Like the deck, imo i'd take out all the Hangarback Walker i'd add one more Hooded Hydra, one more Managorger Hydra and 2x Daghatar the Adamant whose ability combined with hardened scales is really nice. Plus... 4x creatures that you pay X mana to cast them is enough... you don't need 8 of those.

You might want to reduce Den Protector to 2 copies and add 2 Hidden Dragonslayer as you don't have much removal... plus the the lifelink is nice.

Hangarback Walker is the best! It's not really like most X cost creatures, it lowered my mana curve so much I took out all the ramp creatures. I usually want to play it for 2 colorless. It's +1/+1 counter for 1 mana ability is perfect as long as you use it for defense. Never activate it before the declare blockers phase on the opponents turn. Daghatar the Adamant is legendary, costs twice as much to start plus an extra and a +1/+1 counter for the same effect. This deck often has one extra mana, but rarely enough to get much value out of Daghatar the Adamant. I still don't own the Hangarback Walker's because they're selling out at $25 - $35 a piece around here, so I am looking for a good reason not to buy them, but I've been proxy'ing them and can't find anything better.

Hidden Dragonslayer would be good, but Den Protector does a lot here. The way the mana curve and everything tend to work out, your flipping the Den Protector for 1 to return and play a Dromoka's Command for a 3 for 1! Plus Den Protector's unblockable abiltiy is what this deck is all about.

I'm debating the number of Managorger Hydra's and Hooded Hydra's. So far it seems like 3 each is best. Managorger Hydra is weak against red decks and only breaks even against most removal and Hooded Hydra is really a late game card even though you can play it for 3-4 mana.

Remember you can play Daghatar ability in combat as an instant, which means after blockers are declared you can adjust and boost a creature with 2 counters (combined with a single hardened scale). You should consider until you get the hangarback as you can get it for like 50 cents...

im building a similar and was wanting to know the FNM results

Any consideration for Valorous Stance?

About Valorous Stance, I feel like protection spells are a waste in this deck because even though you'll often make huge creatures, you don't ever really invest all that much in any of them. Half the creatures are practically better after their destroyed anyways. I'm really using Evolutionary Leap as a protection effect. The theme of this deck is that nothing can be removed at a profit.

The other option is Feat of Resistance which may be better here, the counter always helps and protection beats exile effects and can be used offensively.

I'm considering playing Gleam of Authority in the main deck, which would be worth protecting, but the way I intend to play it is to wait till the opponent taps out and then most likely just win that turn. In play testing it can easily add more then +10/+10 to any Den Protector/trampler/thopter.

So I'm having trouble figuring out why the Ornithopters are in here as opposed to any 1 mana 1/1 flyer or Abzan Falconer? Just to chump and provide Evolutionary Leap fodder?

Ornithopter is the weakest card in the deck for sure. It should really be another 1-2 drop creature with evasion that makes it own counters, but I don't think there are anymore. I'm hoping there will be something good in the next set. I tried Satyr Grovedancer and Ainok Guide, but they're nothing special. Hooded Hydra was good, but too expensive. This deck often runs out of mana more then it runs out of cards and just needs another cheap evasive body.

The best thing to do with an Ornithopter is play Gleam of Authority on it!

Otherwise there are many ways to put counters on them. Hardened Scales + Ornithopter + Servant of the Scale is a chump blocker that turns into a 3/5 flyer for 2 mana. This deck is all about being able to spread value out wide in a way that beats removal. A pair of Ornithopter's after a Managorger Hydra is awesome.

Everyone else seems to like Abzan Falconer, but I don't think it's that great since almost every creature already has some sort of evasion.