Workshop 233 - Alela, Artful Provocateur / NoVa - CLOSED (EDH / Commander)

GENERAL:
We identified that the deck is pretty solid as it seems with decent land count, ramp, draw, protection and threat generation. The pilot does not wish to have free counterspells, mana positive rocks or too much stax.

ADDITIONS:
Ertai, the Corrupted for some repeatable counterspells.
Propaganda for some extra pillowfort.
Diabolic Intent as an easy tutor.
Arcane Denial seems to be missing from the list of generally accepted "good" counterspells.
One Swamp to bring the land count a little higher.

CUTS:
Hedron Archive for being expensive to cast and a little clunky for a lean deck that mostly likes coloured pips in low cost spells.
Lofty Denial might not be a very reliable counterspell.
Authority of the Consuls & Blind Obedience might be redundant and unnecessary for a faster aggro deck like this.
Open the Vaults is a double edged sword: it might be really good if the opponents don't have many good artifacts or enchantments in their graves OR it can definitely be a dead card if there is even a single threat you don't want to see on the battlefield again. It is also expensive to cast so it might be a good idea to replace it with a counterspell to prevent mass wipes from happening in the first place. The deck does not contain sac outlets, discard outlets or anything that would send appropriately typed cards to the grave.