Who needs counterspells if you have removal? (Standard MTG Deck)

Who needs counterspells if you have removal?

Standard BR (Rakdos) Control

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Creature (8)

Land (23)

Artifact (3)

3x Rakdos Keyrune

Instant (8)

Sorcery (18)

Sideboard

Enchantment (1)

1x Underworld Connections

Artifact (3)

3x Ratchet Bomb

Instant (4)

Sorcery (7)

Maybeboard

Creature (5)

Sorcery (2)

My take on the underused Rakdos Control. You can basically remove every threat from the board until you play your own fatties, while you keep their hand down with Sire Of Insanity, Rakdos's Return and Thoughtseize. The Keyrunes give a nice anti-smallstuff creature while working as the only ramp this deck has.For the sideboard we have the Underworld Connections for matchups where the extra draws will be important (control) and the Crypt Incursion vs aggro after I removed a few of their creatures. Ratchet Bomb helps vs a lot of things, Ex. Walkers and Tokens. Toil / Trouble is great against control (especially after a big revelation) and offers additional draws if we need them. Doom Blade and Mortars if I need more specific removal.I was thinking about getting another incursion for the sideboard, as one will probably be too late vs the aggro decks its meant to help with. Also I am not sure about the magma jets; I really like the scry though.Any help would be greatly appreciated, I hope I can sneak this deck into the showdown series :3

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Nov. 20, 2013

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Added 3xMutavault

-Removed 1xMountain

-Removed 2xSwamp

-Added 1xSlaughter Games to the sideboard

-Removed 1xToil / Trouble from the sideboard

I just saw mutavault in a random deck and thought:"How the heck did I forget about that?" Added 3 because it gives me early board presence if necessary and the ability to swing at them if i removed their board. Switched out a toil/trouble for a slaughtergames because it is just more useful. While toil and trouble is nice vs decks that draw a lot, even those decks need a few turns to actually have a reasonable hand size, 2 should be enough. On the other hand, you want to play slaughtergames before they can play the stuff you are going to slaughter.

Ideas — Nov. 16, 2013

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Tests — Nov. 16, 2013

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Nov. 16, 2013

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Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 1 Mythic Rares 21 - 8 Rares 9 - 2 Uncommons 9 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.86
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