I would probably run Akroan Crusader instead of Satyr Hoplite as it gives you tokens to block or attack anyway and reduce the efectiveness of spot removals.

Hoplite gets a +1/+1 counter, which puts him into Battle Rage Trample range with one enchantment, like everyone else. The Crusader does not, which breaks the combo. This deck, I am going full combo. It actually ends up playing 3 or 4 creatures per game many times, which is enough width to help. I think it's better that each creature fits the combo instead of having more creatures (which is why no Dragon Fodder), hence why no Crusader-type dudes or Fodders or Lightning Berserker or (other red creature that isn't 2/2 or gets there after one cast/enchantment).

i am using this at my next fnm. ill let you know how it does lol.

Love it! +1 I would consider finding cards that will survive rotation so that it can carry on after. Would likely slow it a bit, but no telling what will come with BFZ so keep an eye on the spoilers and hope for the best.

New name idea though... "Your deck got ran over by a swiftspear". Sing it.. you'll understand the reference.

I don't think Wizards is going to let this kind of Turn 3 shenanigan continue after rotation. AFAIK, the Standard "speed limit" is Turn 4. I'm not expecting this thing to work after rotation, but if it can then I'll look into it when it happens. For now, the H is O.

Arc Lightning is great in case they play some annoying blockers.

Arc Lightning costs 3 mana, I didn't want to spoil the aesthetic. I wanted to see how many bases I could cover with 1 and 2. That's what Magmatic Chasm is intended for, or if your meta is really full of annoying blockers then you could have Scouring Sands instead. At Shane's, the flavor-du-jour is more big ramp red/green than tokens, so I went with Chasms. Of course, once you build it it's yours, so anything goes.

Have you given any thought to Fiery Impulse? I'm one short on the Wild Slash so I subbed in a fiery impulse. Sure it doesn't prevent damage like the slash does, but with the amount of instants and sorceries in here the spell mastery will be nifty.

Drop infectious bloodlust for 2x Break Through the Line. It will carry you through mid lane if they stabilize.

funny how adding to your toughness puts you out of range of of burn it moves into valorous stance range also you seem like you would get owned by surge of rightousness

First of all, I built this for shits and giggles. When I want something really competitive, I go to Star City Games and read the articles about the Pro Tour winners. The way I see it, if you're going to try and make this deck competitive, you might as well just sub everything out for one of the mono-red winning decklists from there.

The Turn 3 kill is a fun joke to play on someone, and this is a different take on it that uses the extra toughness from enchantments for board supremacy and burn protection, and a bit of math with prowess and counters to seal the bonus trample on Battle Rage. There are other takes, but this one is mine. Dies to Surge of Righteousness? Sure it does. The whole premise is ridiculous from a certain point of view. Then again, it's enlightening as to why Valorous Stance works on the number 4. If you look at it that way, as a science experiment, there's all kinds of things you can learn about how the game is put together and why it is how it is at a certain fundamental level. I found myself wishing for Goblin Guide at a certain point, and had a little satori moment as to just why he is the best one-drop in all of red...it's the math.

(imwhatufear: It actually is funny how adding to my toughness mitigates burn, and makes it vulnerable to the Stance.)

Fiery Impulse: I didn't use it because it only hits a creature. I tried to use the spots for creature/player burn instead. The spell mastery works here, probably you could make some cuts and put it in with full effect if it seems necessary in your meta.

Break Through the Line: Now this is probably the best suggestion I've seen so far. At least you get what this deck is about. The main reason I had Bloodlust was because I can't have more than 4 Full Moon. It's OK if you have 3 mana to snap out one of the creatures real quick-like, but would BTTL net a better success rate overall? I just may actually test that out. Thank you, sir.

So in other words this deck isn't really competitive?

I get what you're trying to do.

It's hard sometimes when you have a very clear vision but others can't see it.

I played the deck and it works very well.

Argeaux: Thank you. I actually don't look at tappedout as the place to get the most competitive ideas, but instead as a fantastic mad science lab for exploring and learning deckbuilding, as well as a good venue for more artful, fun builds. There are great decks on here, truly, but...the best ones are secrets until they wreak havoc at the Pro Tour, at which point they are spoiled all over SCG/professionally competitive MTG sites. I too am happy with this, it does work well for what it is. I would have tagged it competitive if I believed it so...maybe I'll tag it gimmick so people don't get confused here.