Hey Nathan. Thought I'd submit my deck and see if you could help me tinker with it. Intended for Standard. Here it is:

Creatures
2 Battlewand Oak
3 Leaf-Crowned Elder
4 Llanowar Elves
2 Oakgnarl Warrior
3 Scryb Ranger
4 Treefolk Harbinger
2 Verdeloth the Ancient

Spells
4 Evolution Charm
2 Footbottom Feast
4 Nameless Inversion
4 Reach of Branches
4 Sudden Death

Land
12 Forest
8 Swamp

Sideboard
2 Cloudthresher
2 Orchard Warden
3 Timber Protector
3 Naturalize
3 Lignify
2 Rootgrapple

I like this deck a lot but it just seems to be missing something. I mean, I could put in some Bosk Banneret. That wouldn't hurt. Also, something to help me shuffle creature cards into the deck wouldn't hurt. Honestly, I just don't know how to keep the aggro while still having win conditions. It's hard! Also, my sideboard really screws up my mana curve when I put it in, meaning the creatures. As you can probably tell, I want to get out Leaf-Crowned Elder as soon as possible and that is what makes this deck tick. Only problem is that often on the second game my opponent realizes that and removes him before I can start hitting for anything. Let me know what you think. Oh, one last thing: Scryb Ranger seems like an odd card to have in and it is. Only reason I have it is that it's a pro blue flier that also can untap a creature, that in turn returns a forest to my hand, which lets me play the forest again, allowing me to get Reach of Branches back into my hand. That is also something that combos with Orchard Warden. A nice life gain is always fun. Let me know how to streamline this and please remember, I'm on a budget, otherwise Doran would obviously be in this. Thanks for the look and your time. Would be great for some help.

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You already pointed out this deck’s weakness. Your curve is much too high. Unfortunately, you will never be able to lower it with Treefolk as your tribe. The only solution is to add a ton of mana acceleration. Llanowar Elves, Bosk Banneret, and Search for Tomorrow all come in. Timber Protector is definitely good enough to make the main deck. It is far better than Oakgnarl Warrior and Verdeloth and it gives you some wrath protection. I think this deck has enough forests and Treefolk to play Dauntless Dourbark. Reach of Branches doesn’t need to be a four of, especially since you can tutor for it. I think this deck setup will perform better for you. If you ever choose to invest some money into this deck, pick up Chameleon Colossus before Doran.

 

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4 Llanowar Elves

4 Scryb Ranger

4 Bosk Banneret

4 Dauntless Dourbark

4 Leaf-Crowned Elder

4 Timber Protector

 

4 Nameless Inversion

4 Search for Tomorrow

2 Footbottom Feast

2 Reach of Branches

 

4 Treetop Village

6 Swamp

14 Forest

 

Sideboard:

4 Deathmark

4 Krosan Grip

4 Shriekmaw

3 Cloudthresher