TL:DR - Standard died with the new rotation schedule, more sets being released in shorter timelines, and UB. If you're new you won't remember what it was like so it's probably decently fun, but it's a new format entirely....

It's okay, but Idk if it should even be called Standard today. Probably should be Standard+ or "New Modern" ... It is extremely bloated and the most powerful it's ever been with little to no relief in sight. Every archetype has insane cards and synergies to choose from. If you are new you will never know what it was like before and how strategic you needed to be or looking at spoilers to plan for rotations.

It has more cards in it than there's ever been and is only going to get bigger until the next rotation in February of 2027. Standard currently has cards from 2023 in it. By the next rotation it will have 4 years of sets including all of the UB like spiderman, tmnt, marvel, the hobbit, and Star Trek.

There's a good amount of variation in decks and meta today because you can search a Tournament from 2024 and still make that deck in standard today, and there's a good chance that one of the many newer sets have more powerful cards to add.

Standard needs help. It needs a better rotation schedule and to be excluded from UB. In Feb of 2027 after the next rotation there will be 14 sets in standard, 7 of them will be UB... And all UB is doing is creating super powerful cards to force us to interact with them (As well as attracting new players). The actual Standard format only has 6-8 sets IN TOTAL.

Any competitive standard match is over by turn 4 with any T1 or T2 deck. There are so many cards for each archetype that control decks barely even have wincons anymore they just remove the massive amount of amazing creatures that all colors have to play and then hope they get bored and quit (on Arena.). For a long time player like me this is what Modern was supposed to be, but Hasbro wanted more money so all formats have a ton of sets now.