Blade Runner (Standard Deck)-Final Decklist for Cultivator of Blades project

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After much deliberation and playtesting, the final decklist is below.  This deck has several layers that play well on each other and prepare the battlespace for the entrance and occupation of Cultivator of Blades.  

Creatures
Adorned Pouncer x 3
Carnage Tyrant x2
Cultivator of Blades x3
Narnam Renegade x4
Steward of Solidarity x4
Rhonas the Indomitabe x4

Instant/Sorcery/Enchantment
Ixalan's Binding x4
Heroic Intervention x3
Settle the Wreckage x2
Sram's Expertise x1
Growing Rites of Itlimoc x3
Legion's Landing x3

Land (24)
Scattered Groves x4
Sunpetal Grove x4
Forest x8
Plains x8

Sideboard
Demystify x4
Solemnity x2
Sram's Expertise x3
Consulate Crackdown x2
Crushing Canopy x4

This deck is able to create a lot of tokens which can help flip your Growing Rites of Itlimoc.  Then you can use the mana generation to pump your Cultivator of Blades using Rhonas the Indomitable's ability.  This, in turn will pump all of your creatures.  If you manage to get two Cultivators onto the battlefield, the effect is multiplied.  For example, if you attacked with 2 Cultivators with 3 power each, then your first trigger would add 3 to each attacking creatures power.  The second Cultivator's trigger would then resolve adding 6 to each attacking creature's power.  This would give both Cultivators a minimum of 9 power each.  Remember, if you want to use Rhonas to pump....do it before you declare attackers.

The sideboard has a general array of answers.  Play with it and let me know if you would change anything.

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