Standard staples: Black or Red or Green, Creature removal or Recursion

40 cards played in at least 2% of the 5680 Standard decks of the last 120 days, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Requiting Hex (23% of decks).

Main deck (32)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	22.7%	3.0
2	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	21.7%	3.5
3	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	16.9%	2.3
4	Icetill Explorer Creature — Insect Scout	Creature — Insect Scout	12.8%	3.9
5	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	12.6%	1.3
6	Meltstrider's Resolve Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	12.0%	1.6
7	Shoot the Sheriff Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
8	Tablet of Discovery Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	3.9
9	Impractical Joke Sorcery	Sorcery	10.1%	1.8
10	Deadly Cover-Up Sorcery	Sorcery	9.5%	1.8
11	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	9.1%	3.2
12	Flashback Instant	Instant	6.6%	1.6
13	Smaug the Magnificent Legendary Creature — Dragon	Legendary Creature — Dragon	5.6%	2.7
14	Moseo, Vein's New Dean Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	5.6%	3.0
15	Sear Instant	Instant	5.5%	1.7
16	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	5.0%	4.0
17	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	3.6
18	Bushwhack Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	1.2
19	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	4.4%	1.7
20	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	4.2%	2.8
21	Nova Hellkite Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	4.2%	3.9
22	Iroh's Demonstration Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.2%	1.9
23	Day of Black Sun Sorcery	Sorcery	3.9%	2.1
24	Tersa Lightshatter Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	3.1%	1.8
25	Rottenmouth Viper Creature — Elemental Snake	Creature — Elemental Snake	3.0%	3.1
26	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	2.9%	2.0
27	Deadly Precision Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
28	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.6
29	Thorin, Mountain-king Legendary Creature — Dwarf Noble	Legendary Creature — Dwarf Noble	2.4%	3.8
30	Carnivorous Cultivator // Enroot Creature — Elf Warlock // Sorcery	Creature — Elf Warlock // Sorcery	2.1%	3.7
31	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	2.1%	1.0
32	Bloodghast Creature — Vampire Spirit	Creature — Vampire Spirit	2.0%	3.9

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (17)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	32.8%	2.2
2	Meltstrider's Resolve Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	13.8%	2.1
3	Day of Black Sun Sorcery	Sorcery	12.4%	1.8
4	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	9.3%	1.5
5	Shoot the Sheriff Instant	Instant	7.3%	1.6
6	Sear Instant	Instant	6.8%	1.5
7	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.5
8	Slagstorm Sorcery	Sorcery	6.5%	1.7
9	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	5.8%	1.7
10	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	5.6%	1.6
11	Warg Tactics Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.7
12	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	5.0%	1.0
13	Deadly Cover-Up Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.1
14	Abrade Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.5
15	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.5
16	Sandman, Shifting Scoundrel Legendary Creature — Sand Elemental Villain	Legendary Creature — Sand Elemental Villain	2.1%	1.2
17	Pawpatch Formation Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.7

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it