richter1

This is in response to your comment on the jhoria deck you commented on earlier. There is actually another card that the deck is running that is banned but since he is not too worried about it I really did not want to tell him about it.
As for your deck, I just wanted to be critical about one card. I might be wrong but it looks to me like the hydra might not be doing enough for you in the deck and there might be something better that could take it's place. Other than that the deck the deck looks good.

Just so you know he isn't on much anymore. I collaborated with jester on this deck and he did the same when I built mine. He is a darn good deck builder and knows his stuff when it comes to building a deck on a theme. I really like this deck as well and I feel like I can thank you for him for the comment.

Yes it's true TREACHERY is only 50% better than MIND CONTROL but if my calculations are correct it costs 48% more ($ wise). And since I was almost broke when I made the deck and right now I am completely broke I will definitely not be using the better, more expensive card. PARIAH would be a good add for this deck, I might have to change some things perhaps add the equipment that allows for a creature to be indestructible or use the aura called indestructibility. All three of those cards I do actually have in my binder so that could work, thank you very much for the comment and maybe take a look at some of my other decks sometime.

Oh yeah, I forgot about both of those. They would be great adds.

Glad I could help, let me know if I can be of service some other time.

Copy enchantment, sculpting steel, followed footsteps, thespian's stage, vesuva, twincast, hive mind, rite of replication all would fit your theme (at least if you ask me they do). You might not agree with all my options for your deck and that is fine but I just thought I would let you know about them just in case you didn't already know.

search for the cards reshape and treasure mage. Although you are already using some tutors and the transmuter that should help to cheat in the forge.

Tinker is banned in EDH unless your local playgroup doesn't mind that it's there and if that is the case then run it.

I might play telepathy over the glasses and I see a flaw in the "how to play area". I just looked on gatherer and searched omniscience, it says for cards that have X in the cost X must equal 0. And don't get me wrong I would love to cheat in a 10/10 or 12/12 annihilator 4 from another player's deck but it would not be my first choice (unless it was my only good choice) because by cheating it in you lose the when cast effect. It would also make you target #1 at the table, so really all I am saying is to get ready to be hated on after you pluck an eldrazi out of an opponents deck.

Check your decklist, I see that there are 2 coat of arms and 2 seaside citadel. Since you are using those planeshift lands I would use some vivid lands, so that when all the counters are used you can play the planeshift land return the vivid and later on replay the vivid with a full set of counters on it. Declaration of Naught is kinda iffy in here, unless your plan was to name a general and never let one player have their general. If you just know what other players are going to bring to the table and have some sort of knowledge about what is in their decks then it would be better but if you don't then that card is kind of limited. I know you want to run as many sliver creatures as you possibly can but I do have one non creature suggestion that would be good for your deck, look up patriarch bidding.

Ha, that is almost hilarious I never thought of doing that with the troll and aria. Can't wait to build my own rith deck.

Well it looks rather scary even without gifts, glad I am not in your playgroup.

Gifts is banned in edh, but if your local playgroup doesn't mind that you have it in the deck then go for it.

Frick the deck search is not working.

Fecundity would also be a decent add, if you find you are not drawing enough cards. Of course it is a double edged sword and could end up hurting you because it allows for all players to draw as well. It's easy enough to take care of if it gets out of control, just blow up your own enchantment.

I think the deck looks fine as is but now that I have looked at it I have started remembering some cards that you could at least consider. Shirei would be good for this, no rest for the wicked would work, gleancrawler, savra would be an interesting add but I don't see any way for you to gain life in the deck, (I might have missed it when I looked) took yet another look at the deck and saw that you are playing grave pact so maybe not savra, golgari germination and oversold cemetery. Using the 3 colors in the deck was something I had not thought of, I like what you have here. It's good to see someone mix it up every once in a while, if I made something using the apostle before I saw your deck it prolly would have been a mono black build but now you have me wanting to branch out and try something different.

It needs to be worked on that's for sure, I have been lazy (when I say lazy I mean as far as editing decks) and have been working on posting a deck with every color combination. Thank you for viewing the deck and leaving the comment.

That could work, you shouldn't beat yourself up too much about that. Hell I thought it was an amazing card the first time I saw it and had to get one but the more I looked at it the more limited it became usage wise. Deck looks good, I would hate to have to be on the opposing end of it.

check your lands, remember only one vault of whispers.

Protean hulk is banned in edh, unless your local playgroup doesn't mind that it's there and if that's the case then run it. The deck does look fairly nasty.