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It's even worse for me, as I DON'T have a trade list aside from my extra Unhinged cards, which nobody really wants anyway.  I do most of my trading from my inventory, so not having the option to narrow down the list makes it extremely tough to come up with trades.

Yeah, I wasn't looking at anything worth more than around $2-3 anyway, so the value would be there.  Also, if the cards are small enough to be loaded in a regular envelope and be sent via letter mail, you don't even need to worry about filling out customs documents, and it's under $3 to ship (albeit without tracking...although there's probably an option for that too).  Obviously you would use hard sleeves to protect them, but you can get a good number of them into an oversize envelope.  Bubble envelopes are overkill, since they won't prevent bending and just make the package thicker, which could end up making the envelope thicker than the little slot they use to determine if it will go letter mail or not.  Anyway, I'll propose a trade when I get home from work and we'll go from there

Shot you a proposal, sort of...didn't hit "Propose" yet because I'm curious if you have any other cards I need.  If not, that trade works for me if it works for you.

Interesting question.  What I think would happen is that the persist triggers immediately when the Archmage dies, before the Pod's ability goes on the stack, meaning the Pod's ability resolves first, then the Persist ability, as per "last in, first out."  I may be mistaken on that though...it really depends when exactly the Persist ability goes on the stack.

It's pretty much Time Warp with a higher mana cost that has Miracle to offset it.  I actually think it's a bit better in that regard, since Miracle could be used in conjunction with Scry effects (or various tutors) to make sure it's the first card drawn on a turn.  At worst I see it hanging around Time Warp's price.

I have two that I'd part with, but I didn't see anything in either your trade list or your inventory.  Since you're new, maybe you just haven't listed everything?  Anyway, if you're interested in dealing with someone from the Great White North, we might be able to work something out if you have anything on my wishlist.

The deck is legal, there is no size limit.  However, the deck needs multiples.  Have you played with this at all?  It could be okay with some modification, but this deck would get killed in a Legacy event.  There is no reason for it to be 78 cards.  In any case, you either need tutors to get the cards you need, or you need multiple copies of cards to get some consistency in the deck...or possibly even both.  There's a few cards on the list that are situational and should either be cut or sideboarded.  For example, Balthor the Defiled is a great card for a Barbarian tribal deck.  The fact that only roughly 1/3 or so of your creatures are affected by Balthor makes me wonder why he's in there in the first place.  As it is, I'm not sure what it is you're going for here, but you need some major work to make it into a competitive Legacy deck outside of a casual format.

Edit: Why did I say Balthor the Defiled?  I meant Balthor the Stout.  I blame being in a rush this morning before work

Note that these suggestions will involve a hefty increase in price, so they will be somewhat costly to implement:

1 - Switch Evolving Wilds for Marsh Flats.  The Wilds fetch the land in a tapped state, while the Flats brings it into play untapped and ready to use that turn.  It doesn't seem like much, but in Legacy that makes a HUGE difference.
2 - Switch Orzhov Guildgate for any of Isolated Chapel, Fetid Heath, or Tainted Field.  Again, playing a land tapped can make a HUGE difference.  With the Chapel, as long as you have a basic land it is a simple dual land; the Heath can be used for mana fixing if needed, or for colorless if the fixing isn't.  The Fields are the worst choice, but still a viable one.  Of course, Scrubland is the best black-white dual land, and can even be fetched by Marsh Flats/Evolving Wilds, but are much more expensive than the other options listed.  Also, you can use more than one of those options, just switch out basic lands in place...but make sure there's a few basics for the fetch lands to get.

Beyond that, I'm not really noticing what the primary goal of the deck is.  You have a ton of cards with only one copy, which makes consistency a tough thing to accomplish, so I might be able to help a bit more with the rest of the deck if I knew what cards were integral to it and which are expendable.  Once that's done, we'll work out your best options and tweak the mana pool a bit more (once there's a black-white ratio worked out).

Well, looking it over, if you're dying by turn 5, you either need defense or a way to ramp your mana.  My first suggestion would be to add four Isolated Chapel to the mix to help with the colored mana requirements.  Soul's Attendant, Soul Warden or Tundra Wolves.  First Strike will keep the Wolves alive when it blocks another weenie, and the Warden/Attendant provide life gain, helping you stay alive a bit longer.  Gold Myr is a two-drop that can help you ramp your white mana, and Star Compass can help with both colors.  Oath of Lieges might help, but it works for your opponent too, so it might not be the best choice (just figured I'd mention it). 

Looking it over though, I'm wondering if including black at all is really the way to go.  There are far better options to make this a mono-white deck so you can ramp up to the six mana required to cast Barren Glory, especially since you could always use a Panoptic Mirror to cast the Spites.  The biggest issue I see is getting the Spites in hand in order to imprint it, but something like Scroll Rack could help with that issue.  Not sure whether it's the right way to take it, but it's something to consider anyway.

Anyway, focus on increasing your mana production, and go from there.  If you want to keep it black/white, the Isolated Chapels are a must, especially if Scrubland is out of your budget.  I think the deck is sound in principle, it's just solving the issues presented.

Step 1: More mana production.
Step 2: Better creatures...the one-drops you put in don't suit the deck.
Step 3: Figure out what can be cut to accommodate the alterations.

I would consider adding Parallel Lives and Crucible of Worlds to the deck.  The Crucible would allow you to sacrifice a land to the Squirrel Wrangler on a turn that you don't draw a land and still allow you to play that land on that turn and not mess up your mana curve. Parallel Lives should be obvious

You could use the Notes section instead of the comments as well, since that can be modified at will.