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I'd look into adding That Which Was Taken to turn Myojin of Cleansing Fire into a repeatable board wipe. Or to just make other things indestructible, that's always fun.

Everything else i could think of seems to have been covered.

Only card that I'd really question in your deck is your Hoarding Dragon and that is more due to your selection of artifacts. The only artifact in your deck worth hunting down knowing i'm going to have to wait for it is Mindslaver. all of your other artifacts are mana fixing and therefore fall into two categories. Ones you don't want to wait around for like Chromatic Lantern or Sol Ring and ones that are past their usefulness like Lotus Petal once you have enough mana to cast the dragon. Sure you have Dragon's Claw and Elixir of Immortality bot neither of those are things i'd want to weight around for while i look for something to kill a 4/4.

Krenko, Mob Bossdoes seem just a touch out of place in this deck. While your deck does get some benefit out of goblins, you only have 4 in your deck and Krenko tends to die a quick death as other players view him as a threat because of his effect. He works best when you can have several goblins on the field before he arrives. He also greatly benefits from Fervor so he can do some goblin doubling before someone kills him off.

Actually just about anything benefits from Fervor and it's probably not a bad addition to this deck.

Aside from that the only thing that really jumps out at me is that you mana curve seems to be going the wrong way. you've got a lot of very expensive creatures, though that is common in dragon decks. I think i'd personally add in some utility goblins to help smooth out the curve some but i do like the flavor of a Dragon deck.

But it is EDH so stranger things have happened. I've played a shadow/wall deck before.
I think i may have to find a Sun Quan now just for the ridiculousness of that combo.

Draft Rules

Numbers you're suggesting are actually 6 packs per person so adjust accordingly. Personally I'd draft 3-4 packs, have 1-2 packs as participation prizes and top 2 split the remaining 10 packs 6-4 or top 3 split it 5-3-2.

I personally prefer pick-a-pack drafts or pack wars if you're going to play limited, but for 6 people who want to split a box drafting is fun.

[Edit] Kappolo's answer beat me to it while i was hammering out wording So I cut my rules explanation.

This deck looks like it should work pretty well. I'm not a fan of Slivers so I don't really have much input on creatures. I might suggest a Laboratory Maniac, which while it doesn't fit the theme does prevent the very real risk of loss by decking yourself with Primal Surge. Seen a couple sliver decks do it thanks to a timely Fog after a Primal Surge.

A few suggestions for cards you might cut.

Maze Abomination since you have a single multicolored card. You'd be better served by something like Vampire Nighthawk, it is significantly less powerful but is also half the cost and has lifelink and flying.

Shadow Guildmage is the only card in your deck requiring blue mana and one of two requiring red mana. I would leave in your Rakdos Guildgate so that you can still use Deviant Glee, though since it looks like you're splashing green there are more efficient ways to get trample into this deck, Unflinching Courage and Armadillo Cloak both leap to mind.

Barrow Ghoul or Soulshriek. Either one is fine but they work against each other. Barrow Ghoul removes creature cards from your graveyard each turn while Soulshriek requires creatures in the graveyard to see any benefit.

Might suggest an Orzhov Keyrune to go in place of or in addition to the Orzhov Cluestone you already have.

Faith Healer doesn't really complement your selection of enchantments. Your enchantments are designed to hurt your opponent or pump your creatures. I'd substitute a Soul's Attendant or Soul Warden instead.

Tavern Swindler, while not bad, seems to have bad odds of gaining life. Personally I'd either cut it outright or replace it with a generic 2/2 for 2, probably a zombie to keep it in black.

I've tried to keep my suggestions in a very affordable range, any card shop should be able to hook you up with these.

In all honesty I can only think of 3 things that fit in almost every EDH deck that would be staples. There are plenty of useful cards, but those are strongly dependent on the deck's goal. I'm sure there are a handful more but cards that actually fit in almost any deck are quite rare in this open of a format.

