I'm a fan of pairing Braids, Conjurer Adept with Paradox Haze in EDH. Then you're deterring the others from attacking you by giving them a way to drop their stuff for free while the Haze gives you two upkeeps, letting you build your advantage.
My only warning would be that you NEED to consistently place bigger, more powerful stuff than your opponents as Braids can easily backfire on you if they end up dropping Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger or something else like that which will totally screw you over for free.
Beyond that, what other color(s) are you running in said EDH deck? As there are options for getting things out faster depending on your pairings.