I also agree. If nothing else, it tutors up lands in your spare time.
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Thank you for the suggestions. I actually used to have several protective equipments in there for her, but I took them out because they were slowing me down. She's rather cheap to cast and re-cast compared to many generals, and I've tried to make the deck able to stand on its own so she isn't used like a crutch for the deck. The only removal I usually have to worry about in Commander (EDH) is mass removal, since my playgroup plays with a "Go big or go home." attitude ,very little pinpoint removal is commonplace.
This deck has an interesting assortment of tricks. Two things that draw my attention that I would perhaps look at. 1) Search the city is trying to find another copy of the top 5 exiled cards. This will be extremely difficult with so many 2-of inclusions in your deck. The chances of finding the other is very low so I would either bump a lot of cards up to 4-ofs or perhaps replace Search the City. 2) Epic Experiment is an awesome and indeed epic card, however your deck has a decent amount of counterspells and counterspells completely whiff off of an Epic Experiment. I would either swap out the counters with more burn/draw or I would take out the Epic Experiments and add in other good stuff. Overall though this is a pretty good deck, so good luck to you!
You have a lot of enter the battlefield effects and counter depletion, something like Cloudshift could have a ton of purposes in a deck like this. Both of the Tezzerets love artifact decks, much more so than good ole' Sorin. It looks pretty good though overall. By the way you have Witchbane Orb down twice.
This deck looks sick, I've always wanted to try Madness. I'm a bit surprised to see no One With Nothing though. Do you seem to get enough discard outlets?
I used to play land destruction, but our playgroup shies away from that now. I have to admit I find it more enjoyable that way too...that said though the concept you have going on here is rather ingenious. That is an extremely neat interaction and trick that you can use for offense and defense. I suppose my only concern would be protecting your machine gun pieces. Maybe Asceticism or something along it's ilk?
This deck looks extremely fun to play. There's all sorts of subtle interactions going on, good card choice. I always wondered if Demonic Rising was any good. I play too many demons in mine to be able to run it, but this deck seems poised to make the most out of it.
Interesting take on Bolas Control, it looks pretty balanced. The only concern I would have would be lack of mana fixing/ramp for awesome cards like Cruel Ultimatum and Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker. With cards like Armillary Sphere and Wayfarer's Bauble, they can reasonably be cast with with a much stronger consistency. It took me three renditions of my Bolas deck to get it right, but I'm extremely proud of the final product.
Since you don't seem to be playing standard with this deck, I'd suggest good ole' Counterspell over some of the "lesser" counters. I'd also bring down the count of Enter the Infinite and Omniscience by 1 or 2 copies each as they will be dead draws for a large part of the game. It would also give you more room for either more stall walls, more digging tools, or more counter protection to help make sure you last long enough to play either Enter the Infinite or Omniscience. Perhaps even mana accel artifacts like Guilded Lotus, Thran Dynamo, or Dreamstone Hedron to help you get there quicker and more consistently.
I know Griselbrand is fun and awesome but I feel he might have a better home in a more ramping-enabled deck. Liliana can pull lands for you sure, but you only have 11 lands that count as Swamps and her ultimate is tricky to get off. I would take out the Lilianas and Griselbrand for either a reliable two-drop or more juicy Jund removal. Overall though your creature list is a home run of awesomeness and the removal so far is very solid and versatile.
Fallowsage would feel right at home in this deck which I would replace divination with. Also the almighty Arcanis the Omnipotent would be a good replacement for your Mind Unbounds, since you could begin abusing him right away with your Thousand-Year Elixirs. This is a really interesting and unique approach, I may have to look into building something similar. Great deck idea overall.
I would perhaps get rid of the Augur of Bolas since it has a roughly 1-in-6 chance to hit and otherwise doesn't do much for you as a whole and the lone copy of Mental Vapors for probably some more targeted removal perhaps in the form of Orzhov Charm. It would also help you keep your Gift or Orzhov's in a pinch if that creature gets targeted. Otherwise it looks pretty interesting and has multiple angles to work from. Good job!
I like your use of the Blood Artist in this deck, he synergizes very well with extort. With that many Crypt Ghasts, you might look into X cards like Exsanguinate for an easy finish or a way to regain balance if you are facing too much aggression. By the way you forgot to put your lands on your decklist.
That'a a good suggestion I'll have to try that, thank you.