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so I guess there isn't a way via Pod to do such a trick with the Doll/Rector or any other 5CMC creature in place of the Doll, right?

well, thankfully I have other options for Guilty Conscience: either just playing it normally or at a discount (); or let Sovereigns of Lost Alara give Stuffy Doll a Guilty Conscience when makes an exalted attack. haha

Also, I replaced Mimic Vat with Birthing Pod and Akroma's Memorial with Thragtusk since I could see anything else I could stand to take out. However, I still would like to have Ashnod's Altar and now Nim Deathmantle included too due to such good synergy. Any suggestions on what I could do without?

The 5 planeswalkers all have a purpose; Pariah/Guilty Conscience are obvously for Stuffy Doll mainly, but have helped me when put on other opponent creatures; Temporal Mastery is...well Temporal Mastery, getting an extra turn never hurts; Doubling Season for the PW "Drop & Pop" trick ; etc.

not really imo. Elvish Piper helps drops fatties early/cheaply (obviously); Noble Heirarch is an early exalted source + mana dork; and Silverblade Paladin is another way to give double-strike to something if I don't have/can't afford to cast Rafiq. This is also good because the Paladin and his soulmate will have double-strike when blocking unlike the purely offensive double-strike exalted bonus from Rafiq.

Just wanted to update ya'll with latest decklist.

Commander:
1 x Rafiq of the Many

Land:
4 x Island
4 x Forest
4 x Plains
1 x Seachrome Coast
1 x Thawing Glaciers
1 x Treva's Ruins
1 x Kabira Crossroads
1 x Gavony Township
1 x Sunpetal Grove
1 x Simic Growth Chamber
1 x Selesnya Sanctuary
1 x Razorverge Thicket
1 x Glacial Fortress
1 x Azorius Chancery
1 x Cathedral of War
1 x Alchemist's Refuge
1 x Command Tower
1 x Seaside Citadel
1 x Homeward Path
1 x Reliquary Tower
1 x Hinterland Harbor
1 x Gemstone Caverns
1 x Yavimaya Hollow
1 x Halimar Depths
1 x Miren, the Moaning Well
1 x Nimbus Maze

Creatures:
1 x Silent Arbiter
1 x Phyrexian Metamorph
1 x Stuffy Doll
1 x Elvish Piper
1 x Thragtusk
1 x Sun Titan
1 x Sovereigns of Lost Alara
1 x Seedborn Muse
1 x Serra Ascendant
1 x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
1 x Fauna Shaman
1 x Academy Rector
1 x Stoic Angel
1 x Phantasmal Image
1 x Noble Hierarch
1 x Sublime Archangel
1 x Geist of Saint Traft
1 x Sigarda, Host of Herons
1 x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
1 x Acidic Slime
1 x Primeval Titan
1 x Qasali Pridemage
1 x Eternal Witness
1 x Deadeye Navigator

Artifacts:
1 x Nim Deathmantle
1 x Conjurer's Closet
1 x Swiftfoot Boots
1 x Sol Ring
1 x Sensei's Divining Top
1 x Gilded Lotus
1 x Selesnya Signet
1 x Simic Signet
1 x Lightning Greaves
1 x Azorius Signet
1 x Ashnod's Altar
1 x Akroma's Memorial
1 x Amulet of Vigor

Enchantments:
1 x Finest Hour
1 x Eldrazi Conscription
1 x Doubling Season
1 x Corrupted Conscience
1 x Rancor
1 x True Conviction
1 x Omniscience
1 x Guilty Conscience
1 x Pariah
1 x Asceticism

Instants/Sorceries:
1 x Dissipate
1 x Spell Crumple
1 x Worldly Tutor
1 x Banishing Stroke
1 x Cryptic Command
1 x Return to Dust
1 x Eladamri's Call
1 x Wargate
1 x Terminus
1 x Tunnel Vision
1 x Austere Command
1 x Final Judgment

Planeswalkers:
1 x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
1 x Jace Beleren
1 x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 x Venser, the Sojourner
1 x Tezzeret the Seeker


I've decided to make my Rafiq a more mid-range/combo type deck and not really your typical, run-of-the-mill Rafiq deck (or at least my idea of a typical Rafiq deck) focusing only on exalted, drop Rafiq quick/early, and swing with huge exalted pump to one-shot (maybe 2-shot at most) people. Where is the fun in that? EDH is casual thus my deck idea is just for fun shenanigans/combos in Bant colors which I like . A lot of these center around ETB effects. Some games I've never cast Rafiq or have no/very few exalted effects in play and still did ok. From my experience, when people see a Rafiq deck, they have a pre-conceived idea of what to expect from it, which has helped me a lot since this deck isn't that. At least until they get used to it of course.

My new idea is to somehow fit Deathtouch in somehow beyond just Acidic Slime in a fun way. I was thinking of somehow fitting Hornet Queen for more flying defense, mana ramp is a sense with Ashnod's Altar , ETB fun with Deadeye Navigator & Conjurer's Closet , etc. Another is Nightshade Peddler basically to just give deathtouch to other creatures that wouldn't have it and of course have him mingle/socialize ( haha)with my other creatures with Deadeye Navigator & Conjurer's Closet . I'm just unsure what to take out as usual with EDH.

EDIT: in case anyone is ponder ing about Tunnel Vision, I've had Spell Crumple in the deck for a while and got a few copies of Banishing Stroke in a trade recently, thus I figured I give that admittedly mean tuck/mill-to-tucked-card combo a try just for that // reactions at table, which is why I threw in Terminus as well. Wouldn't ya know, the first time that card is played, it was from a Mindslaver effect in a 2HG game, thus opponent controled our team's turn. Teammate and I had a game-win level boardstate, but he was made to cast a boardwipe and I only had Tunnel Vision in hand and had just played the first and only blue mana source the prior turn. Thus I was made to cast it and target my own library. Opponent named Top , which is a staple in our playgroup, and milling about 75-80 cards leading to our team scooping! HAHAHA. Karma is definitely a b!itch. This is why Ulamog was put into the deck!