Rakdos Burn

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After seeing the dominance of Azorius control in the 2015 Pro Tour over Boros burn and everything else, I wanted to explore ways of beating it with the burn template. The card that immediately came to mind was Slaughter Games- an uncounterable sideboard card to target Sphinx's Revelation. Using the current boros burn template a la Sperling and Shouta from the Pro Tour, I have simply added black counterparts to hopefully make something a little more resilient.

[deck]
Creatures 11
4 Young Pyromancer
4 Chandra's Phoenix
1 Eidolon of the Great Revel

Burn spells 24
4 Lightning Strike
4 Shock
3 Magma Jet
4 Skullcrack
4 Stoke the Flames
3 Searing Blood
2 Rakdos's Return

Other spells 4
3 Dreadbore
1 Mizzium Mortars


Lands 23
8 Mountain
4 Blood Crypt
4 Temple of Malice
3 Mutavault
2 Mana Confluence
1 Temple of Triumph
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

SIDEBOARD
2 Slaughter Games
3 Toil //
trouble
2 Chandra, Pyromaster
2 Thoughtseize
1 Duress
1 Erebos, God of the Dead
3 Satyr Firedancer
1 Ultimate Price
[/deck]

Other card considerations are Underworld Connections for extra card draw, Prophetic Flamespeaker or Stormbreath Dragon in the sideboard in the vein of Shouta's list, as well as extra removal such as Doom Blade and Ultimate Price.

EDIT: I've just been playing around with a build including several copies of Altac Bloodseeker, which becomes rather strong with the straightup removal black offers. Mogis, God of Slaughter also seems potentially relevant at 2 damage per turn for 4 mana.