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Flag tyrolens February 13, 2013 6:48 PM PST
Flag infamado February 15, 2013 7:06 AM PST
I'm not a fan of Animate Wall here, because it's a completely dead card as soon as Rolling Stones is in play. Wakestone Gargoyle is a good replacement, giving you the same redundancy for wall-animating but also still being worthwhile anyway. That's a rare, but Warmonger's Chariot is another option (there aren't a huge number of alternatives for that effect)).

Fog is a pretty limited card for multiplayer, especially in a deck that's already packed with defence. It could probably go in favour of something else. You don't have any enchantment or artifact destruction, so Seed Spark might be worth a go (or anything really, but in this deck's colours Seed Spark is a decent one).

Animal Boneyard probably isn't terribly useful here. You don't have any recursion, so you probably don't want to throw your guys away. Congregate ought to be enough lifegain by itself, again along with the amount of defense you already have.

The land base is pretty even for a deck that's almost entirely White. Doran's three colours are a pain, but you could easily lose some Swamps and Forests . There's a useful thread somewhere in the first couple of pages here detailing budget dual lands, so that should be worth a look, and Gatecreeper Vine with some of the Guildgates might be worth considering (if you included enough, you could try Hold the Gates ). Or you could commit to a three-colour deck and include things like Souls of the Faultless , which would work very well if you can reliably cast it. You could also turn it into a big-mana thing with Overgrown Battlement and Axebane Guardian .

Oh, and finally, you're relying an awful lot on getting one of two Dorans out and protecting it. Treefolk Harbinger is a decent way of finding him, but every single creature has zero power. It doesn't take much to kill doran, and without him the only possible way to win is to wait for your opponents to draw themselves out. So you'd have to include some way to bring Doran back into play (because he is definitely going to be killed), or use defenders with power so it still does something when you just have Rolling Stones . Or find another alternate win (the big-mana route is the one that jumps out to me, but you could do pretty much whatever).
Flag Keino February 15, 2013 9:06 PM PST
First, Tower defense >>>>>>>> solidarity , because.....well, just because.

Second, I know that the vast majority of your deck is all about defender and rolling stones , but there are excellent options outside of walls. Treefolk, for example, has orchard warden as a tribal element. 3 unstoppable ash creates an infinite champion cycle if they target each other, giving you infinite life with the orchard warden . That's just a thought I'd throw out there.

Third, if you want to get some lifegain, angelic chorus will help.
Flag krichaiushii February 16, 2013 5:47 AM PST
Is your goal a Doran deck or a Defender deck that happens to include Doran?   I ask, because the latter seems to be what you have.

There are a number of big-butt small-power creatures in Green and White, and a smaller number in Black.  The benefit of them is that most are not Defender, so they can swing without an additional two cards' worth of tricks (Doran and a defender-animator). 

One option involves going Treefolk tribal Indomitable Ancients is aimed at silly Doran decks. 

Spiders also often have big butts, and Silklash Spider is a fine MP card, for example.

If you keep the deck Defender-oriented, may I suggest Wall of Omens , Carven Caryatid , Wall of Blossoms , and Wall of Souls ?  The card draw is excellent and Wall of Souls is a great deterrent in MP games.  Walls that are fun to animate even if they are not boosted by Doran include Sunweb , Carnivorous Plant , and Wall of Swords .  I second Infamado's recommendation of Wakestone Gargoyle for your defender animating - as he makes a fine thumper in his own right.

Equipment can make a Doranesque deck amusing.  Accorder's Shield , Kite Shield , Magebane Armor , Vanguard's Shield , and Slagwurm Armor become more useful, while Bonehoard rarely fails to become ugly in MP games.  Perhaps even Manriki-Gusari for utility.

Infamado mentioned this thread on budget lands.  It is well worth the read.  Shelling out the cash for some Murmuring Bosk s or Vivid Lands could help you out; you can then bounce Vivid lands via the Ravnica bouncelands, like Orzhov Basilica .  Just be careful about running too many EBT lands as it can slow you immensely.

Cheers!
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