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This build looks *really" good.  Love the synergies of the two 'best' controller classes.

As for tweaks to give this build a darker twist, I'd strongly recommend taking the Infernal Malediction feat after you get the tiefling past life.   This is one of only two undisputed ways that I'm aware to add the fear keyword to your power/s.  (The other way is Rod of Dread... you might as well carry a +2 Rod of Dread for the magic item daily as well that you can swap in with your Arcane Familiar as a free action (you did pick Rakshasa's Claw didn't you?)).  

If you had another feat to spare (which I doubt) Wrathful Magic could give you a more proactive way to expend your Infernal Wrath too (you simply have to miss with an arcane power).  Now you've just become the penultimate alpha striker and lockdown controller.  Make sure to use your Infernal Wrath before employing a save ends daily.  Swap out your cloak of distortion for a lvl 22 +5 Talisman of Terror.  Targets of your fear powers now take a -3 penalty to all their saves.  You could also swap the Circlet of Arkhosia for a level 5 skull mask.  Now the same targets have a cumulative -5 penalty to their saving throws.  This on top of your Heightened Orb of Imposition and Seal of the Heretic.  Terror Ichor reagent can add a further -2 penalty to the targets' saves.  

Optionally, a lvl 18 Ring of Sorrows would give you and your allies an extra +1 to hit with fear powers plus a dazing magic item daily.  You could also precede your attack by expending a lvl 13 Drums of Panic magic item daily to gain a sustainable +2 to hit and damage with your fear powers.  The latter two items are probably overkill though.  Between your elf and deva racials your not likely to miss with your save ends powers.

I'm not sure I'd pick Flame of Hope if going the Infernal Malediction route, but it's action point ability is really good.  Thoughts? 

I agree with sadistic fishing and reraise: not taking illusion wall at level 10 is really a pity.

Except for this, great build. Simple but very effective. Divine classes synergize very well with wizard, as for gelatineous octahedron cleric|wiz

Love the build, I'm playing something extremely similar in LFR.  Just hit 13th and it's really coming together.

possibilities

1) bump arcane familiar to an earlier slot for Rakshasa claw shenanigans, possibly push back second implement.

2) with the new arcane familiar feat, add in a couple (or 3 or 4) +1 orbs of mental constitution (swap your will save for your AC and/or Fort as an immediate interrupt, gravy is +5 item bonus to endurance).  For me that meant I skipped unarmored agility for quite a while.  The DM has to work REALLY hard to get me.

3) instead of second implement: orb of deception pick up tome of readiness and add in improved tome of readiness.  I then 3rd adding in Illusionary Wall only now it's an encounter power.  Typically each encounter I'll throw up the wall (possibly made larger with a cheap architect's staff, yay rakshasa claw!!) as a pillbox where myself and other ranged can comfortably sit back and blast away with perma CA since the enemies can't see anything but a Steel wall 8 (or 10 or more).  for improved ToR possibly drop Danger sense, yes you'd run a risk of rolling poorly, but wha'ts life without risk! 

Great build!!!

One thing I found about Fire Shroud, it's one of the only (possibly THE only?) save ends encounter powers.  In early paragon that means you'll typically apply about a -4 to 8ish save mod to all the targets without blowing any resources other than static mods.  While 5 ongoing isn't THAT much, it does add up when applied to 3 or more targets via enlarge spell who eat it for 3+ rounds because they can't save.

Sep 28, 2010 -- 9:41AM, Dzance wrote:

Save Ends encounter powers ARE rare.  I put in a "save ends" query in the demo DDI Compendium and only saw about a dozen pop up (based on level of powers), including the Invoker's lvl 7 Word of Fiery Condemnation.  Nothing else for wizards or invokers though...

Planeshifter's Sequester is encounter save end. Just to point out.

About illusion wall yes it's a standard action. But it is really game changing. Pop out in the middle of the battlefield and watch ranged losing 3-4 rounds trying to hit you.