My opinion on why Standard has been stale over the last few years is because there have been a small number of cards that have been much better than the rest of the card pool, which means you had to play them
The Response side as emergency removal is fine, as well
Commanded by Gisa and Geralf, the deck thrives on reanimating powerful creatures from the graveyard and creating zombie tokens to overwhelm opponents
4 Arcbound Worker 1 Myr Retriever 1 Alpha Myr 2 Perilous Myr 2 Myr Sire 2 Arcbound Stinger 1 Myr Adapter 1 Arcbound Reclaimer 2 Rust Elemental 2 Arcbound Crusher 1 Chrome Steed 2 Darksteel Juggernaut 1 Razorfield Rhino 1 Arcbound Fiend 1 Myr Enforcer 24 creatures 2 Bone Saw 1 Darksteel Axe 1 Infiltration Lens 1 Aether Spellbomb 1 Leonin Scimitar 1 Dead-Iron Sledge 1 Bonesplitter 1 Golem-Skin Gauntlets 1 Neurok Hoversail 1 Slagwurm Armor 1 Sylvok Lifestaff 1 Skullclamp 1 Throne of Geth 2 Armillary Sphere 1 Bladed Pinions 1 Echo Circlet 1 Vorrac Battlehorns 2 Vulshok Gauntlets 1 Mask of Memory 1 Ur-Golem's Eye 1 Rusted Relic 2 Lux Cannon 1 Myr Incubator 27 other spells Add 24 lands of your choice and you have 75 cards for a Modern Constructed deck of 60 cards and a 15 card sideboard
Lifelink, Ward 2 and exile your opponents best nonland permanent for a cheap price of two mana is pretty wild
When he shows up, he a 4/3 with a powerful build-around ability: whenever you cast a spell, you create a 1/1 colorless spirit creature token that can't block or be blocked by non-spirit creatures
