Rafiq, The One Hit Wonder

Commander / EDH* Aggro Competitive Enchant Equip GWU (Bant) Unblockable Voltron

ARakishRat

Land (35)

• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Cathedral of War
• 1x Citadel Gate
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 2x Forest
• 2x Forest
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Homeward Path
• 2x Island
• 2x Island
• 1x Manor Gate
• 2x Plains
• 2x Plains
• 1x Plaza of Heroes
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sea Gate
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Spara's Headquarters
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Divine Reckoning
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Supreme Verdict

Creature (22)

• 1x Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
• 1x Bastion Protector
• 1x Battlegrace Angel
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Blighted Agent
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Cold-Eyed Selkie
• 1x Galea, Kindler of Hope
• 1x Giltspire Avenger
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Guardian Augmenter
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Qasali Pridemage
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Sovereigns of Lost Alara
• 1x Sram, Senior Edificer
• 1x Stoic Angel
• 1x Sublime Archangel
• 1x Sythis, Harvest's Hand
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x The Reality Chip

Artifact (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Behemoth Sledge
• 1x Colossus Hammer
• 1x Conqueror's Flail
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sigil of Valor
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant

Commander (1)

Enchantment (16)

• 1x All That Glitters
• 1x Angelic Destiny
• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Finest Hour
• 1x Mantle of the Ancients
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Shield of the Oversoul
• 1x Sigarda's Aid
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Spirit Mantle
• 1x Staggering Insight
• 1x Steel of the Godhead

Instant (8)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Might of Oaks
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection

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I've always had this one on the back burner for awhile. Decided to finally put pen on paper and make a Voltron Rafiq deck.

So obviously the main premise is to get Rafiq out and killing as soon as possible. I’ve been really on the fence on just being pure equipment or auras, and I don’t know if there are any advantages or disavantage to being pure one or the other so I used a bit of both. I like equipment more personally due to the reuseablility of them if Rafiq kicks the bucket. But otherwise I think I’ve made a decent enough deck, least good enough to play my normal 4 man pod

lemme know any suggestions or leave comments and help me whip a hard BW control decks ass

Update: play tested against a few different style decks in 1v1 (muldrotha mill, krenko goblins, tyranids) and it consistently wins turn 6ish seems best things that I kept pulling were all the cars draw options and just the fact how quickly once Rafiq hits the field they have a timer. By the time he would emerge I’d have either equipment or auras waiting for him on the next turn making him almost impossible to stop

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 56 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.71
Tokens	Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Soldier 1/1 W, Treasure