Mono-red aggro decks usually wont call for, or even be able to include counterspells besides Pyroblast
There are plenty of excellent rare dragons, but every drafter is happy to play a Kokusho, the Evening Star or Thundermaw Hellkite
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Valakut Exploration does require you to play lands in order to work, but thats a small price to pay for a three-mana draw engine in a format littered with four-mana cards like Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Outpost Siege, and more
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I'm not sure you'll want to embrace it, but that sorcery speed might be the killing stroke on why folks aren't running it