Standard staples: Blue or Black, Removal or Counterspells or Recursion or Graveyard hate

34 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 (28)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	22.8%	3.0
2	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	18.0%	1.5
3	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	17.0%	2.3
4	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.5
5	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	12.6%	1.3
6	Shoot the Sheriff Instant	Instant	11.5%	2.0
7	Deadly Cover-Up Sorcery	Sorcery	9.5%	1.8
8	Get Out Instant	Instant	9.3%	2.0
9	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	9.0%	1.7
10	Sunderflock Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	8.1%	3.8
11	Floodpits Drowner Creature — Merfolk	Creature — Merfolk	8.1%	3.9
12	We Say Thee Nay! Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	7.6%	2.1
13	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	7.2%	3.6
14	Tishana's Tidebinder Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.5%	1.7
15	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	6.3%	4.0
16	Moseo, Vein's New Dean Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	5.6%	3.0
17	The Theorist, Jace Beleren Legendary Planeswalker — Jace	Legendary Planeswalker — Jace	5.2%	2.8
18	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	3.6
19	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.9%	2.4
20	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	4.2%	2.8
21	Deep-Cavern Bat Creature — Bat	Creature — Bat	4.0%	2.5
22	Day of Black Sun Sorcery	Sorcery	3.9%	2.1
23	Bounce Off Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.4
24	Rottenmouth Viper Creature — Elemental Snake	Creature — Elemental Snake	3.0%	3.1
25	Deadly Precision Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
26	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	2.9%	2.0
27	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	2.1%	1.0
28	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 (18)

#	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	Get Out Instant	Instant	5.3%	1.3
12	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	5.1%	1.0
13	Deadly Cover-Up Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.1
14	Spider-Sense Instant	Instant	3.3%	1.8
15	Tishana's Tidebinder Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Creature — Merfolk Wizard	3.2%	1.3
16	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.7
17	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.5
18	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