Overview:

This Rafiq of the Many deck focuses on a Voltron strategy, leveraging Exalted triggers, Auras, and Equipment to create a massive single-attacker that can eliminate players with commander damage or regular combat damage. The deck combines aura/equipment synergies with protection and combat tricks to secure victories through focused aggression.

Primer:

Core Strategy:
Deploy Rafiq by turns 3–4 using mana dorks/auras (Wild Growth, Utopia Sprawl), then suit him up with game-ending Auras/Equipment like Eldrazi Conscription or Colossus Hammer. Key phases:

1. Early Setup: Ramp with enchant-based acceleration or mana dorks. Protect Rafiq with Mother of Runes/Giver of Runes.
2. Voltron Assembly: Tutor for critical Equipment/Auras via Stoneforge Mystic, Enlightened Tutor, or Sovereigns of Lost Alara. Stack effects like All That Glitters for exponential power growth.
3. Kill Turn: Attack alone with Rafiq (or another modified creature) for 21+ commander damage in one swing, amplified by double strike. Use Finest Hour for extra combat phases to eliminate multiple opponents.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 3 lands and at least 1 ramp/aura.
• Prioritize early protection (Swiftfoot Boots) or tutors.
• Avoid hands without green/white mana sources.

Key Tips:

• Use Sigarda's Aid to flash-equip during combat.
• Sovereigns of Lost Alara can cheat Eldrazi Conscription onto Rafiq mid-combat for surprise lethal.
• Save Heroic Intervention/Flawless Maneuver for board wipes.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Relies on Rafiq surviving to execute primary strategy; folds to repeated removal.
• Limited answers to enchantment/artifact hate like Bane of Progress.

Moderate

• Slow recovery from board wipes without Mantle of the Ancients.
• Minimal stack interaction (only 4 counterspells).

Minor

• Weak to flying blockers without Aqueous Form/Spirit Mantle.

Most Important Cards:

• Sovereigns of Lost Alara
• Finest Hour
• All That Glitters
• Kor Spiritdancer
• Sigarda's Aid
• Stoneforge Mystic
• Sword of Feast and Famine
• Eldrazi Conscription
• Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice
• Colossus Hammer

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 6/10
Can threaten T5-6 kills with ideal draws (e.g., Rafiq + Colossus Hammer + Finest Hour), but lacks fast mana for consistent early wins.

Resilience: 5/10
Moderate protection (hexproof/indestructible) but struggles if Rafiq is removed 3+ times. Limited recursion outside Buried Ruin.

Consistency: 5/10
6 tutors and strong card draw (Sythis, Harvest's Hand, Kor Spiritdancer), but reliant on Rafiq sticking to board.

Interaction: 4/10
Light countermagic (Arcane Denial) and spot removal (Beast Within), with overcosted board wipes (Ondu Inversion).

Rating Justification:

Focused Voltron strategy with combat-based wins and moderate resilience/tutoring, but vulnerable to targeted disruption and lacks infinite combos.

Power level: 4.5 - 5.0