Midrange deck that is focused on surviving the early game and then slamming a crackling drake / Niv-Mizzet to close things out.
Update 16/10/2018
I have done lots and lots of testing with this deck and it seems fairly competitive. This is also fairly close to an optimal decklist, although I might still need to add lands.
Turn 1-3 -- Survive
Play shocks, lightning stokes and removal in order to stay alive. Focus on cantripping to hit land drops. Sneak down Azcanta if you get a moment. Against control you can also start burning out your opponent during the early turns.
Turn 4-6 -- Resolve midrange threats
Try to get down a drake or Teferi. If your opponent kills them then you get a two for one either way, but it would be nice if they survived. If your drake lives then a couple of hits should win you the game. If Teferi lives then you should drown your opponent in cards.
Turn 9+ -- Niv-Mizzet / Expansion/Explosion
These are your finishers. Explosion is like that a pull for tomorrow that you can play that also happens to hit your opponent for X. Never play Niv-Mizzet without having at least one spell to back him up. Both of these cards are insane with Teferi.
Sideboard
Blink of an Eye - very good against eldest reborn and decks with enchantment based removal. eg opponent forced you to discard Niz early game and reanimates. You just blink him back to your hand at the end of turn. If your opponent puts a drake under Ixalans binding then you kick it, bounce the binding and draw two.
Cleansing nova - is your only recourse for hexproof threats. It's also good against tokens and other go wide decks.
Deafening clarion - is a goto card vs golgari and selesnya. It's a bit slow for mono red but the lifelink part has decent upside in that matchup
Invoke the divine - Mostly for eldest reborn and experimental frenzy decks. Still testing this sideboard slot
Justice strike - Great against doom whisperers and most threats. Sucks extremely badly against 3/4s and 2/3s which is why we are not playing more in the main.
Lava coil - Necessary vs various golgari and selesnya threats. Also good against phoenix in mono red.
Negate - Cheap control counter. Also quite useful against history of benalia decks.
Syncopate - Neccessary counter in control matchups due to chemisters insight. Also good against golgari decks
