I have first picked this in Limited and he was insane.
My deck had 4 Lightning Strike in it, a Searing Blood (which is real insult to injury
do 2 damage to one creature, 3 damage to another creature and 3 damage to your opponent (abbreviated of course)) and a Bolt of Keranos.
Obviously, the deck was built around the card and I got lucky to get good burn spells but I think if he is in your opening pack and there is nothing particular insane then he is worth taking a risk on.
If someone does play this out against you kill it. Immediately and with extreme prejudice. Unless they are a terrible player, if they are playing this they have the deck for it.