Ali from Cairo

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This uses a non-legal general: Ali from Cairo.
There are quite a few unique characters in Arabian Nights / Antiquities who would have been legends, but the concept of Legendary permanents didn't exist until the Legends expansion.
- A lot of Earthquake and "deal X damage to each player" effects. The idea is even if Ali from Cairo dies, it still protects you during the spell.
- Switch life totals effects; since I am frequently at 1 life.
 
Mana Acceleration (17): General (1): Spells (33): Sideboard (Omitted/Cut card ideas):
1 Burnished Hart 1 Ali from Cairo 1 Angelheart Vial 1 Burning Earth
1 Caged Sun   1 Argentum Armor 1 Mind's Eye
1 Doubling Cube Creatures (14): 1 Darksteel Plate 1 Searing Rays
1 Dreamstone Hedron 1 Blightsteel Colossus 1 Eternity Vessel 1 Acidic Soil
1 Everflowing Chalice 1 Darksteel Colossus 1 Forethought Amulet 1 Mana Geyser
1 Extraplanar Lens 1 Stuffy Doll 1 Jade Monolith 1 Time Bomb
1 Gauntlet of Might 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger 1 Magebane Armor 1 Diviner's Wand
1 Gauntlet of Power 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre 1 Mirror Universe 1 Colossus of Akros
1 Hierophant's Chalice 1 Ashling the Pilgrim 1 Shield of Kaldra 1 Breath of Darigaaz
1 Magnifying Glass 1 Bloodfire Colossus 1 Soul Conduit 1 Hammerfist Giant
1 Paradise Plume 1 Dream Pillager 1 Staff of Domination 1 Flame Rift
1 Pristine Talisman 1 Fire Servant 1 Sun Droplet 1 Slagstorm
1 Thran Dynamo 1 Heartless Hidetsugu 1 That Which Was Taken 1 Blockbuster
1 Unstable Obelisk 1 Jaya Ballard, Task Mage 1 Whirling Catapult 1 Glacial Crevasses
1 Chandra, Bold Pyromancer 1 Knollspine Dragon 1 Chandra, Flamecaller 1 Sunstone
1 Koth of the Hammer 1 Mogg Maniac 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Mana Flare 1 War Elemental 1 Commune with Lava 1 Sword of War and Peace
    1 Dictate of the Twin Gods 1 Coalhauler Swine
Lands (35):   1 Earthquake 1 Repercussion
1 Ancient Tomb   1 Fault Line 1 Manabarbs
1 Myriad Landscape   1 Fire Tempest 1 Dualcaster Mage
1 Spinerock Knoll   1 Form of the Dinosaur 1 Mirari
1 Temple of the False God   1 Form of the Dragon 1 Chandra, the Firebrand
1 Thespian's Stage   1 Furnace of Rath 1 Dual Casting
1 Thawing Glaciers   1 Incite Rebellion 1 Fork
1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle   1 Inferno 1 Howl of the Horde
1 Vesuva   1 Molten Disaster 1 Increasing Vengeance
1 Mana Crypt   1 Outpost Siege 1 Reiterate
25 Mountain   1 Price of Progress 1 Reverberate
1 Sol Ring   1 Rolling Earthquake 1 Wild Ricochet
    1 Stolen Strategy 1 Forethought Amulet
    1 Vance's Blasting Cannons // Spitfire Bastion 1 Pentagram of the Ages
    1 Vicious Shadows 1 Darksteel Juggernaut