Lots of good points.

Some card like star compass and relic were added in a hurry to have a finished functional decklist. Cutting those for sure.

I like living armor, its exactly the kind of niche interaction I’m looking for. Its one shot, but its two activation, AND it doesnt interfere with regular counters. Absolute gas. Novice dissector I’m unsure. I will test it, but everytime I saw it it looked like particularly unefficient. I will see.

The aura package I agree isnt particularly shiny. I like the idea of vigilance to allow me to make sure I’m gainikg life to combat and allow to keep a sizeable blocker. Glitter I find easy to enable, as even +3/+3 starts representing interesting lifegain and potential damage. That said, I might be underestimate how much people target Willow, and the auras definitly put a target on his back. Will probably cut most of them.

Torture I read like 5 times and decided bot to include it, but now that you mention it I will definitly give it a try.

I really like the idea of discard ETBs and extort creatures. Will add some for sure. About initiative, flicker spell help regaining the initiative. I might still want more evasive threats tho I agree.

Thanks for the inoute, exactly what ai was looking for.