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Goblin Fireslinger is probably the one you're thinking of. I still stand by my choice of adding more actual burn spells but if a ping effect is what you want, Scepter of Empires is cool. In addition to doing colourless damage, it's less likely to be killed (most mainboard kill is for creatures).
It's an old one that's been sitting in a box for years, I just did a slight update (used to run Wee Dragonauts)
Rogue's Passage could also help the Master get through. Rakdos Signet might be better suited in Springleaf Drum's slot. The Drum requires a creature on the battlefield to work and you don't have that many readily available. Sadly, Braid of Fire's mana can only ever be used in the upkeep as mana gets emptied from mana pools at the end of each step or phase. You have all sorts of ways to make sure the Master hits play and deals damage, but no way to get Gut Shot. I suggest adding a little more burn to both increase the chances of killing after Master does his thing and to take care of pesky early game creatures on the opponent's side. Lightning Bolt is my first choice here, but there are a ton of 1 manaburn instants.
Bring to Light into Eternal Witness (returning Bring to Light)Bring to Light into Restoration Angel, bouncing Eternal Witness, to return Bring to Light. Bring to Light into Kiki, the combo off with Restoration Angel.
Trust me on this 4x Explosive Vegetation and 4x Nissa's Pilgrimage. Sylvan Scrying isn't helping your landfall triggers at all. Another trick I found, though have not yet tested, is Pulse of Murasa returning Evolving Wilds.
With all those 1x and 2x, it's a bit all over the place. You have some good cards in here (and some not as good ones), but overall you seem to be lacking direction. Pick a battle plan and work on that. I'm largely a green mage myself, though I do dabble in the other colours, and speaking from experience, without a clear cut plan, you're bound to lose more than win.
I've seen variations use Ob Nixilis, the Fallen in place of / in addition to Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle.
I find Dramatic Entrance to be a fun way to get Worldspine Wurm onto the battlefield :p
If you can find a slot for it, Relic Seeker can search for any equipment when it becomes Renowned. It may not be an Ally, but being able to fetch any equipment, and not being limited to the top 4 cards of your library like Stoneforge Acolyte, is huge advantage.
One or to of either Boros Garrison, Gruul Turf, or Selesnya Sanctuary can help increase the number of landfall triggers.
With Liquimetal Coating I can Splinter any permanent. Crumble to Dust only targets nonbasic lands. Splinter'ing a basic land exiles all copies of them.
Oxidize is better, but in both cases, how do I make space?
Thanks. Been wanting to run this for a while, but haven't had the incentive to. An old member of my club is coming back and one of his big decks is an Urzatron based Tooth and Nail deck. Also, with Bloom and Twin newly banned, I've got no idea what my group's top dogs are going to be playing.
I've been playing landfall ramp since Origins. The current version got me 2nd place last Friday:http://www.mtgvault.com/dedwards/decks/elemental-overload/Hope this helps give you some ideas.
Thanks to the Thopters being colourless, Vile Aggregate is an awesome addition to this type of deck.
I too only have 1 (my Prerelease promo), but good news, it's the full art rare promo for Game Day (top 8).
If you want to concentrate more on the drawing to hurt the opponent, these cards may interest you:Jace's Archivist Teferi's Puzzle Box Dictate of KruphixSeizan, Perverter of TruthSpiteful VisionsFate UnravelerUnderworld Dreams
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Nope, I don't remember being invited.
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