Hey, so this is a pretty nice decklist. I've been looking for one of these that won't rotate out ever sicne I stumbled across the MTG Goldfish post on the Poisonless Infect. I'm getting into standard, and don't want to drop $300 on the red deck that just took pro tour, or even more on the constrictor, and this looks fun enough to make losing OK while legitimate enough to, well, not lose.

My biggest question is what you anticipate replacing the rotating cards with. I really like the look of the PW you dismissed above, but I haven't played the deck enough to see why you would deem it bad; it seems like doublestrike would be a decent way to no-energy double the pummeler again.

I look forward to your inputs... I do believe this deck, minus the rotating lands and PW, will be in the mail shortly.

Also, I did read your maybeboard considerations. Just curious what you are leaning most towards, is all.

Monitor: Thankfully this decklist only has the two dual lands rotating out after Ixalan drops in September. While Ixalan is bringing back check lands, it sounds like it will be allied colors and Gruul will get to miss out and be a bit at a disadvantage. Going forward, I would pick up a playset of Sheltered Thicket and swap that in at rotation because that's about our only dual land outside Aether Hub. Sucks, but we have enough mana fixing that it will only be a minor slow-down overall and the cycling will be handing in more than a few situations. If you have Thickets, might as well toss them in now, though like I said they do slow things down a turn if you're unlucky.