Isn't the curve for midrange sword kinda fucked up? You don't play dog at 3PP since it'll just die for nothing, that means there's only 3 3PP followers in this deck and it's also really bad if the opponent has empty board.
Thinking about it now this seems like the brickiest deck in the whole game, no wonder people are dropping it for Kagemitsu aggro, the curve is way more stable.