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The problem is, you have few cards that have multiple copies.  A good deck isn't just about the cards in the deck, it's also about how often you can get the cards you need in your hand.  With the limitation that you don't want to spend any more money on your card pool, it really hinders what you could build.  Since it's almost midnight, and I work tomorrow, I really don't want to peruse your entire library, but with a bunch of one-off cards I would say any spell with an effect like Brainstorm would be something to consider.  I'm not sure if you have anything like that, and am not sure of other options offhand (although a few of the others around here probably could mention a few), but I'm sure you can find something similar at a local shop for a reasonable price (there are many effects like that in the "bulk common/uncommon" category).  Controlled draws make getting the right cards a bit more likely.  Tutors are another option, but the best ones (Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor) are both restricted in Vintage and banned in most other formats.  Another thing to consider is the Scry ability.  If any of your cards have Scry, it will act as a deck filter when you play it.  Scry works by letting you look at a number of cards off the top of your library and decide whether to put it on top or bottom of your library (getting rid of cards you don't need) and the order that they come up.  In other words, if a card says Scry 2, you can look at the top two cards of your library.  If you like the cards, you can put them back as is, or you can switch their order (draw the second card first) or put one or even both on the bottom of your library.

It may be a bit pricier than you'd like, but Lightning Greaves was the first card that popped into my head when I read this.  And although it doesn't fit too well into your Cat theme, the Gatherer discussion page has an awesome life-gain combo with this - Daru Spiritualist + Starlit Sanctum = HUGE life gain.  And if you have a Leonin Shikari in play, it effectively kills any "target creature" effects.

Oh, I agree it would work, just not the way you intended it to

Geist Snatch only targets creature spells, so I don't see how it could be used to protect enchantments...

Anyway, I like the idea man, hope it works.  I don't really know much as far as Standard goes...most of my cards are from Mirrodin block and earlier.  While I do have some later stuff, I don't really know many of the newer cards that well.  Let me know how well it works when you get the deck finished man

I only have 9 Aether Vials because I bought 3 or 4 boxes of Darksteel back in the day.  I know I have both the black and blue Bringers, and one other (either red or green, traded the white one ages ago), not really sure what else I've got.  The Lion's Eye I really didn't know about at all though...found that while inventorying the stuff I got from my buddy when his wife made him dump his collection.  Oh, I did find another gem too...foil Sword of Light and Shadow.  There's a bunch of other stuff, but I doubt anything else like the Lion's Eye will pop up.

I just got to thinking...instead of Jhoira of the Ghitu, why not Aether Vial?  You can put multiples in play, unlike Jhoira, and you don't have to add a counter if you choose not to, so you could easily have a large creature drop every turn...and with Paradox Haze, you can not only build the counters faster, but you could drop more than one creature per turn!  Plus it doesn't have Jhoira's drawback to it.

Wow, didn't know about Doom Blade...it's like getting a Dark Banishing for the price of a Terror!  Me like!

Anyway, I wish I could help a bit more, but my Standard knowledge is pretty craptacular.  More of a Vintage/Legacy guy myself.  And even that I'm still learning...it's a never-ending process really.

Ah, yes, that works.  As I said, I never really looked at everything up close, so I didn't notice that.  However, by using a suspend ability, it gives the opponent a bit of extra time to find a way to deal with the spell being brought in this way...unless you have a way to remove the counters as well, because even with 3 Paradox Hazes in play, you still have to wait until your next turn to get the card in play.  I may be missing something mind you,

Also, I agree.  With regard to Tutors, Vampiric > Diabolic.  If you can find one and can afford it, there's no reason not to include it in your deck instead.  Why didn't I think of that? Must've been tired or something   Just remember though, it's also restricted, so no more than one in the deck.

I also agree with increasing the number of key cards in the deck so as to ensure a quicker draw.  Of course, if you can get the Bringer of the Black Dawn out early, you could always abuse the tutor ability to make sure you get what you want when you want it.

If you go to the spot where it says how many you have in your Inventory, Trade List, or Wish List, you can actually click on the number and change it.  Then just look it up on your inventory page and edit the details.  It's not very clear that you CAN enter the numbers on the card's page, but you can.  Hope that helps

Haven't gone through it, and don't really have any major suggestions to offer at this time, but I do notice one thing - Demonic Tutor is restricted.  The system says you have a legal deck, but it actually wouldn't be legal to play.  Unless it's a casual deck, then feel free to disregard this post.

Well, my first step is to go local.  I have a couple friends that play that I can trade with, and there's a couple shops that have a decent inventory.  Once the local resources are exhausted I can start looking into online resourses.  If nothing else, I'm sure I could get a decent return on the Lion's Eye Diamond I stumbled across while inventorying my cards   Love finding good rares hiding in a box of commons