This provides you with the stabilization needed to survive Heavy Storm
Azorious continues its push into reactive-resource-amassing with two Princes of Gondor who rest in the same design space as The Council of Four
I've been thinking along the same lines, except I'm not as familiar with the Alara block
Green is the color of ramp, and you could easily cast this on turn six and then break the game
If you descended that turn, the descend badge on cards will light up, cards that care about the number of permanents in your graveyard will have a counter badge, and cards that track the number of times you've descended will show that number next to the descend badge
Cards that stop life gain, such as Everlasting TormentEverlasting Torment or Erebos, God of the DeadErebos, God of the Dead, will make life hard for this deck, so you want to hold up removal for those if you suspect an opponent might have them