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I guess I won't be putting together a trade.  I am down to 2 Sorin's and I thought I had a 3rd I could trade.  My apologies

I am glad you're going to give this build am try.  Between myself and two friends it's been play tested about 75 times against various decks online and IRL and is certainly a decent strategy.  It's not tier 1 but it can still do ok. 

The dual lands aren't all that necessary, the birds can get you pretty far.  I'd recommend just running forests and islands combined with a 2x evolving wild and 2x swamp setup and add in the duals for islands if/when you get them.  It should play fairly well without the special lands.

I wish you lots of luck!

I knew what you meant but thank you for clarifying. 

Those are good suggestions, Hellnikko.  From you list I have only tried to work in Bonehoard and I ultimately ended up taking it out.  It worked very well when I had the mana to both cast and equip in a single turn but more often than not the 6 mana just got to be too expensive.  Perhaps Wreath of Geists would be a better alternative since it's super cheap and accomplishes the "surprise" factor I was going for.  Also, it ended up getting pitched to Mulch and Forbidden Alchemy most of the time which made it useless; not that the wreath solves that issue but it hurts less pitching a 1 CMC enchantment IMO.

Parallel Lives I would probably pass on.  Kessig Cagebreakers is a beast when it gets to swing and is usually enough to win the game or at least put you in a position to win the following turn.  He's the jewel of the deck for sure and the reason I recommend running 4 of them.

Grim Flowering I haven't tried but I've given thought to it.  My gut reaction is that the deck doesn't need it, it draws fairly well as is and ideally you want to be winning by turn 6, not drawing a bunch of cards and passing the turn because you're out of mana.  I did consider making room for 3 or 4 Thought Scours to accomplish a similar effect though.

Do my experiences and assumptions match what you've seen with your version of the deck, Hellnikko?  it's always nice to get a second opinion

Assuming a 4-round Swiss configuration at the tournament  you'll be attending, the tuned-up Dethfed deck I have in mind will probably get you anywhere from an 0-4 to 2-2 record (0 to 2 match wins) depending on your match-ups.  You'll probably lose hard to fast aggro decks (pre-sideboard) and heavy control decks but compete at a decent level against mid-range strategies except for, maybe, grixis control (ewww). 

Like I said, though, it will take the least amount of effort (and money) to bring the Deathfed pre-con up to speed.

Here's a link to the build I recommend: http://deckbox.org/sets/165966

Some of the lands are negotiable but the body of the deck should be played pretty much exactly as is.  I only added one card to the sideboard (4x Gnaw to the Bone) as it is crucial in your match-ups against aggro-heavy decks like RDW.  The other 11 cards in your sideboard are up to you.

Advice on playing the deck is as follows:

Don't be afraid to trade your guys for theirs during combat.  When your guys die they feed your deck whereas your opponents creatures don't do anything when they die.  This means that your guys trade better than theirs all day and you need to use it to your advantage.  Also, don't be afraid to play a Boneyard Wurm on turn 2 just so that it dies.  Sometimes that's the only way to set up a turn 3 Splinterfright.

Thanks for the kind words!

I haven't been commenting as much lately because I am completely swamped at work and will be for at least another month.  I barely have time to read everything on Deckbox let alone respond to larger topics like this one.  I promise I am still out there and keeping up with the forums but my advice will probably be sparse for a while

Someone else will have to pick up the slack for me like TyWooOneTime

Don't like wizard EDH?

Ertai, the Corrupted is a pretty awesome general.

He's not giving away industry secrets, he's trying to help you.  The vast majority of forum members here are keenly aware of prices and if you are selling cards here they will need to be eBay min or better to actually sell.  You advertising higher prices is an indicator that you're inexperienced at selling here and asmodeanreborn did you a favor in saying so.  It's a good thing

That is absolutely correct Sebi! I should have clarified the body/head condition in my prior post, sorry

In that case I agree.  It's one thing to haggle over who to use for pricing on foils but to artificially inflate your side of the trade without a really good reason is plain old rude. 

I am more bothered by the not wanting to trade the cards unless there was something on the table that the trader really wanted.  People seem to do this often and I just don't get it.  Why are they in your trade list then?  Why not keep them in your inventory and then use the trade forums to communicate your intentions?  IMO, tradelist means it's for trade right now, at the standard price.  I am probably the exception to this rule but if my choices are straightforward trading based on price or subjective trades based on your personal value and/or what you had for breakfast today I'll take the former every time...

I have 4 reverberates.  One of them is the fire&lightning version, is that a problem?

Welcome back to MTG!

I personally feel as though the deathfed deck you have is probably the strongest of the three right now.  Splinterfright was a strong deck in block for a little while and it will take the least amount of effort to complete the deck.

However, I don't know if any of them are going to get you overly far at a tournament.  If you are just going for the experience then it really doesn't matter.  If you're looking to place well then I think you should drop a few hundred dollars (or leverage the awesome trading power of Deckbox.org) to beef up your mono green deck as it is a very viable strategy right now.

I'd love to give more, and better, advice on how to prepare for your next tournament but I don't want to waste your time or mine.  So, if you let me in on what your goal is for the upcoming tournament I will either help you make a great deck or the greatest deck you can make from your current cards (or a small budget).  Deal?