Hi! This is a suggestion regarding the current standard BO1 meta, a concern that I have and share with a lot of people I've been reading comments from.
Playing 2 lands and then losing the game, repeatedly, is not fun. Dealing with that by playing some deck that also wins in turn 3 is not fun either, it's not a solution. I play Standard because I know that the other formats are even faster or more frustrating, so, not being able to actually get to play, even in Standard, it's concerning. It takes the fun of the game. So now the fun relies on deck building (that's easily consumed by just building them) and drafting. At least we have drafting. And BO3, of course, but regarding BO1, it's pretty much done, we can't get much fun from it, even in Standard Play. I play Ranked to reach a better place there, but the majority of the games end up in turn 3 or 4 and they depend on who plays first so, the game turned to be almost all about chance, not skill.
And if I built a new fun to play deck and I want to enjoy it, I go to Standard Play and I end up with the same decks... or with some variations like black discard or green toxic (almost equally frustrating).
So I have 3 suggestions:
1) Ban a lot of standard cards, really, a lot. I'd say almost every card in the meta decks. Or, if it's not possible...
2) Give us a new format or way, where we can play the strange decks we build, just to try them, just for fun. Someway where we can play interesting games, full of skilled moves, decisions, with at least 5 or 6 turns, to slowly build our strategies while seeing the opponent's. Not already losing before we could even start building one.
3) Start making cards less powerful or with higher cmc. Heartfire Hero, Sheltered Ghosts, Screaming Nemesis, Emberheart Challenge, Manifold Mouse, , and many more, should be at least 1 cmc higher.
If Lightning Bolt is too great to be in Standard, what are Turn Inside Out and Monstruous Rage doing there?
I hope this helps and will be considered. Thanks!!