nesingwary	1x
Druid	Raven Idol	2x
Hunter	Explorer's Hat	2x
Hunter	Flare	1x
Mage	Forgotten Torch	2x
Priest	Mind Vision	2x
Priest	Entomb	1x
Warlock	Dark Peddler	2x

Strategy

The strategy for this boss is fairly simple - build a deck made up of the worst possible cards. Many low mana cards are excellent candidates, as well as various others which are simply very poor, either in general, or specifically in that deck. For example, Anyfin Can Happen is potentially a very strong card - but not if there are no Murlocs in either deck for it to summon.

While the boss will be massively disadvantaged by the deck provided for him, his Hero Power Unstable Portal ^(Heroic) tends to still provide some very useful options, with a sizeable cost reduction.

A good way to beat this boss is by maximizing the effect of Rare Spear, by building a deck with rare cards that are almost useless by themselves. For example: Dragon Egg, Nerubian Egg, Eerie Statue, Ancient Watcher, Secretkeeper, Murloc Tidecaller and Target Dummy. Alarm-o-Bot and Coliseum Manager can make the whole strategy even easier.

Warrior is a good class due to its access to Cursed Blade. Upgrade! can also boost the number of times the player can hit the boss once they have the Cursed Blade equipped.

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Rewards

Dialogue

Encounter selection

Arch-Thief Rafaam: Is that the deck you're going to use? Heh heh heh…

Encounter

Introduction

Arch-Thief Rafaam: I like your deck. I think I will TAKE IT.
Elise Starseeker: Explorer! We've got a spare deck. Use this one.
Arch-Thief Rafaam: What wonderful cards!

Turn 1

Arch-Thief Rafaam: Oh yes. This hand of cards is INCREDIBLE.

All golden deck

Arch-Thief Rafaam: Is this deck ALL GOLDEN? Your collection rivals my own!

Magma Rager in your deck

Arch-Thief Rafaam: Magma Rager?! Why would you play this card?

Turn 3

Elise Starseeker: Sorry about the deck. We built it last year for a tournament and haven't changed it since.

Low Health

Arch-Thief Rafaam: Perhaps I made a mistake taking your deck.

Emote response

Arch-Thief Rafaam: What wonderful cards!

Defeating the player

Arch-Thief Rafaam: Your deck is AMAZING. Hahahahaha!

Victory

Arch-Thief Rafaam: Your deck is garbage. Time to use my own.

Lore

For lore on Arch-Thief Rafaam, see Arch-Thief Rafaam#Lore.

Artist

Alex Horley Orlandelli

Gallery

File:Rafaam full.png

Arch-Thief Rafaam, full art

Patch changes

Patch 4.0.0.10833 (2015-11-10): Added.