Standard staples: Blue or Black or Red, Creature removal or Counterspells or Recursion

52 cards played in at least 2% of the 5648 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 (41)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	22.8%	3.0
2	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	21.7%	3.5
3	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	18.0%	1.5
4	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	17.0%	2.3
5	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.5
6	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	12.6%	1.3
7	Shoot the Sheriff Instant	Instant	11.5%	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	Get Out Instant	Instant	9.3%	2.0
12	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	9.1%	3.2
13	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	9.0%	1.7
14	Sunderflock Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	8.1%	3.8
15	Floodpits Drowner Creature — Merfolk	Creature — Merfolk	8.1%	3.9
16	We Say Thee Nay! Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	7.6%	2.1
17	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	7.2%	3.6
18	Flashback Instant	Instant	6.5%	1.6
19	Tishana's Tidebinder Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.5%	1.7
20	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	6.3%	4.0
21	Smaug the Magnificent Legendary Creature — Dragon	Legendary Creature — Dragon	5.6%	2.7
22	Moseo, Vein's New Dean Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	5.6%	3.0
23	Sear Instant	Instant	5.5%	1.7
24	The Theorist, Jace Beleren Legendary Planeswalker — Jace	Legendary Planeswalker — Jace	5.2%	2.8
25	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	5.0%	4.0
26	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	3.6
27	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.9%	2.4
28	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	4.4%	1.7
29	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	4.2%	2.8
30	Nova Hellkite Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	4.2%	3.9
31	Iroh's Demonstration Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.1%	1.9
32	Day of Black Sun Sorcery	Sorcery	3.9%	2.1
33	Bounce Off Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.4
34	Tersa Lightshatter Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	3.1%	1.8
35	Rottenmouth Viper Creature — Elemental Snake	Creature — Elemental Snake	3.0%	3.1
36	Deadly Precision Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
37	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	2.9%	2.0
38	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.6
39	Thorin, Mountain-king Legendary Creature — Dwarf Noble	Legendary Creature — Dwarf Noble	2.4%	3.8
40	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	2.1%	1.0
41	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 (24)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Flashfreeze Instant	Instant	36.1%	1.7
2	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	32.9%	2.2
3	Disdainful Stroke Instant	Instant	28.3%	1.3
4	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	18.5%	1.7
5	Negate Instant	Instant	16.6%	1.3
6	Annul Instant	Instant	15.2%	1.5
7	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	13.3%	1.4
8	Day of Black Sun Sorcery	Sorcery	12.5%	1.8
9	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	9.4%	1.5
10	Shoot the Sheriff Instant	Instant	7.4%	1.6
11	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.5
12	Sear Instant	Instant	6.8%	1.5
13	Slagstorm Sorcery	Sorcery	6.4%	1.7
14	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	5.7%	1.7
15	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	5.6%	1.6
16	Get Out Instant	Instant	5.3%	1.3
17	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	5.1%	1.0
18	Deadly Cover-Up Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.1
19	Abrade Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.5
20	Spider-Sense Instant	Instant	3.3%	1.8
21	Tishana's Tidebinder Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Creature — Merfolk Wizard	3.2%	1.3
22	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.7
23	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.5
24	Sunderflock Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	2.1%	2.5

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it