I was thinking more of a lilac, but your suggestion is duly noted.
Yeah, the land count is kind of in
flux at the moment, I've been flipping between 23 & 24. I decided to go with the latter bearing in mind that my big game-ending plays are both 6 mana, and I REALLY need to be hitting my drops, but I'll try dropping one and see what happens. But as much as I'd love to drop some fetches, I'm not sure that's the way to go. It's true that I only need mountains for a couple of creatures, but my strongest starts are when I can drop a
fulminator mage on turn 3, and follow it up with an
Avalanche Riders turn 4. As a result, the fixing is a frustrating, but necessary evil to get double red consistently on turn 3.
You may have a point about
Reveillark, it's an incredible card in the deck. But I'm curious as to why you'd want me to get rid of the Elder. It's a great blocker and Ramp on turn 2 that gets me to my big stuff faster. I could maybe try
Wood Elves in the slot? It's more expensive, and doesn't readily get itself into the graveyard (which is irritating), but it DOES search up more cards, and the fact that the land comes in untapped could be relevant.