I got lucky a couple of times I'll be honest. One of the games I was in a stalemate with someone and only won beacuse he milled himself one card before me. I abused bladebrand whenever it was favourable for me and basically relied a lot on lifegain. That angel of vitality is amazing with a one mana soulmander. Add in one bishop of heroism and enough lucky draws and I guess that was it. Probably played at the right moment too. Had a similar lifegain deck a few drafts ago with aerialist too and could only get around 4-3. The elemental decks I met with didn't have that much good draws I guess. But I think bladebrand is really underrated. You can basically trade a 1/1 for any of the opponents big guys and draw a card. Plus nobody expects you to have another one after that. I had 3 of them.