Rafiq of the Many by jobles

Format: Commander

Creator: jobles

Commander: Rafiq of the Many

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a Bant Equipment Voltron strategy helmed by Rafiq of the Many. The game plan revolves around deploying efficient equipment tutors like Stoneforge Mystic and Cloud, Midgar Mercenary to assemble the 'Sword of' package or the Kaldra set. Rafiq serves as an explosive force multiplier, granting exalted and double strike to any creature attacking alone. A single connection from an equipped Rafiq deals 12 to 20+ commander damage, threatening to eliminate a player in one or two hits. Backup threats like Sigarda, Host of Herons, Thrun, the Last Troll, and Halvar, God of Battle ensure that the deck can maintain combat pressure if the commander is removed. The deck's primary limitations stem from a lack of low-cost instant-speed interaction against opposing creature combos, reliance on sequential combat steps across multiple turns to finish the table, and inherent vulnerability to well-timed spot removal during combat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adagia, Windswept Bastion
  • 1 Airship Crash
  • 1 Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
  • 1 Bant Panorama
  • 1 Beatrix, Loyal General
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Boon-Bringer Valkyrie
  • 1 Brokers Ascendancy
  • 1 Brokers Hideout
  • 1 Captain Sisay
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Command Bridge
  • 1 Crystalline Giant
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Daxos of Meletis
  • 1 Day of Judgment
  • 1 Dragonfire Blade
  • 1 Elspeth Resplendent
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Faithful Mending
  • 1 Favor of the Overbeing
  • 1 Finest Hour
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Geist of Saint Traft
  • 1 Giltspire Avenger
  • 1 Green Slime
  • 1 Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms
  • 1 Helm of Kaldra
  • 1 Indomitable Archangel
  • 1 Irrigation Ditch
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Iymrith, Desert Doom
  • 1 Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice
  • 1 Knight of Autumn
  • 1 Krosan Verge
  • 1 Memories Returning
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Novablast Wurm
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Qasali Pridemage
  • 1 Rafiq of the Many
  • 1 Relic Seeker
  • 1 Return to Dust
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
  • 1 Shanna, Purifying Blade
  • 1 Shield of Kaldra
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Sigarda, Host of Herons
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Stirring Wildwood
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Sublime Archangel
  • 1 Surrak, Elusive Hunter
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of Kaldra
  • 1 Sword of Light and Shadow
  • 1 Sword of Once and Future
  • 1 Tam, Mindful First-Year
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Thrun, the Last Troll
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Tranquil Landscape
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Trygon Predator
  • 1 Umezawa's Jitte
  • 1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
  • 1 Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn // Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal
  • 1 Zack Fair