Standard staples: Counterspells or Card draw or Burn or Discard or Recursion

109 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: Burst Lightning (22% of decks).

Main deck (82)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	21.7%	3.5
2	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	18.0%	1.5
3	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.5
4	Opt Instant	Instant	15.8%	3.9
5	Icetill Explorer Creature — Insect Scout	Creature — Insect Scout	12.8%	4.0
6	Meltstrider's Resolve Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	11.9%	1.6
7	Winternight Stories Sorcery	Sorcery	11.3%	2.2
8	Surrak, Elusive Hunter Legendary Creature — Human Warrior	Legendary Creature — Human Warrior	10.9%	1.9
9	Tablet of Discovery Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	3.9
10	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	10.1%	3.4
11	Impractical Joke Sorcery	Sorcery	10.1%	1.8
12	Get Out Instant	Instant	9.3%	2.0
13	Jeskai Revelation Instant	Instant	9.2%	3.9
14	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	9.1%	3.2
15	Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius Creature — Elemental // Sorcery — Adventure	Creature — Elemental // Sorcery — Adventure	9.0%	3.7
16	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	9.0%	2.8
17	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	9.0%	1.7
18	Traumatic Critique Instant	Instant	8.4%	2.8
19	Enduring Curiosity Enchantment Creature — Cat Glimmer	Enchantment Creature — Cat Glimmer	8.2%	3.6
20	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	7.8%	3.9
21	We Say Thee Nay! Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	7.6%	2.1
22	Kaito, Bane of Nightmares Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito	Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito	7.6%	4.0
23	Deceit Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.5%	3.9
24	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	7.2%	3.6
25	Vibrant Outburst Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.7
26	Wan Shi Tong, Librarian Legendary Creature — Bird Spirit	Legendary Creature — Bird Spirit	6.6%	1.4
27	Flashback Instant	Instant	6.5%	1.6
28	Tishana's Tidebinder Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.5%	1.7
29	Haliya, Guided by Light Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	6.4%	3.3
30	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	6.3%	4.0
31	Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	6.1%	2.1
32	No More Lies Instant	Instant	6.0%	2.8
33	The Sackville-Bagginses Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen	Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen	5.8%	4.0
34	Obsessive Pursuit Enchantment	Enchantment	5.6%	4.0
35	Smaug the Magnificent Legendary Creature — Dragon	Legendary Creature — Dragon	5.6%	2.7
36	Case of the Uneaten Feast Enchantment — Case	Enchantment — Case	5.6%	4.0
37	Moseo, Vein's New Dean Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	5.6%	3.0
38	Biotech Specialist Creature — Insect Scientist	Creature — Insect Scientist	5.6%	4.0
39	Lunar Convocation Enchantment	Enchantment	5.5%	3.5
40	Jennifer Walters // The Sensational She-Hulk Legendary Creature — Human Advisor Hero // Legendary Creature — Gamma Hero	Legendary Creature — Human Advisor Hero // Legendary Creature — Gamma Hero	5.5%	1.9
41	Sear Instant	Instant	5.5%	1.7
42	The Theorist, Jace Beleren Legendary Planeswalker — Jace	Legendary Planeswalker — Jace	5.2%	2.8
43	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	5.0%	4.0
44	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	5.0%	3.6
45	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	3.6
46	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.9%	2.4
47	Fountainport Land	Land	4.9%	1.5
48	Gran-Gran Legendary Creature — Human Peasant Ally	Legendary Creature — Human Peasant Ally	4.5%	3.9
49	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	4.4%	1.7
50	Bushwhack Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	1.2
51	Theorix Charm Instant	Instant	4.3%	1.9
52	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	4.2%	2.8
53	Nova Hellkite Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	4.2%	3.9
54	Iroh's Demonstration Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.1%	1.9
55	Seasoned Cryomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	3.9%	3.2
56	Together as One Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
57	Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna Enchantment — Room // Enchantment — Room	Enchantment — Room // Enchantment — Room	3.7%	1.3
58	Callous Inspector Creature — Human Soldier	Creature — Human Soldier	3.5%	2.9
59	Doomsday Excruciator Creature — Demon	Creature — Demon	3.5%	2.8
60	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	3.3%	3.3
61	Hired Claw Creature — Lizard Mercenary	Creature — Lizard Mercenary	3.2%	4.0
62	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	3.1%	3.4
63	Tersa Lightshatter Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	3.1%	1.8
64	Rottenmouth Viper Creature — Elemental Snake	Creature — Elemental Snake	3.0%	3.1
65	Emptiness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.0%	1.7
66	Lightning Helix Instant	Instant	2.9%	2.3
67	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	2.7%	2.4
68	Twinmaw Stormbrood // Charring Bite Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	2.7%	1.9
69	Spring-Loaded Sawblades // Bladewheel Chariot Artifact // Artifact — Vehicle	Artifact // Artifact — Vehicle	2.7%	1.9
70	Uldaros Theorix Legendary Creature — Elder Sphinx	Legendary Creature — Elder Sphinx	2.6%	2.3
71	Braided Net // Braided Quipu Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	2.6%	1.7
72	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.6
73	Kíli the Resourceful Legendary Creature — Dwarf Scout	Legendary Creature — Dwarf Scout	2.4%	4.0
74	Thorin, Mountain-king Legendary Creature — Dwarf Noble	Legendary Creature — Dwarf Noble	2.4%	3.8
75	Zoraline, Cosmos Caller Legendary Creature — Bat Cleric	Legendary Creature — Bat Cleric	2.3%	1.1
76	Theorist's Sanctum Land — Island	Land — Island	2.2%	1.9
77	Carnivorous Cultivator // Enroot Creature — Elf Warlock // Sorcery	Creature — Elf Warlock // Sorcery	2.1%	3.7
78	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	2.1%	1.0
79	Aang, Swift Savior // Aang and La, Ocean's Fury Legendary Creature — Human Avatar Ally // Legendary Creature — Avatar Spirit Ally	Legendary Creature — Human Avatar Ally // Legendary Creature — Avatar Spirit Ally	2.1%	3.3
80	Cool but Rude Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.1%	4.0
81	Marauding Mako Creature — Shark Pirate	Creature — Shark Pirate	2.1%	4.0
82	Bloodghast Creature — Vampire Spirit	Creature — Vampire Spirit	2.0%	3.9

