The Magic: the Gathering Arena Standard Challenge took off last weekend and is probably one of the major tournaments in the platform catering to the newly-rotated Standard format. I was not able to participate myself but was able to witness a friend’s playtime last night. The expected deck archetypes were present: aggro, control, and midrange, and one of the decks that flourished in the metagame was Izzet Control. Prior to the rotation, the deck’s components were already playable and are rotation-proof.

The addition of new cards from Innistrad: Midnight Hunt would just do the trick, and it actually bolstered the build. Powerful Blue (Memory Deluge) and Red cards (Smoldering Egg) replaced the rotated ones and retained the deck archetype to be the pillar of control decks in the current Standard metagame.

See below an example decklist of the Standard Izzet Control.

Izzet Control – Lull N
Mountain Tea Cup # 3 @ Sana’s Tournament

Maindeck

18 LANDS (24)
1 Den of the Bugbear
2 Field of Ruin
4 Hall of Storm Giants
1 Island
6 Mountain
4 Riverglide Pathway

10 CREATURES
4 Goldspan Dragon
2 Malevolent Hermit
4 Smoldering Egg

32 INSTANTS and SORC.
4 Alrund’s Epiphany
4 Burning Hands
2 Disdainful Stroke
4 Dragon’s Fire
4 Expressive Iteration
4 Jwari Disruption
3 Memory Deluge
4 Prismari Command
1 Saw It Coming
2 Shatterskull Smashing

Sideboard
2 Burn Down the House
2 Disdainful Stroke
2 Fading Hope
2 Inferno of the Star Mounts
2 Malevolent Hermit
1 Negate
2 Pithing Needle
2 Test of Talents

Reference: https://www.mtgtop8.com/event?e=32481&d=449552&f=ST

For more of the recent Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Standard decklists, you can check it here.