One of our playgroup's regulars just quit Highlander, leaving a Bant slot open in our meta. Since I had a ton of nice non-combo cards leftover from my Pattern-Rector deck, I threw together a Bant-Thopter deck:
//Creatures:
Llanowar Elves
Birds of Paradise
Wall of Omens
Wall of Blossoms
Stoneforge Mystic
Aven Mindcensor
Trygon Predator
Vendilion Clique
Great Sable Stag
Ohran Viper
Eternal Witness
Trinket Mage
Chameleon Colossus
Mycoid Shepherd
Solemn Simulacrum
Glen Elendra Archmage
Venser, Shaper Savant
Mystic Snake
Wickerbough Elder
Baneslayer Angel
Draining Whelk
//Other permanents:
Sensei's Divining Top
Relic of Progenitus
Expedition Map
Sylvan Library
Sword of the Meek
Thopter Foundry
Talisman of Progress
Talisman of Unity
Simic Signet
Azorius Signet
Sword of Fire and Ice
Sword of Light and Shadow
Oblivion Ring
Jace Beleren
Faith's Fetters
Elspeth, Knight-Errant
Garruk Wildspeaker
Tezzeret the Seeker
//Spells:
Ancestral Vision
Ponder
Swords to Plowshares
Path to Exile
Worldly Tutor
Counterspell
Muddle the Mixture
Negate
Remand
Regrowth
Hinder
Dissipate
Voidslime
Thirst for Knowledge
Bant Charm
Gifts Ungiven
Fact or Fiction
Cryptic Command
Wrath of God
Control Magic
Rout
Bribery
Treachery
Force of Will
Martial Coup
//Land:
36x land, including Maze of Ith
Notes:
Noble Hierarch isn't available, as I only have one and it's in the combo deck.
No Mind Sculptor/Goyf/similar uberexpensives unless I happen to win a lottery.