This is not mana ramp. I might not have made a lot of ramp decks, but I do know you need Lotus Cobra, a couple more fetch lands, maybe Cultivate or Harrow, and pick just two colored Praetors. Jin is a good choice, and Vorinclex because he's green. Sheoldred...not so much I think.
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Have you tried Lotus Cobra and Harrow? I agree too that Lead the Stampede, at least one copy, would be pretty useful in here in place of a Cultivate.
This looks pretty good, but I'm going to suggest something crazy and tell you to lose the Giant Growths for 3 Asceticism. I suggest this because in the late game this will make your creatures better if you have a slow start. Giant Growth is great and all, but you have new spells that will give +4/+4. Try it out and see what you get. Also loss the Cyst Bearer for Rot Wolf. Viridian Corrupter looks more like a sideboard card, but I take it that it runs well? Maybe lower that count to 2 instead of 3? Also a couple of Verdant Catacombs might be helpful here too. Consider also Pistus Strike in the sidedeck for when Tezzeret starts making those 5/5 Inkmoth's.
I'll put Vatmothers in the sideboard. I want swords on my imp. Sword of body and mind on my flesh-eater imp is pretty sweet. What else would I do with that wolf token? Mostly, I'm looking at the evasion as the better option to go with.
I checked out your deck and left you a comment. I honestly want to believe in flesh-eater imp. 4 mana is pretty balanced for a flying infect 2/2 that's pumpable. The evasion is what I like, and I figure I can always sideboard in Vatmothers if I go against some burn.
Not a bad idea. I see what you're going for. Problem is that with 20 land you're going to be mana screwed a lot. Those spells might be cheap, but when you look at the numbers, your creatures and your spells are near equal. You've got only 9 creature options to play on turn 2. Maybe try and fit another Livewire Lash somehow. Still very situational...
How's Jace 1.0 working out for you? I've been thinking about using him in my own infect deck. And while it doesn't seem like this creature would work for you given the lack of infect, Consecrated Sphinx could work out nicely here. It's something to consider for your sideboard anyways. That Vedalken Anatomist is just so slow...
I would LOVE to add Steel Overseer, but I don't know how to make him fit in this deck. I only have 6 artifact creatures in the deck. Any suggestions?
Needs more Genesis Wave.
You don't really need Tainted Strike in the deck, you only have 2 creatures without infect. You're better off trying something like Untamed Might. You just need one good attacker to sneak through.
This is pretty good, but why not use Elspeth, Knight-Errant in this deck so you can add counters to something other than just the Ascension? Pull off her ultimate and you'll be summoning 4/4 indestructible flyers. Also perhaps try a couple Wall of Denial to help keep creatures away and get that first counter on Ascension?
With all the mana you seem to be able to produce, you should try and see if Genesis Wave can't make this deck just explode with slivers.
Another Sky Ruin for sure. Maybe two. You should experiment with 4 Swords to Plowshares/Path to Exile. Condemn is nice but slightly slower. Maybe some Angelic Walls to get something quick on the field? Serra's Avenger is a good choice too though a bit slower - she's solid 3/3 angel.
Not a bad idea here. There's somethings I'd recommend as a change. One less Beastmaster Ascension and another Awakening Zone. Some non-basic land that gives you red and green mana would be wonderful. I'm not sure about the Hellion Eruption count...perhaps have only two of those instead of four, and fit in Eldrazi Monument. Awakening Zone will give you the fodder you need to make your tokens flying unkillable beasts. That or Mimic Vats work too.
This is good take for a mono red metalcraft deck. I wonder about the Darksteel Myr though. I know why it's there, to combo no doubt with Echo Circlet, but do you really need it? I'd suggest cutting back on those, and perhaps giving Blade-Tribe Berserkers a try in the deck. They'll survive Pyroclasm too and give you a fair attacker.
This is not a bad deck at all. I kind of want to suggest fitting in Cultivate or Growth Spasm just to get some easy land out of the deck. Even Explore might be helpful here. If anything it might be fair sideboard material just to speed the deck up a little and prevent some land draws when land draws aren't wanted. Now I see why you have the Liquidmetal Coating, but I don't see why you don't take advantage of Hoard-Smelter Dragon to combo with the Liquidmetal Coating. You could certainly stand to lose two creatures of your choice for two dragons (on Ebay they're pretty cheap money wise too). Another thing about the land tutoring I mentioned above - since you're only running two Birds of Paradise, it might be worth while to try exploring how Lotus Cobra runs in the deck if you put in land tutors. If you throw in something like Growth Spasm into the deck and you have a Cobra on the field, you could find a situation like 1) play land, Cobra gives you one mana, 2) Growth Spasm, Cobra gives you another one mana, 3) sack the Spawn token from Growth Spasm, get one mana - so you get your mana back and one land out of the deck, one less land to waste a draw on.