The specific meta in your area might be different, but the best Standard decks in MTG should all perform well nevertheless
Any deck interested in going wide can play this Boros phoenix to great effect, and lifelink means you cant even race it
If youre looking to blend into the shadows and sneak around your opponent's defenses, youre going to want to pick the right commander to lead your deck
Single Combat is the gold standard: it leaves everyone with a single creature or planeswalker of their choice, but wipes out everything else and prevents anyone from casting creature spells for the next turn
Other than merfolk kindred decks, Deeproot Historian might be worth a look as a way to ignore commander tax for any deck with a druid in the Command Zone: Faldorn, Rashmi, Chulane, Kinnan and Tatyova are good homes, just to name a few