Reliquary Tower
Homeward Path
Sol Ring

I personally loathe that last one but you have to admit that it is extremely common.

While they do speed up the deck I'd prefer either something like Silver Myr that gives me a body on the field and mana, or cards like Gilded Lotus that give me more mana even if it takes a little longer to get them out. While there is something to be said for the tempo boost Lotus Petal brings to the field, it is a single use mana source.

It should probably also be noted that I'm mostly an EDH player, so my bias against Lotus Petal may be more because of the singleton build of EDH decks. After all a single free mana amidst 100 cards is not a good return as opposed to several copies in a deck of 60 cards.

I'll admit to not being a Golgari player right off but it looks like a strong deck, which legendary are you using as Commander?
I want to fit in Undercity Plague because it play so well with the rest of your cards causing discard, but i'm not sure what i would remove for it.

Love the Dimir deck's goal of milling you. Don't think i've played a deck quite this single minded in it's goal in commander before, I'd be interested in hearing how it plays.
An Undead Alchemist would be a nice addition into this deck. The only other major mill card i can think of that this needs is a Jace Beleren.
Possibly my favorite card in this deck is Conjured Currency, it seems perfect for commander, just make sure this deck has unique sleeves so you get your cards back.

Generally EDH decks have a more broad goal or a single combo they're trying to achieve. And then there are players like myself who enjoy ridiculous decks like my colorless Karn deck that can run into space issues if another pod is playing next to you. Or Group Hug decks who generally win only on a fluke but encourage outrageous board states by buffing everybody.
I'd like to see what a more focused deck can do in this game style. Be prepared to be ganged up on when folks realize the sheer amount of mill the dimir deck has.

Well the obvious first recommendation is you want a Darksteel Forge if he plays a lot of removal, regardless of what colors you pick.
Personally I'd want to go pure colorless, but if i had to pick colors i'd say mono-blue and that would be mostly for tutor purposes. It would also allow you to make use of Memnarch to take control of his big creatures. If that wasn't enough for you, you can speed up your stealing of his creatures with Mycosynth Lattice. If you really feel like having some fun with Artifacts throw in a Quicksilver Amulet and combo it with any eldrazi or well anything over 4 mana really. Oh and if you decide to use Mycosynth Lattice I strongly recommend a Darksteel Juggernaut just because he becomes stupidly powerful.

A card I'll recommend in a sideboard but not main deck is Worldslayer mostly because it's easy to abuse it and make the game not fun. That said, as a sideboard card that is there for those times he needs to be knocked down a peg, it is useful. In combo with Darksteel forge and Mycosynth Lattice it destroys everything you don't control.

Also 2 cards any artifact deck should run are Golem's heart for obvious reasons and Blinkmoth Urn. The Urn may be a little group huggy but unless he runs a bunch of artifacts he probably won't see much use from it.

Check out this deck if you decide you need some more ideas for artifacts.

I'll go ahead and say control isn't my thing, so that's about as far as I'll go on the Orzhov deck.
The Boros deck however is more my style so here are my suggestions.

Only 2 things really jump out at me in the main deck as things i would pull. First is Ordruun Veteran, i know a 3/1 double striker is an odd choice to be my first card removed but any chump blocker can take him down, and i generally want creatures who won't lose to Memnite. My second card to drop is Act of Treason, I'm not a big fan of the whole stealing cards and giving them right back that red does.

I'd replace the creature with Aurelia, the Warleader because of her effect and the sorcery with either Martial Glory or Righteous Charge because extra damage is never a bad thing.

I'm still not thrilled with Fortress Cyclops's cost, he feels heavy for this deck, especially when i can replace one of him with a Assemble the Legion and make a small army of chump blockers in his place.

Unless you get your hands on some more Boros Guildgates Crackling Perimeter and Hold the Gates aren't doing much for you.

I think I'd consider sideboarding Prophetic Prism, Skyblinder Staff, and Assault Griffin. Prophetic prism for those days when you've been repeatedly out of one color and the others because you have a lack of defense against flying.