In casual duels, it certainly can dominate quite ably, with the exiling of cards from the library being a more efficient method of milling, since they can't come back with reanimation or give someone threshold
Few cards fail to astound and inspire a sense of wonder, fear, or another powerful emotion
Tamiyos Journal lets you sacrifice three Clues for just a tap activation to tutor up a card from your library to your hand, and Peacock will let you make three creatures unblockable
Coastal Piracy more than made up for this, by allowing each and every one of your creatures to draw you cards pending successful combat
Why the deck is a strong option: In a meta where Mega Evolutions are going to become more and more popular, Raging Bolt is one of the few attackers that still can easily sweep for 400 damage turn after turn
He works well with effects like Infect and proliferate, and with the right board state, he can combo off and wipe out all opposing creatures or even reduce every opponent's life point total to 0