Got 16th yesterday at California States running my version of Mono Red Devotion.
21 Mountain
2 Nythkos
4 Young Pyromancer
4 Ash Zealot
4 Chandra's Phoenix
4 Boros Reckoner
2 Purphorous
3 Stormbreath Dragons
2 Chandra, Pyromancer
2 Mizzium Mortars
2 Shocks
1 Flames of the Firebrand
4 Magma Jets
4 Lightning Strikes
1 Molten Birth
Won a ton of games against BWR control (Desecration Demon vs tokens=lol) , Red Deck Wins (side in Peak Eruption and Flames of Firebrand), and Esper Control (Skullcrack, Burning Earth, and Stormbreath fuckers). The one Molten Birth, combined with Pyromancer and Purphorous definitely caught some people off-guard. Chandra and her birds were also MVPs. Both matches I lost was to Mono Blue Devotion. I expected the match up to be unwinnable, but Flames of the Firebrand works surprisingly well against the Master of Wave tokens. I just had to keep burning their big devotion creatures before Thassa can come into play. Nevertheless, it's still almost a hard counter against my deck. Oh well.
The one interesting thing I noticed about my deck is that it always gets shit on for Game 1, then dominates for games 2 and 3 when I side in my answers. I guess the mainboard isn't focused enough?
Got a ton of packs but didn't really hit the bank. Nythkos, a few of those Temples (including one foil), Thoughtseize, Polukranos, and a few more 4 dollar rares. But hey, 16th out of 140+ competitors I can't complain.
Mono Blue Devotion will stick around, just because Red will stick around. It's still a niche deck that gets fucked by any Esper Control deck. Hell, red might even have an answer in Electrickery.