Black staples in Standard

30 cards played in at least 2% of the 5684 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 (26)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	22.7%	3.0
2	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	16.9%	2.3
3	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	12.6%	1.3
4	Shoot the Sheriff Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
5	Deadly Cover-Up Sorcery	Sorcery	9.5%	1.8
6	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	9.0%	2.8
7	Dream Beavers Creature — Beaver Nightmare	Creature — Beaver Nightmare	7.2%	3.9
8	The Sackville-Bagginses Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen	Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen	5.8%	4.0
9	Greedy Freebooter Creature — Human Pirate	Creature — Human Pirate	5.6%	4.0
10	Obsessive Pursuit Enchantment	Enchantment	5.6%	4.0
11	Umbral Collar Zealot Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	5.6%	2.6
12	Moseo, Vein's New Dean Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	5.6%	3.0
13	Starscape Cleric Creature — Bat Cleric	Creature — Bat Cleric	5.2%	2.3
14	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	3.6
15	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	4.2%	2.8
16	Deep-Cavern Bat Creature — Bat	Creature — Bat	4.0%	2.5
17	Day of Black Sun Sorcery	Sorcery	3.9%	2.1
18	Doomsday Excruciator Creature — Demon	Creature — Demon	3.4%	2.8
19	Callous Inspector Creature — Human Soldier	Creature — Human Soldier	3.4%	2.9
20	Rottenmouth Viper Creature — Elemental Snake	Creature — Elemental Snake	3.0%	3.1
21	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	2.9%	2.0
22	Deadly Precision Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
23	Moonshadow Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	2.2%	4.0
24	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	2.1%	1.0
25	Iron-Shield Elf Creature — Elf Warrior	Creature — Elf Warrior	2.0%	4.0
26	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 (14)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	32.8%	2.2
2	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	28.0%	2.7
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	Ancient Vendetta Sorcery	Sorcery	6.3%	1.5
7	Outrageous Robbery Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.1
8	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	5.0%	1.0
9	Qarsi Revenant Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	4.9%	1.9
10	Deadly Cover-Up Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.1
11	Decorum Dissertation Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	3.7%	1.0
12	Doomsday Excruciator Creature — Demon	Creature — Demon	2.9%	1.5
13	Starscape Cleric Creature — Bat Cleric	Creature — Bat Cleric	2.5%	1.4
14	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.5

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it