Help with Kotis, the fangkeeper
I'm building a Kotis deck, the archetype is Voltron which I think is the most efficient for him. I want to buff kotis up to like an 8 or 10 but not too much since I want to play with my opponents' cards more that's why I added [[Strionic Resonator]] and soon I'll add [[Felix Five-Boots]] and [[Echo, Perceptive Prodigy]].
I've had a few test plays and what I can say is that he is really fun to play but I find myself flooding with lands and I don't think I have that much draw (or I'm just really unlucky). It's also really hard to counter against edict effects though I do have counterspells but I don't want to dilute the deck with those. It's also hard when they out-combat damage me with things like unblockable or menace (but I think this is the least of my problems since I can just cast their creatures).
Since he is a theft commander I wonder if he can scale with the pod's power levels and I can play him on at least a bracket 4 even with a build of a bracket 2 or 3 (I doubt). I try to keep the deck on a budget at least around $100 maybe $150, and as much as possible I try to avoid game changers.
Any help with the deck will do and I would gladly read and appreciate all of your comments, thanks a bunch!
Here's the link to the deck:
https://manabox.app/decks/AaAY2ZT-d4W97syzy3kzDQ
Here's the decklist:
[COMMANDER]
1 Kotis, the Fangkeeper
[CREATURES]
1 Ancient Cellarspawn
1 Elvish Mystic
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 The Thirteenth Doctor
[ARTIFACTS]
1 Arcane Signet
1 Blackblade Reforged
1 Civic Saber
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Grafted Exoskeleton
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Sol Ring
1 Strionic Resonator
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Talisman of Curiosity
[INSTANTS]
1 Blossoming Defense
1 Dark Ritual
1 Disallow
1 Dispel
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gift of the Viper
1 Impulse
1 Leap
1 Mana Leak
1 March of Swirling Mist
1 Negate
1 Ranger's Guile
1 Rapid Hybridization
1 Reality Shift
1 Royal Treatment
1 Snakeskin Veil
1 Spell Pierce
1 Unsubstantiate
1 Unwind
[SORCERIES]
1 Bontu's Last Reckoning
1 Deadly Cover-Up
1 Farseek
1 Feed the Swarm
1 Nature's Lore
1 Night's Whisper
1 Rampant Growth
1 Read the Bones
1 Serum Visions
1 Sign in Blood
1 Syphon Mind
1 Treasure Cruise
[ENCHANTMENTS]
1 Aether Tunnel
1 Alpha Authority
1 Aqueous Form
1 Audacity
1 Curiosity
1 Dark Tutelage
1 Demonic Embrace
1 Favor of the Overbeing
1 Kenrith's Transformation
1 Lion Umbra
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Rancor
1 Security Bypass
1 Sixth Sense
1 Strong Back
1 Wild Growth
[LANDS]
1 Blooming Marsh
1 Cathedral of War
1 Command Tower
1 Darkwater Catacombs
1 Dreamroot Cascade
1 Exotic Orchard
11 Forest
1 Hinterland Harbor
8 Island
1 Rogue's Passage
1 Sodden Verdure
6 Swamp
1 Tainted Wood
1 Woodland Cemetery
1 Yavimaya Coast