Improvements:
Leonin Sun Standart out,
Dragon Throne of Tarkir in.
A bit less immediate efficency for a ton of pontential and synergy. Also, deck has problems with evasion, so Trample is great.
Hammer of Purphoros out,
Steelshaper's Gift in.
This is a very painful cut, and Gift is 4,5 $, but
1) We have 3 other haste enablers.
2) A lot of power of the deck comes from the toolbox of artifacts. Most of
really key pieces are 1-ofs.
3) Turn 1 Gift for
Explorer's Scope or
Mask of Memory into turn 2 Akiri into turn 3 play/equip/attack is SO good. For extra troll, search
Quietus Spike.
General's Kabuto out,
Mask of Avacyn in.
Apparently, Shroud not only interferes with Equip abilities, but also with the Bruse's epic boost ! While
Lightning Greaves are easy to move around, and
Whishpersilk Cloak has no close equivalents,
Mask of Avacyn is a cheaper General's Kabuto with slightly tweaked abilities that we CAN just give to Bruse Tarl to harass opponents with a 4/5 Lifelink, Double Strike, Hexproof sweaty masked dude that will grab more and more weapons as the game progresses.