There was a nice play where I had a Rafiq in play and my opponent was under 0 life yet had a Platinum Angel in play as his only creature. I swung with my Mistblade Shinobi and let him choose if he wanted to block it or return it to his hand.
Any other ideas you guys want to throw out there before the new set arrives and I throw everything out the window?
@KirdKitty - SoLS and SoFI seem good, especially in this deck. And with the tutoring effect, I might just have to throw those in.
- You're right, I don't have a Sol Ring in there. Yes it's good, I have it in my other EDH decks, which might explain why I don't have one here. I think I ran out of them.
- O-Nigata can equip with 20% of the deck when it coes into play (including Rafiq). I didn't include varible creatures such as Scion, Draining Whelk, or Forgotten Ancient. And with all of the other pumps in the deck, most of the time, it's going to be used.
- As for Might of Oaks being funny? It fits my playstyle. I'll see if it goes in.
@NightArcher - You're right, good catch. Stupid rules. Mistblade most likely will see the boot now and throw in something else (Might of Oaks?).
@bccarlso - Akrasan Squire is weak, but it's one of the few one-drops that will also pump and be ignored by most multiplayers until I start abusing it. It may get dropped, but I want to see how it plays a few games.
Thanks for the advice. Any other comments/questions? Anyone use anything in their Rafiq deck that surprises people that works rather well?
While this isn't my first EDH deck, this is the one I'm working on at the moment. The goal of this EDH is to beat, while work well with multi-players. There's not too many combat/control tricks as it focuses on swinging with a guy, especially if Rafiq is in play.
The deck will change every so often if a card isn't pulling its weight or if a better card can replace it. I keep an eye on the other Rafiq threads as well, but if you want to suggest something here, I'm not going to complain. I'm not looking to pull any "cute" EDH combos with this deck (Condemn/Tunnel Vision, Palinchron/Brain Freeze, Crucible of Worlds/Strip Mine), but win with combat damage; I have other decks for those. I don't care if I with through Radiq damage or regular creature damage, that's how I want to win with this deck, so keep that in mind if you want to comment here.
Without further ado, the deck as it stands right now (4/2/09):
Autochthon Wurm -> Might of Oaks
Familiar Ground -> Dueling Grounds
Mistblade Shinobi -> Cold-Eyed Selkie
Shapesharer -> Hystrodon
There was a nice play where I had a Rafiq in play and my opponent was under 0 life yet had a Platinum Angel in play as his only creature. I swung with my Mistblade Shinobi and let him choose if he wanted to block it or return it to his hand.
Any other ideas you guys want to throw out there before the new set arrives and I throw everything out the window?
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- You're right, I don't have a Sol Ring in there. Yes it's good, I have it in my other EDH decks, which might explain why I don't have one here. I think I ran out of them.
- O-Nigata can equip with 20% of the deck when it coes into play (including Rafiq). I didn't include varible creatures such as Scion, Draining Whelk, or Forgotten Ancient. And with all of the other pumps in the deck, most of the time, it's going to be used.
- As for Might of Oaks being funny? It fits my playstyle. I'll see if it goes in.
@NightArcher - You're right, good catch. Stupid rules. Mistblade most likely will see the boot now and throw in something else (Might of Oaks?).
@bccarlso - Akrasan Squire is weak, but it's one of the few one-drops that will also pump and be ignored by most multiplayers until I start abusing it. It may get dropped, but I want to see how it plays a few games.
Thanks for the advice. Any other comments/questions? Anyone use anything in their Rafiq deck that surprises people that works rather well?
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While this isn't my first EDH deck, this is the one I'm working on at the moment. The goal of this EDH is to beat, while work well with multi-players. There's not too many combat/control tricks as it focuses on swinging with a guy, especially if Rafiq is in play.
The deck will change every so often if a card isn't pulling its weight or if a better card can replace it. I keep an eye on the other Rafiq threads as well, but if you want to suggest something here, I'm not going to complain. I'm not looking to pull any "cute" EDH combos with this deck (Condemn/Tunnel Vision, Palinchron/Brain Freeze, Crucible of Worlds/Strip Mine), but win with combat damage; I have other decks for those. I don't care if I with through Radiq damage or regular creature damage, that's how I want to win with this deck, so keep that in mind if you want to comment here.
Without further ado, the deck as it stands right now (4/2/09):
1 Rafiq of the Many
Artifacts:
1 Azorius Signet
1 Crown of Convergence
1 Behemoth Sledge
1 Konda's Banner
1 O-Naginata
1 Selesnya Signet
1 Simic Signet
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Umezawa's Jitte
Blue:
1 Draining Whelk
1 Looter il-Kor
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Thieving Magpie
Green:
1 Ayumi, the Last Visitor
1 Eternal Witness
1 Forgotten Ancient
1 Groundbreaker
1 Hibernation's End
1 Hystrodon
1 Into the North
1 Living Hive
1 Might of Oaks
1 Multani, Maro-Sorcerer
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Ohran Viper
1 Rancor
1 Timbermare
Multicolor:
1 Ardent Plea
1 Armadillo Cloak
1 Aura Shards
1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
1 Dueling Grounds
1 Finest Hour
1 Flavor of the Overbeing
1 Glare of Subdual
1 Isperia the Inscrutable
1 Juniper Order Ranger
1 Knight of New Alara
1 Murkfiend Liege
1 Mystic Snake
1 Oversoul of Dusk
1 Plaxcaster Frogling
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Questing Phelddagrif
1 Rhox War Monk
1 Shield of the Oversoul
1 Simic Guildmage
1 Sovereigns of Lost Alara
1 Spitting Image
1 Steel of the Godhead
1 Steward of Valeron
1 Supply//Demand
1 Thistledown Liege
1 Trygon Predator
1 Wargate
1 Wilt-Leaf Liege
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Akrasan Squire
1 Archon of Justice
1 Battlegrace Angel
1 Sigiled Paladin
1 Stonehewer Giant
Lands:
1 Adarkar Wastes
1 Arctic Flats
1 Ancient Ziggurat
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Bant Panorama
1 Boreal Shelf
1 Brushland
1 Calciform Pools
1 Centaur Garden
1 Coastal Tower
1 Elfhame Palace
1 Flooded Grove
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Llanowar Reborn
1 Mirrodin's Core
1 Mouth of Ronom
1 Mystic Gate
1 Nantuko Monastery
1 Nimbus Maze
1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
1 Plains
1 Riftstone Portal
1 Rupture Spire
1 Saltcrusted Steppe
1 Seaside Citadel
1 Simic Growth Chamber
1 Snow-Covered Plains
1 Snow-Covered Forest
1 Snow-Covered Forest
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Treetop Village
1 Treva's Ruins
1 Untaidake, the Cloud Keeper
1 Vitu-Ghazi, the City Tree
1 Vivid Grove
1 Wooded Bastion
1 Yavimaya Coast
Vigor - Helps with combat damage, but not itself.
Phantom Nishoba - Massive lifelink and big fatty
Stonecloaker - Graveyard removal and bounce your own creature
Silent Arbiter - Dueling Grounds seems better
Second Sunrise - Anti sweep tech
Lightning Greaves - Tutorable and prevents Rafiq from being targeted.
Sword of Fire and Ice/Sword of Light and Shadow - More Equipment that can be tutored up and help with card advantage.
Thoughts? Ideas?
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