I could see some players objecting to the volume of board wipes in Bracket 2, but you can easily amend that by trimming one or two of them for extra card draw or ramp as suits you
The cheaper your spells, the more likely it is you can cast a card draw spell and cast the spells you drew in the same turn
The name refers to how the legendary dogs were roaming Pokmon in Pokmon Gold, Silver and Crystal on the Game Boy and Game Boy Colour
1 Molten Tributary
This theme works on three levels: Payoffs (i.e., Judge Magister Gabranth, Al Bhed Salvagers) Sacrifice outlets (i.e., Phantom Train, Namazu Trader, Ahriman) Fodder (Hecteyes, job select equipment, Rufus Shinras poor disposable dog) A good WB deck has a healthy mix of all three, plus lots of strong removal spells like White Auracite and Sephiroth's Intervention
Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus is the living weapon version of Sword of the Animist, coming in at 1 mana cheaper and (most likely) one turn sooner than the Sword