I have just checked the coverage of the Grand Prix Seattle this weekend and looked on the Top 8 decks of the Standard portion of the event. I surprisingly found one new build of God-Pharaoh’s Gift on a Blue & Red shell. Seeing Combat Celebrant in play got me excited.

Check out this decklist below.

Creature (32)
4 Bomat Courier
4 Minister of Inquiries
4 Fanatical Firebrand
4 Warkite Marauder
4 Walking Ballista
4 Champion of Wits
4 Combat Celebrant
2 Trophy Mage
2 Vizier of Many Faces

Artifact (6)
4 Gate to the Afterlife
2 God-Pharaoh’s Gift

Land (22)
4 Spirebluff Canal
4 Ipnu Rivulet
4 Aether Hub
3 Island
5 Mountain
2 Field of Ruin

Sideboard (15)
3 Abrade
3 Silent Gravestone
2 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
2 Sweltering Suns
2 Negate
1 Jace’s Defeat
2 Spell Pierce

Source: https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/gpsea18-standard/top-8-decklists-2018-04-08

Based on the recent Magic: the Gathering tournament results, I can say the Blue Black Control is the lone Tier 1 control deck for the RIX Standard format. Here is what the Standard Control deck in the current metagame with Rivals of Ixalan looks like.

The list below is from a recent MTGO Competitive Standard League.

26 LANDS
4 Drowned Catacomb
4 Fetid Pools
3 Field of Ruin
7 Island
2 Submerged Boneyard
6 Swamp

6 CREATURES
2 The Scarab God
4 Torrential Gearhulk

25 INSTANTS and SORC.
1 Commit / Memory
4 Disallow
4 Essence Scatter
4 Fatal Push
4 Glimmer of Genius
1 Hieroglyphic Illumination
3 Moment of Craving
4 Vraska’s Contempt
3 OTHER SPELLS
2 Search for Azcanta
1 Treasure Map

SIDEBOARD
1 Arguel’s Blood Fast
1 Bontu’s Last Reckoning
1 Commit / Memory
3 Contraband Kingpin
1 Deadeye Tracker
3 Duress
1 Golden Demise
1 Moment of Craving
2 Negate
1 Nezahal, Primal Tide

While I am rooting for Red Green Dinosaurs or just purely Red Green Aggro to become a Tier 1 deck after the banning of Energy and Ramunap Red compo, looking for an updated decklist is probably the best first step. I have mentioned of a list before but with the metagame fully established, it is best to check on what are the recent improvements. One decklist I have found was from the Channel Fireball article for Deck of the Day. I have also checked on the GP Memphis and they had a deck referred to as Red Green Monsters which I think is that of RG Dinos. I have yet to verify though. Anyhow, here below is the decklist from CFB.

R/G Dinos by BSWEITZ
5-0 in an MTGO Competitive League

Lands
7 x Forest
4 x Mountain
4 x Hashep Oasis
4 x Rootbound Crag
4 x Sheltered Thicket

Creatures
2 x Carnage Tyrant
3 x Ghalta, Primal Hunger
3 x Jadelight Ranger
2 x Merfolk Branchwalker
4 x Otepec Huntmaster
4 x Regisaur Alpha
4 x Ripjaw Raptor
3 x Thrashing Brontodon

Spells
4 x Commune with Dinosaurs
4 x Savage Stomp
4 x Abrade

Sideboard
2 x Carnage Tyrant
3 x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2 x Chandra’s Defeat
3 x Deathgorge Scavenger
3 x Magma Spray
2 x Raptor Hatchling

Reference:
https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/deck-of-the-day-r-g-dinos-2/

While I was pondering of a control decklist that features Tetzimoc as the top curve and finisher, I found this deck that finished 5-0 in the MTGO Competitive Standard League dated January 20, 2018. It did not have the Black Dinosaur but instead utilized playset of Glorybringer and Rekindling Phoenix while controlling the opponent’s board with Vraska’s contempt, Abrades, Fatal Push and Sweltering Suns, and with a guest planeswalker Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh.

Check out the decklist below:

25 LANDS
1 Arch of Orazca
4 Canyon Slough
1 Cinder Barrens
4 Dragonskull Summit
4 Ifnir Deadlands
7 Mountain
1 Scavenger Grounds
3 Swamp

8 CREATURES
4 Glorybringer
4 Rekindling Phoenix

18 INSTANTS and SORC.
4 Abrade
1 Cut / Ribbons
3 Fatal Push
2 Magma Spray
3 Sweltering Suns
1 Unlicensed Disintegration
4 Vraska’s Contempt

9 OTHER SPELLS
2 Azor’s Gateway
2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1 Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
4 Treasure Map

SIDEBOARD
1 Arguel’s Blood Fast
1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
4 Duress
1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
3 Hour of Devastation
1 Lost Legacy
1 Magma Spray
2 Moment of Craving
1 Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh

Source: http://mtgtop8.com/event?e=18203&d=312767&f=ST