This is a deck created by The Professor at Tolarian Community College. Here is the original video: MTG - Mono Red Infection - The $60 Budget Standard Deck for Magic: The Gathering
Words from the Professor:
What if we were to combine the renewable resource of bloodlust, with quick cheap red creatures that have an added benefit of being enchanted?
The first ability that comes to mind is Heroic. There are two Red one drops that are very impressive heros, Satyr Hoplite and Akroan Crusader. What I like the most about the two, is how they attack the game at different angles. Hoplite grows with the more spells you boost him with, while the Crusader tries to create a swarm of soldiers. This means our deck has ways around both sweeper and single target removal.
The second ability that has an added benefit to casting infectious bloodlust is Prowess. Currently, one of the best red one drops in the history of the game exists in standard, Monastery Swiftspear. With the release of Origins, we also have access to another powerhouse with prowess, the Abbot of Keral Keep. What makes Abbot more interesting is that it is most of the time going to cast you a spell off of the top of your library. Everything in our deck is going to be 2 mana or less, with the majority of the spells being only 1 mana. With infectious bloodlust off of the top, a late game 4 mana Abbot becomes a 5/3 haste with the Prowess trigger. Can't afford the Abbot of Keral Keep? Mage-Ring Bully is a fine replacement as a 2/2 for 2 with prowess, although I do admit this a much weaker card than the abbot.
Rounding out our 20 creatures is Lightning Berserker. Although this slot as been switched up many times trying to find the best fit for our last creature slot, I found it more reliable than Firedrinker Satyr or Zurgo Bellstriker. The 1 red dash ability is not to be underestimated. A dashed berserker is often key to sneaking in that last bit of damage.
