Heliod, God of the Sun seems like it would be better than Hold the Gates, by virtue of being indestructible and a 5/6 or pseudo-6/6 should you meet his devotion, rather than just the very meager and situational boost Hold the Gates provides. His tokens have anti-synergy with Doran, but such is life. It also means you could then cut the three Gates and run basics instead. Oathsworn Giant is another source of vigilance for your team, as well as a nice non-situational +0/+2 boost, and he has a decent butt himself.
Rhox Faithmender has some delicious synergy with Trostani, and his status as a 1/5 fits the bill for Doran perfectly. If you opt to run this, also consider Ajani Goldmane. If you get Ajani's ultimate off, watch your life total explode.
For lands, get a Murmuring Bosk. Even though you can't use Doran himself to untap it, it still makes all three of your colors with relatively little fuss.
No on the Heliod--> Hold the Gates. It's kinda just..a thing. Hold the gates is good cause it can be an anthem effect while Doran is out, which for a common is kinda nuts. Heliod might get a look at though, since having a high devotion in a creature based deck isn't TOO hard.
Rhox is thing. Not great, but just a thing. A solid body, but only works with 1-2 other cards, depending if I choose to Ajani.
THERE'S A TOKEN SUBTHEME? I didn't even really look too much into that. It was really more there's some RtR block cool cards, and let's throw in the rest of the pile of cards left in the binder that seems cool.
Elesh Norn actually isn't a bad idea, it's just always on watchlist that no body ever wants to trade.
I have no idea where to take the Doran, the Siege Tower skeleton at the moment.
1 Doran, the siege tower
THINGS THAT I NEED TO PAY TO PLAY
9 swamp
7 plains
6 forest
1 temple of the false god
1 grim backwoods
1 grasslands
1 rocky tar pit
1 selesnya guildgate
1 orzhov guildgate
1 golgari guildgate
1 vivid grove
1 vault of the archangel
1 command tower
1 opal palace
1 bojuka bog
1 terramorphic expanse
1 temple garden
1 overgrown tomb
1 ghost quarter
(8)
1 gaze of granite
1 unexpectedly absent
1 baleful force
1 ashen rider
1 army of the damned
(7)
1 Myr Battlesphere
1 sepulchral primordial
1 Merciless Eviction
1 Sun Titan
1 Armada Wurm
1 Kirtar's Wrath
1 Deadwood Treefolk
1 Bane of Progress
1 Pontiff of Blight
(5)
1 Unburial Rites
1 Rescue from the Underworld
1 Silklash Spider
1 Tempt with Immortality
1 Reveillark
1 Karmic Guide
(4)
1 Crypt Ghast
1 Wrath of God
1 Graveborn Muse
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Greed
1 Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
1 Diabolic Tutor
1 Angel of Finality
1 Reaper of the Wilds
1 Hundred-Handed One
(3)
Sudden Spoiling
1 Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Putrefy
1 Farhaven Elf
1 Hold the Gates
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Beast Within
1 Harrow
1 Cultivate
1 Eternal Witness
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Mortify
1 Awakening Zone
1 Krosan Grip
1 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Courser of Kruphix
1 Restore
1 Life from the Loam
1 Sign in Blood
1 Victim of Night
1 Unravel the Aether
1 Naturalize
1 Wall of Omens
1 Darksteel Mutation
1 SkinShifter
(1)
1 Sol Ring
1 Weathered Wayfarer
1 Path to Exile
1x Doran, the Siege Tower
Creature
1x Angel of Finality
1x Armada Wurm
1x Ashen Rider
1x Baleful Force
1x Bane of Progress
1x Courser of Kruphix
1x Crypt Ghast
1x Deadwood Treefolk
1x Eternal Witness
1x Farhaven Elf
1x Graveborn Muse
1x Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
1x Hundred-Handed One
1x Karmic Guide
1x Knight of the Reliquary
1x Myr Battlesphere
1x Pontiff of Blight
1x Reaper of the Wilds
1x Reveillark
1x Sepulchral Primordial
1x Silklash Spider
1x Skinshifter
1x Sun Titan
1x Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
1x Wall of Omens
1x Weathered Wayfarer
1x Beast Within
1x Harrow
1x Krosan Grip
1x Mortify
1x Naturalize
1x Path to Exile
1x Putrefy
1x Rescue from the Underworld
1x Sudden Spoiling
1x Unexpectedly Absent
1x Unravel the Aether
1x Victim of Night
Artifact
1x Darksteel Ingot
1x Sol Ring
Land
1x Bojuka Bog
1x Command Tower
6x Forest
1x Ghost Quarter
1x Golgari Guildgate
1x Grasslands
1x Grim Backwoods
1x Opal Palace
1x Orzhov Guildgate
1x Overgrown Tomb
7x Plains
1x Rocky Tar Pit
1x Selesnya Guildgate
9x Swamp
1x Temple Garden
1x Temple of the False God
1x Terramorphic Expanse
1x Vault of the Archangel
1x Vivid Grove
1x Army of the Damned
1x Cultivate
1x Diabolic Tutor
1x Gaze of Granite
1x Kirtar's Wrath
1x Kodama's Reach
1x Life from the Loam
1x Maelstrom Pulse
1x Merciless Eviction
1x Restore
1x Sign in Blood
1x Tempt with Immortality
1x Toxic Deluge
1x Unburial Rites
1x Wrath of God
Enchantment
1x Awakening Zone
1x Darksteel Mutation
1x Greed
1x Heartless Summoning
1x Hold the Gates
Planeswalker
1x Garruk Wildspeaker
NOTE: Not really organized at the moment.
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It needs the following things:
card draw
Some speed
A better theme
What can I replace and change up?
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Rhox Faithmender has some delicious synergy with Trostani, and his status as a 1/5 fits the bill for Doran perfectly. If you opt to run this, also consider Ajani Goldmane. If you get Ajani's ultimate off, watch your life total explode.
Luminate Primordial is always a solid piece of removal.
For lands, get a Murmuring Bosk. Even though you can't use Doran himself to untap it, it still makes all three of your colors with relatively little fuss.
Rhox is thing. Not great, but just a thing. A solid body, but only works with 1-2 other cards, depending if I choose to Ajani.
Not TOO sold on the luminate.
I LIKE Bosk though.
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Sign In Blood -> Read the Bones
Myr Battlesphere -> Elesh Norn
Doubling Season for the token theme. Gotta go inside to work. I'll look again later.
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Elesh Norn actually isn't a bad idea, it's just always on watchlist that no body ever wants to trade.
:symr::symb: I hate your deck(Kaervek the Merciless)
Wait, how do I even hide it as a name title?
Ka...Oh god that's not a good alliteration.Wait, how do I even hide it as a name title?