[EDH] Rafiq of the many

[SeanMcBizzle]

THE DECK!

Rafiq of the Many

(38 land)
Tundra
Tropical Island
Savannah
Hallowed Fountain
Breeding Pool
Temple Garden
Hinterland Harbor
Glacial Fortress
Sunpetal Grove
Misty Rainforest
Windswept Heath
Flooded Strand
Command Tower
Reflecting Pool
Seaside Citadel
City of Brass
Flooded Grove
Mystic Gate
Wooded Bastion
Yavimaya Coast
Celestial Colonnade
Horizon Canopy
Inkmoth Nexus
Krosan Verge
Stirring Wildwood
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
Tectonic Edge
Wasteland
Kor Haven
Strip Mine
Rogue's Passage
3 Island
2 Plains
2 Forest

(22 creatures)
Qasali Pridemage
Scavenging Ooze
Serra Ascendant
Noble Hierarch
Stoneforge Mystic
Phantasmal Image
Fauna Shaman
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Birds of Paradise
Trinket Mage
Knight of the Reliquary
Trygon Predator
Eternal Witness
Phyrexian Metamorph
Mulldrifter
Acidic Slime
Sun Titan
Aetherling
Keiga, the Tide Star
Duplicant
Consecrated Sphinx
Sovereigns of Lost Alara

(10 colorless/artifacts)
Eldrazi Conscription
Sword of Fire and Ice
Sword of Feast and Famine
Lightning Greaves
Sensei's Divining Top
Sol Ring
Mox Diamond
Crucible of Worlds
Oblivion Stone
Chromatic Lantern

(6 enchantments)
Survival of the Fittest
Oblivion Ring
Treachery
Future Sight
Mirari's Wake
Finest Hour

(4 planeswalkers)
Elspeth, Knight-Errant
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
Karn Liberated

(6 sorcerys)
Austere Command
Wrath of God
Farseek
Regrowth
Bribery
Compulsive Research

(13 instants)
Enlightened Tutor
Path to Exile
Swords to Plowshares
Cyclonic Rift
Brainstorm
Fact or Fiction
Mystical Tutor
Force of Will
Cryptic Command
Counterspell
Mana Drain
Voidslime
Bant Charm

What do you think? I play mostly heads up (1v1) This deck is very linear, which makes multi-player, ..interesting sometimes. It probably has too many counters, but i love them... mana drain is one of my top 5 favorite magic cards of all time. Does the new mana drain (plasma capture) make the cut??

http://i.imgur.com/AdwXvSXl.jpg

[Amon Amarth]

THE DECK!

Rafiq of the Many

(38 land)
Tundra
Tropical Island
Savannah
Hallowed Fountain
Breeding Pool
Temple Garden
Hinterland Harbor
Glacial Fortress
Sunpetal Grove
Misty Rainforest
Windswept Heath
Flooded Strand
Command Tower
Reflecting Pool
Seaside Citadel
City of Brass
Flooded Grove
Mystic Gate
Wooded Bastion
Yavimaya Coast
Celestial Colonnade
Horizon Canopy
Inkmoth Nexus
Krosan Verge
Stirring Wildwood
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
Tectonic Edge
Wasteland
Kor Haven
Strip Mine
Rogue's Passage
3 Island
2 Plains
2 Forest

(22 creatures)
Qasali Pridemage
Scavenging Ooze
Serra Ascendant
Noble Hierarch
Stoneforge Mystic
Phantasmal Image
Fauna Shaman
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Birds of Paradise
Trinket Mage
Knight of the Reliquary
Trygon Predator
Eternal Witness
Phyrexian Metamorph
Mulldrifter
Acidic Slime
Sun Titan
Aetherling
Keiga, the Tide Star
Duplicant
Consecrated Sphinx
Sovereigns of Lost Alara

(10 colorless/artifacts)
Eldrazi Conscription
Sword of Fire and Ice
Sword of Feast and Famine
Lightning Greaves
Sensei's Divining Top
Sol Ring
Mox Diamond
Crucible of Worlds
Oblivion Stone
Chromatic Lantern

(6 enchantments)
Survival of the Fittest
Oblivion Ring
Treachery
Future Sight
Mirari's Wake
Finest Hour

(4 planeswalkers)
Elspeth, Knight-Errant
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
Karn Liberated

(6 sorcerys)
Austere Command
Wrath of God
Farseek
Regrowth
Bribery
Compulsive Research

(13 instants)
Enlightened Tutor
Path to Exile
Swords to Plowshares
Cyclonic Rift
Brainstorm
Fact or Fiction
Mystical Tutor
Force of Will
Cryptic Command
Counterspell
Mana Drain
Voidslime
Bant Charm


Cleaned up your decklist and added card tags. It was a little difficult to parse.

I'm not a fan of O-Ring. Beast Within is probably just better in most instances. You don't have to worry about opposing sweepers or your own leaving behind some nasty thing. I don't like Keiga either. Genesis would be a pretty sweet replacement give you some pretty good recursion. Mulldrifters for days! The rest looks pretty good.

[FTW]

I agree with Genesis. I tend to run it in any deck with both Survival and Fauna and multiple creatures with ETB card advantage abilities (Mulldrifter, Acidic Slime, Sun Titan, Witness, etc etc). So much profit.

It would also allow you to run Plaxmanta as recurring protection shield against spot removal, which is nice when you're playing a deck that wants to "attack alone". If you have Survival out, paying GG with any creature in hand puts Genesis in the graveyard and Plaxmanta in hand. You can then flash it in response to any removal and bring it back during your upkeep for 2G.

Have you thought about a second target for Sovereigns? It would just suck if Eldrazi Conscription was not in your library (in hand, milled, destroyed, etc.). Something playable like Shield of the Oversoul or Angelic Destiny maybe?