Dies to Removal

Went 3-0 with my battalion variant today over in the Tokyo meta. G1: Rakdos Aggro (2-0), G2 MBC (2-1) G3 U/w Devotion (2-0).

Had a feature match vs the MBC 3:49 in: http://www.twitch.tv/happymtg/b/514100211

It's working pretty well - not well enough to be a 4 of yet (would need legion's initiative for that so she can get to 4+ toughness and dodge a few more removal spells) but I run 3 in the main and if the opponents deck is light on removal it's unstoppable; if it's not surviving to attack then i side...

Saw mention of Everflame and "not quite the right deck" and had to jump in. I've been using a variant of this deck that's more creature heavy and just goes a bit bigger than the pure burn variant by using Chandra and Firemane Avengers - it handles the mirror pretty well as if they don't an...