I like Rites to Flourishing a bit too much to get rid of green, while it speeds up my opponents' decks a bit it also ensures I get out of mana-leak range. Also while Guard Gomazoa is nice, it's wiped by slagstorms/lightning bolts (and I'd have to burn a safe passage to save them, which is one less fireball to my face I can't be saved from) whereas Wall of Tanglecord stays alive from that stuff. Tanglecords protect enough from the early stuff, and once my opponents are playing big bombs (titans, eldrazi) it serves as a chop block and then I can start using fogs. Still thanks for the suggestion though, I'll playtest this weekend and if my green theories backfire I'll consider dropping the color alltogether!
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Wow! Thanks for all the comments so far, I'll be taking everything into consideration when I playtest this deck this weekend and figure out what it needs. As some people touched on, multiplayer is a very political beast and you have to disguise yourself as a friendly foe sometimes (especially since we do 6-8 person free-for-alls, mostly). That's why I intentionally left out cards like liliana's caress! Also, while arguably unethical, this deck can also fog at any point and save someone else who was getting overrun.