Standard staples: Black or Red, Creatures or Sorceries, Removal or Recursion
23 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: Strategic Betrayal (13% of decks).
Main deck (19)
| # | Card | Type | % of decks | Avg. copies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Strategic Betrayal
 
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 12.6% | 1.3 |
| 2 |
Impractical Joke
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 10.1% | 1.8 |
| 3 |
Deadly Cover-Up
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 9.5% | 1.8 |
| 4 |
Smaug the Magnificent
Legendary Creature — Dragon
|
Legendary Creature — Dragon | 5.6% | 2.7 |
| 5 |
Moseo, Vein's New Dean
Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock
|
Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock | 5.6% | 3.0 |
| 6 |
Lively Dirge
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 4.9% | 3.6 |
| 7 |
Thor, God of Thunder
Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero
|
Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero | 4.4% | 1.7 |
| 8 |
Overlord of the Balemurk
Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror
|
Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror | 4.2% | 2.8 |
| 9 |
Nova Hellkite
Creature — Dragon
|
Creature — Dragon | 4.2% | 3.9 |
| 10 |
Iroh's Demonstration
Sorcery — Lesson
|
Sorcery — Lesson | 4.2% | 1.9 |
| 11 |
Deep-Cavern Bat
Creature — Bat
|
Creature — Bat | 4.0% | 2.5 |
| 12 |
Day of Black Sun
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 3.9% | 2.1 |
| 13 |
Tersa Lightshatter
Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard
|
Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard | 3.1% | 1.8 |
| 14 |
Rottenmouth Viper
Creature — Elemental Snake
|
Creature — Elemental Snake | 3.0% | 3.1 |
| 15 |
Magmatic Hellkite
Creature — Dragon
|
Creature — Dragon | 2.9% | 3.9 |
| 16 |
Deadly Precision
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 2.9% | 2.2 |
| 17 |
Thorin, Mountain-king
Legendary Creature — Dwarf Noble
|
Legendary Creature — Dwarf Noble | 2.4% | 3.8 |
| 18 |
M.O.D.O.K.
Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain
|
Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain | 2.1% | 1.0 |
| 19 |
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 (8)
| # | Card | Type | % of decks | Avg. copies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Strategic Betrayal
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 32.8% | 2.2 |
| 2 |
Day of Black Sun
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 12.4% | 1.8 |
| 3 |
Pyroclasm
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 6.8% | 1.5 |
| 4 |
Slagstorm
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 6.5% | 1.7 |
| 5 |
Avengers Disassembled
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 5.8% | 1.7 |
| 6 |
M.O.D.O.K.
Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain
|
Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain | 5.0% | 1.0 |
| 7 |
Price of Freedom
Sorcery — Lesson
|
Sorcery — Lesson | 4.8% | 3.6 |
| 8 |
Deadly Cover-Up
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 4.8% | 1.1 |
- % of decks
- decks of the format that play it in this part
- Avg. copies
- among the decks that play it