Rafiq midrange stax cEDH

Commander / EDH*

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Land (31)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Brushland
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 2x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Balancing Act
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Sylvan Tutor

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

Creature (24)

• 1x Alms Collector
• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Cold-Eyed Selkie
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Loyal Retainers
• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Qasali Pridemage
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Sovereigns of Lost Alara
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

Instant (15)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Hunter's Insight
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Negate
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Commander (1)

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Counterbalance
• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Curious Obsession
• 1x Eldrazi Conscription
• 1x Keen Sense
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sixth Sense
• 1x Steel of the Godhead
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Wild Growth

Artifact (9)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Null Rod
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte

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Creature (5)

• 1x Medomai the Ageless
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Sanctum Prelate
• 1x Trygon Predator
• 1x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Bring to Light
• 1x Temporal Manipulation
• 1x Temporal Mastery

Instant (2)

• 1x Dispel
• 1x Mental Misstep

Artifact (2)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top

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THIS LIST IS OUT OF DATE - Here is the most current list that I’ve found to be much more consistent and competitive

Rafiq tempo/midrange (designed for multiplayer), going 4 years strong. I've tweaked this list for a long time.

The idea of this deck is to jump out of the gates with dorks and get a hatebear or CA engine online turns 2 and 3. Next is to start beating down with an equipped creature or Rafiq while simultaneously keeping a full hand with a suite of counterspell and removal ready at instant speed.

Weaknesses of the deck: There is no one turn infinite combo wincon that goes off t3 or t10. Rafiq can run infinite combos, but they are all 3+ cards and do not interact with the general. At that point, why not play partners or derevi?

Strengths: Being able to play proactive and reactive control while beating face and drawing cards is a good thing. This deck plays like edric turns, but without the time walks and more control from the white splash. Bant gives us the versatility we need, a toolbox of hatebears and answers, and plenty of ways to continue to ensure we don't run out of gas.

Notable exclusions: - Time Warp + functional copies / Temporal Mastery : Time walk effects are very potent and the linchpin of edric decks. We can't abuse them as well nor want to pay 5 mana just to get another attack, draw, and land drop in. In my experience, time walks are win more unless you can effectively loop them - Finest Hour : a fine card indeed, however it is a 5 mana enchantment that doesn't win us the game. It's very win more and does very little in a meta filled with decks that storm off on turn 3. - Dark Depths combo: Depths can actually be viable here as it is little mana investment and enables a one hit kill with rafiq out. Depths is better suited for a shell that has a lands package and/or more haste outlets like Lightning Greaves - Lightning Greaves / Swiftfoot Boots : I used to love these guys and tutor for them with stoneforge almost every time. Unfortunately, swinging with rafiq 1 turn sooner in a 4 player pod doesn't do us anything. This is not a voltron deck - rafiq helps us win but he acts as more of an engine and a buff. These don't draw us cards, interact with our opponents, or win.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 54 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.07
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U
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