July Week 1 - Rafiq 1 of 2

The idea behind this deck was to combine a bant control deck with a commander who could stomp out a player very quickly if allowed to score a hit or two. I'm not certain the idea is bad, but the deck as is ended up with some severe synergy problems, though it still felt relatively powerful.

I'm thinking I want to add Serenity and more disruptive creatures to the deck, so the next version will probably go more that direction and less control into voltron. Whether or not any of this works, well, it's something of a learning experience.


 Rafiq of the Many *CMDR*
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Path to Exile
1 Tithe
1 Mother of Runes
1 Arbor Elf
1 Joraga Treespeaker
1 Sol Ring
1 Skullclamp
1 Stonefore Mystic
1 Remand
1 Counterspell
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Dromoka's Command
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Conqueror's Flail
1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
1 Bastion Protector
1 Dismantling Blow
1 Council's Judgment
1 Aura of Silence
1 Courser of Kruphix
1 Eternal Witness
1 Yavimaya Elder
1 Imprisoned in the Moon
1 Repulse
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Disallow
1 Dissipate
1 Aura Shards
1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
1 Trygon Predator
1 Treva's Charm
1 Giltspire Avenger
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Restoration Angel
1 Sublime Archangel
1 Angelic Destiny
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Angel Of Jubilation
1 Deep Analysis
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Dismiss
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
1 Whirler Rogue
1 Knight of New Alara
1 Ojutai's Command
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Mystic Snake
1 Stoic Angel
1 Winds of Rath
1 Reveillark
1 Rout
1 Dragonlord Ojutai
1 Sylvan Reclamation
1 Verdant Confluence
1 Bane of Progress
1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
1 Eldrazi Conscription
1 Empyrial Archangel
1 Adarkar Wastes
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Breeding Pool
1 Canopy Vista
1 Flooded Strand
1 Glacial Fortress
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Hinterland Harbor
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Skycloud Expanse
1 Sungrass Prairie
1 Sunpetal Grove
1 Temple Garden
3 Forest
3 Plains
4 Island
1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
1 Eiganjo Castle
1 Razorverge Thicket
1 Seachrome Coast
1 Command Tower
1 City of Brass
1 Ash Barrens
1 Opal Palace
1 Command Beacon
1 Stirring Wildwood
1 Brushland
1 Yavimaya Coast
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Windswept Heath
1 Polluted Delta