This is my casual Rafiq of the Many deck, designed for all kinds of play, but mostly multi-player. I frequently feel bad for running Rafiq just because some people view him as really unfriendly, but I don't want to rebuild the deck to fit something less general based. I feel like the deck is fair anyway, since he is quite vulnerable to removal. Open for sugjestions, I'm working on getting Eldrazi Conscription and Finest Hour but no one at my Local Store has either.
High Market is a good land to help prevent creature theft, and with the very powerful enchantments your running (or trying to trade for), Academy Rector may be a possibility. It can make for some seriously explosive plays bringing in Finest Hour/Conscription/Steel Godhead to back Rafiq in the attack phase.
Voidslime and Desertion are two of the best counterspells in the game, imo.
General: Rafiq of the Many
Planeswalkers:
Karn Liberated(Foil)
Creatures:
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
Artisan of Kozilek
Terastodon
Avenger of Zendikar
Consecrated Sphinx
Draining Whelk
Sovereigns of Lost Alara
Twilight Shepherd
Tolsimir Wolfblood
Wurmcoil Engine
Baneslayer Angel
Stonehewer Giant
Battlegrace Angel(foil)
Djinn of Wishes
Archon of Justice
Phyrexian Metamorph
Stoic Angel
Oracle of Mul Daya
Mystic Snake
Aven Mindcensor
Knight of the Reliquary
Eternal Witness
Stoneforge Mystic
Qasali Pridemage
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Instants:
White Sun's Zenith
Evacuation
Spin into Myth(Foil)
Dissipate
Beast Within
Counterspell
Telling Time
Brainstorm
Path to Exile
Swords to Plowshares
Enchantments:
True Conviction
Lurking Predators
Steel of the Godhead(foil)
Luminarch Ascension
Sorceries.
Wargate(foil)
Praetor's Counsel
Catastrophe
Austere Command
Recurring Insight
Phyrexian Rebirth
Time Warp
Hallowed Burial
Primal Command(foil)
Day of Judgment
Wrath of God
Fabricate
Idyllic Tutor
Kodama's Reach
Regrowth
Artifacts:
Caged Sun
Bonehoard
Birthing Pod
Sword of Body and Mind
Whispersilk Cloak
Mimic Vat
Isochron Scepter
Sejiri Refuge
Seachrome Coast
Adarkar Wastes
Celestial Colonnade
Azorius Chancery
Reliquary Tower
Strip Mine
Seaside Citadel
Simic Growth Chamber
Faerie Conclave
Halimar Depths
Treetop Village
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
Wooded Bastion
Stirring Wildwood
Graypelt Refuge
Brushland
Arctic Flats
Razorverge Thicket
Selesnya Sanctuary
Horizon Canopy
Grasslands
Sunpetal Grove
Plainsx3
Islandx5
Forestx5
Voidslime and Desertion are two of the best counterspells in the game, imo.
Lightning Greaves is pretty useful for Rafiq decks generally.
Simic Sky Swallower is a pretty good beater in Bant.
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