This deck uses Rafiq of the Many and/or Finest Hour to make our creatures much more threatening. Combined with explosive and evasive 2-drops in Jhessian Infiltrator and Shorecrasher Mimic , the deck can deal a large amount of damage during a single turn, regardless of the defense an opponent may have. Assisted by acceleration from Noble Hierarch and/or Birds of Paradise , the deck is capable of winning very quickly.
Since the deck is running blue, it also has the option of running more control elements, like Cryptic Command or Broken Ambitions . This can help the deck control the board after a fast start, or deter early threats before dropping a lethal Rafiq.
1CC: Birds of Paradise – Acceleration + mana fixing, plus it can swing if you're running any Exalted/Equipment Burrenton Forge-Tender -- Stops Volcanic Fallout, blocks Figure of Destiny, safe from Ajani Vengeant. Noble Hierarch -- Auto-run this. Basically Birds of Paradise + exalted.
2CC: Gaddock Teeg -- Stops Cryptic Command, Wrath of God, Broken Ambitions, etc., but remember he stops your spells too. Jhessian Infiltrator -- New Gaea's Skyfolk ! Awesome with Rafiq/Finest Hour, and against all the token decks out there. Meddling Mage -- Not very aggressive, but stalls potential game breakers like Volcanic Fallout. Qasali Pridemage -- Exalted + can destroy that pesky Anthem/Sculler/Bitterblossom. Shorecrasher Mimic -- Also nuts with Rafiq, and we have plenty of green/blue spells.
3CC: Dauntless Escort -- Saves your creatures from sweepers/spot removal, helps you come out ahead in combat. Jenara, Asura of War -- Good topdeck, avoids Fallout, but can get chump blocked by flyers. Kitchen Finks -- Life gain, persist, etc... Rhox War Monk -- High toughness, life gain can be nuts with all the pump we have access to.
5CC: Battlegrace Angel -- Decent finisher Mulldrifter -- Gives the deck some very much needed card draw. Should probably be run with Lark. Reveillark -- Works nicely with Mulldrifter, but remember it can also bring back Mimic/Infiltrator/etc.
6CC: Cloudthresher -- Sweeps the sky while leaving your creatures in tact (except BoP).
Pump: Behemoth Sledge -- Like Warhammer, except it also brings your creature out of Fallout range Giant Growth -- Cheap, efficient, devastating with Rafiq/Finest Hour Loxodon Warhammer -- Trample + Lifelink is always good Might of Oaks -- Great for the surprise final blow.
Card Draw: Not too much we can do here aside from possibly Mulldrifter ...
Planeswalkers: Elspeth, Knight-Errant -- Pump out creatures post-wrath, and bust fat creatures through with her +3/+3 and flying ability. Too bad tokens fly.... Jace Beleren -- Can potentially net you a lot of cards, but usually ends up being a really bad cantrip.
You generally want to avoid too many CiPT lands in an aggro deck, so you'll likely be running painlands alongside some filters , with some Reflecting Pool s.
Alara does give us a good CiPT land in Seaside Citadel , though you still don't want to run too many. The deck should also include some Treetop Village , which is especially good with Rafiq. Remember to include plenty of land capable of producing on turn one, in order to drop your Birds of Paradise or Noble Hierarch.
I somehow forgot about Shield of the Oversoul.... sooo
-4 Wilt-Leaf Liege -2 Loxodon Warhammer +3 Murkfiend Liege +3 Shield of the Oversoul
I'm not sure why I opted for Wilt-Leaf over Murkfiend in the first place. Does this sound good?
Also, about Rafiq, I somehow missed him because I hadn't seen this card yet. It does seem like he can be pretty amazing with Jhessian Infiltrator, and with Stoic Angel in play. I'd love to include two of him, but what should I drop?
I'm not sure why I opted for Wilt-Leaf over Murkfiend in the first place. Does this sound good?
Probably because it comes out a turn earlier, which can be important for dedicated aggro. But your deck seems slightly more midrange, and the Murkfiend Liege combos nicely with Stoic Angel. Cryptic Command seems kind of out of place, since you only have that for counterspells. Unless you have it there for some other purpose, I would either work in more counterspells, or drop it. Austere Command seems pretty out of place also. I would take it out also, and maybe put in Gaddock Teeg (probably sideboard) to protect against Wrath.
Wilt-Leaf Liege >>> Murkfiend Liege. Especially in this deck, where you run Finks and Shield. Synergy with Stoic Angel shouldn't make you run bad cards.
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@Shephard_105: Cryptic Command isn't there to counter. It'll tap the opponent's creatures to lock down with Stoic Angel. Gaddock Teeg sounds like a good idea though.
And about Wilt-Leaf vs. Murkfiend:
Rhox War Monk and Stoic Angel get pumped +2/+2 by both. Stewart of Valeron (formerly spoiled as Elvish Visionary) and Finks get +2/+2 from Wilt-Leaf while Jhessian Infiltrator gets +2/+2 from Murkfiend, which also has synergy with Stoic Angel. Murkfiend does indeed cost 1 more, but I have 7 creatures that produce mana. So once again I'm torn between the two.
For the sideboard, should Chameleon Colossus be Oversoul of Dusk ? That would probably influence the Liege deal a bit.
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