Speaking of Narset of the Hidden Way, I wasn't huge on Narset of the Ancient Way initially. Not only that, but we also have Narset of the Hidden Way to pitch it to. Yes, it's at sorcery speed but Teferi, Time Raveler could change that. We also just got what I believe to be potentially the best Ultimatum for Standard, Inspired Ultimatum is exactly the control bomb that we want. Sure, it doesn't exile like Scorching Dragonfire nor does it hit Planeswalkers but that second half of the card is enticing and worth a shot. I think this card is worth trying out for the first week or so as the ability to take an unwanted card and tuck it to the bottom to draw a new card attached to removal is huge.
So naturally, my mind wandered right to Jeskai (Raugrin) Control as the archetype just got a ton of new support. Okay, so we've looked at a few pre-existing decks but let's see some newer decks thanks to Ikoria. Kinnan will also reward us for having mana generators as we will now generate an additional mana every time we use Leafkin Druid. Often times we just generate a silly amount of mana and Kinnan can dig for our cavaliers and other powerhouses. This will be relevant as I think we can totally try Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy in this deck. My mind went right to Arboreal Grazer but the issue is the grazer itself doesn't make mana like Gilded Goose. As of right now, some cards I like are Parcelbeast which is also an elemental but because we want to be mutating this, it's time we change the amount of one drops that we play. As always, the lands are just an auto include if you're in the wedge colors. There has been a recent uptick for the Elementals recently, so naturally we had to take a look at what new cards this deck has benefited from. If the ability counters take off then maybe this won't be as great but as of right now, this card seems like premium removal. The only thing this card doesn't kill is a Hydroid Krasis but it can shrink it. Lastly, we got Heartless Act which is the new " Doom Blade." I think the card itself is a removal spell standard has been needing for quite a while. For right now, it can definitely be in your sideboards. This card seems like a sleeper as its great against most of the aggro decks and blocks quite well with the deathtouch tag on it. Another addition is Chevill, Bane of Monsters aka Kraven the Hunter. I think Shark Typhoon will be sweet at all phases of the game. Sultai (Indatha) has the simic colors in it so the wedge can definitely ramp and hard cast this enchantment reasonably, but more often than not, we can just cycle the card and snipe a planeswalker or do a surprise block. We also have another win con in Shark Typhoon. If our creature count goes up, I would also increase the amount of Dirge Bats being played. At it's worst, it's a four mana 3/3 with flash and flying but it can be even more useful later as we can do some combat shenanigans like swinging or block with one of our animated lands or creatures and picking off a planeswalker. Sultai (Indatha) got more than just a few lands and this is a rough shell of what the deck could be but there's a strong chance we add more creatures as I think the card Dirge Bat should be in any deck that can cast it.
#Footlight fiend deathtouch upgrade
Outside of that, the real upgrade was just Inspired Ultimatum as I think that is a wonderful card to have to close out a game and/or catch us up when we're behind as sometimes we are just left empty-handed looking for a threat.
#Footlight fiend deathtouch free
Even better, the deck often has free mana sitting around when they've resolved a Fires of Invention so we can really capitalize on this. When looking at the Jeskai (Raugrin) Fires list we now have access to Raugrin Triome as this now gives the deck a land we can cycle and some solid mana fixing.
(Please note that Bant and Rakdos Sacrifice aren't on here as they didn't get a ton of new stuff). Let's start with the popular decks that I think found a decent amount of upgrades that are already in the upper tiers of standard. #MTGIKO is around the corner and approaching fast so it's that time of the year where we can try new decks and ideas to see where they fit in the meta! Sure, we'll have failed experiments and unrefined decks but somewhere along the way is a diamond in the rough! Also, the wedges are under new names but for the sake of this article, I'll be calling it the old wedges like Jeskai, Sultai, and etc!
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