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This is an update of the Jeskai Ring primer and sideboard guide that was first posted in August 2024. You'll find more than just updated list for the deck after the Grief ban - I added a few sideboard options, three more matchups and updated matchup notes, so this article could be up-to-date. If you have any questions, I’m available on the Discord. 

Introduction
After Nadu and Grief got banned, the metagame went through slight shifts, but it remained largely the same, sans  the menacing Bird. However, this doesn’t mean that we haven’t seen any real change in the format. Every day, a lot of people are trying to furtherly optimise top tier decks, and those efforts have made Energy into the decisively best deck in my eyes. Similarly, other archetypes are streamlined in the same way, even if not to the same degree. Because of that, I’ve decided to work on the Jeskai deck, as it felt somewhat outdated,...