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I'm going to give this approach to Countertop a try again:

1 Swamp
2 Flooded Strand
2 Island
3 Tropical Island
4 Polluted Delta
4 Underground Sea
4 Wasteland
=20

I'm not sure if Shackles would be superior to Threads. Just because it is more "flexible".
Random Grunt means 2-3 Grunts in board?

There is actually a combination of Countertop and these cards. This year's Legacy Champs featured two UGb-Countertops that even made top8. And I think that both decks are pretty interesting.

@MWest52117: every post from you i read sounds like general truth. "it's like that and nothing else..."

no offense meant. its just like that coatl never turns out to speed up my clock in any game...

jitte is a debatable slot. and it is definitely not used to speed up a clock. it's just another way to win against aggro.
coatl might be not targetable by spell snare, but clique, too, is not...

i like rhox a lot. but i have to admit that i play in a very aggro-oriented meta.

regarding coatl: i also think that clique is a far better option than coatl. coatl just doesnt do anything...

quasali pridemage in predator slot. try dryad arbor instead of the second forest. good for a lot of tricks and natural order creature.
helps for example to protect your progenitus from edicts.
or...

I tend to play jitte too. because in a highly aggro meta i like to have more removals...
to be honest: jitte is obligatory in a lot of metas, so recent lists are in my opinion tuned for a certain...