The set features so many iconic characters, scenes and settings as interesting and powerful MTG cards, like Frodo, Gandalf and the Balrog, some of which have surprisingly effective abilities
Opt sees very low play in Standard since the exit of Jeskai Control, only seeing some play in Jeskai Superfriends
Against aggro, youre still the one trying to stabilize
I could also see Sarkhan being the key piece of a R/B Control deck which is the kind of deck that always looks better on paper than how it performs because of the variance in its draw steps and lack of velocity to filter through the deck, the exact problem Sarkhan can solve
Lean into artifact tokensspecifically Treasure and Robot tokensto enable cheap plays and flashy turns
As well, once Ovinomancer was active, it was nigh-unkillable itself, since returning it to your hand is part of the cost and not effect