+1 for the reference. I liked Sirris at first but I started hating her when I found out she up and bailed on Gwyndolin. I now hunt aldritch faithful in his memory, for I am Yamishi, Darkmoon Assassin.

Sweet deck! My on recommendation is to run 4 Flagstones of Trokair. They enter the battlefield untapped and the fact that numbers 2-4 basically fetch out a plains gives you the ability to thin your deck out with no downside.

I think the aether vial might be a little superfluous- the question is how much instant speed is worth it, compared to say, Timely Reinforcements or something tricksy like Lumithread Field, Crown of Convergence or something stupid like a Hanweir Militia Captain  ^Flip.

I was thinking a similar thing. I think I'm going to test it without the Vials and see how it goes. I just haven't figured out what to replace them with yet to keep the CMC low.

Have you considered splashing red for Hanweir Garrison?

Keep the vials. Put one on 2 counters and you have value for days. Gotta say, Thalia's Lieutenant MAKES this deck.