I had played the Standard Boros Feather deck back in the local tournaments last year and I can attest that this archetype is very powerful once you get to set up the card engine of Feather, the Redeemed and another ‘Heroic’ creature. This can be done in as early as turn 3 if you untapped with a two-drop creature and you can protect it with one-mana buff spells.

The new set Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths has offered a new comrade in the line-up and has ‘joined’ the list with Winota, Joiner of Forces. For the card reference,

Here below is the decklist referenced from Cardgamebase.com.

Creatures:
3 Dreadhorde Arcanist
4 Feather, the Redeemed
1 Tajic, Legion’s Edge
4 Tenth District Legionnaire
4 Winota, Joiner of Forces
2 Haktos the Unscarred
3 Legion Warboss
2 Robber of the Rich

Spells:
1 Chance for Glory
4 Defiant Strike
4 Fight as One
2 Gods Willing
2 Samut’s Sprint

Lands:
3 Fabled Passage
6 Mountain
9 Plains
4 Sacred Foundry
2 Temple of Triumph

The list of creatures somewhat has a variance in the card choices. It doesn’t rely on the main strategy but rather has other standalone options. For instance, Legion Warboss is already a threat itself and can generate an army of Goblin tokens if unchecked. Haktos the Unscarred’s etb protection can randomly give you a defined board advantage if you got lucky with the chosen number.

The way I see this list is more of a creature aggro that can sustain on built-in abilities to gain a board presence and that the buff spells are there only to protect them at the right moment. The two key cards are just what you need: Feather and Winota. Curving to these two can be pretty devastating for opponents.

Aside from the popular Boros Cycling deck in the current Standard metagame, I am pretty sure this deck shows up in some of the major tournaments on Magic Arena but probably a second choice as the former is easier to build and complete.

That is a wrap for now on this Standard deck feature. Until the next blog post.

Reference:
https://cardgamebase.com/new-standard-arena-decks-ikoria/