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Sideboard (40)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Flashfreeze Instant	Instant	36.1%	1.7
2	Disdainful Stroke Instant	Instant	28.3%	1.3
3	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	28.2%	2.7
4	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	25.2%	1.6
5	Ghost Vacuum Artifact	Artifact	23.4%	1.4
6	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	18.5%	1.7
7	Negate Instant	Instant	16.6%	1.3
8	Annul Instant	Instant	15.2%	1.5
9	Meltstrider's Resolve Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	13.7%	2.1
10	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	13.3%	1.4
11	Surrak, Elusive Hunter Legendary Creature — Human Warrior	Legendary Creature — Human Warrior	12.4%	1.7
12	Ral, Crackling Wit Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	11.5%	1.4
13	Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	11.3%	1.4
14	Wan Shi Tong, Librarian Legendary Creature — Bird Spirit	Legendary Creature — Bird Spirit	9.8%	1.3
15	Broadside Barrage Instant	Instant	8.9%	1.3
16	Sunspine Lynx Creature — Elemental Cat	Creature — Elemental Cat	7.3%	2.1
17	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.5
18	Sear Instant	Instant	6.8%	1.5
19	Slagstorm Sorcery	Sorcery	6.4%	1.7
20	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	5.7%	1.7
21	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	5.6%	1.6
22	Get Out Instant	Instant	5.3%	1.3
23	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	5.1%	1.0
24	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.8%	3.6
25	Professor Dellian Fel Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	4.4%	1.6
26	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	4.3%	1.8
27	Decorum Dissertation Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	3.7%	1.0
28	Abrade Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.5
29	Spider-Sense Instant	Instant	3.3%	1.8
30	Ill-Timed Explosion Sorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	1.5
31	Tishana's Tidebinder Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Creature — Merfolk Wizard	3.2%	1.3
32	Doomsday Excruciator Creature — Demon	Creature — Demon	2.9%	1.5
33	Beza, the Bounding Spring Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk	Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk	2.4%	1.8
34	Heritage Reclamation Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.6
35	Magebane Lizard Creature — Lizard	Creature — Lizard	2.2%	2.9
36	Sandman, Shifting Scoundrel Legendary Creature — Sand Elemental Villain	Legendary Creature — Sand Elemental Villain	2.1%	1.2
37	Vengeful Tracker Creature — Human Detective	Creature — Human Detective	2.1%	1.9
38	Pawpatch Formation Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.6
39	The Queen of Dale Legendary Creature — Human Noble	Legendary Creature — Human Noble	2.0%	1.9
40	Intimidation Tactics Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9

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