My semi-budget U/R aggro / burn deck! I've enjoyed bringing it all together and it play tested with my friends to a high level of success last game night.
Strength: deck manipulation, direct damage, ability to sideboard to become counter heavy, relatively inexpensive (for a modern deck)
Weakness: There are definite upgrades available, especially for the sideboard and lands, but they are outside the budget I'm looking to invest. Guttersnipe could not effectively be worked into it... I <3 Guttersnipe, but it was just too slow...next experiment will be R/G Guttersnipe deck! lol.
How to play: Option 1... Get
Young Pyromancer
out and cast away as your token army amasses and overwhelms your enemy! Option 2... Manipulate your deck via card draw and scry, burn your opponent or their creatures, cast Pyromancer Ascension before casting duplicates (if possible), then sit back and enjoy double casts all the way to victory! Option 3... The dreaded option 3! You have lost your first game due to some plays your opponent made that shuts you down! Don't panic, sub in a 7 additional counterspells and keep some open mana ;-)
If anyone has any additional budget suggestions, or happens to like the deck so much that they would like to send me better cards to improve it (haha), then please let me know! Thanks again to everyone for the feedback that helped get it this far!