Standard staples: Counterspells or Card draw or Discard or Recursion

81 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: Spell Snare (18% of decks).

Main deck (63)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	17.9%	1.5
2	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.5
3	Opt Instant	Instant	15.8%	3.9
4	Icetill Explorer Creature — Insect Scout	Creature — Insect Scout	12.8%	3.9
5	Winternight Stories Sorcery	Sorcery	11.3%	2.2
6	Surrak, Elusive Hunter Legendary Creature — Human Warrior	Legendary Creature — Human Warrior	11.0%	1.9
7	Tablet of Discovery Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	3.9
8	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	10.1%	3.4
9	Get Out Instant	Instant	9.3%	2.0
10	Jeskai Revelation Instant	Instant	9.3%	3.9
11	Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius Creature — Elemental // Sorcery — Adventure	Creature — Elemental // Sorcery — Adventure	9.0%	3.7
12	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	9.0%	1.7
13	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	9.0%	2.8
14	Traumatic Critique Instant	Instant	8.4%	2.8
15	Enduring Curiosity Enchantment Creature — Cat Glimmer	Enchantment Creature — Cat Glimmer	8.1%	3.6
16	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	7.7%	3.9
17	We Say Thee Nay! Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	7.6%	2.1
18	Kaito, Bane of Nightmares Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito	Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito	7.5%	4.0
19	Deceit Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.5%	3.9
20	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	7.3%	3.6
21	Flashback Instant	Instant	6.6%	1.6
22	Wan Shi Tong, Librarian Legendary Creature — Bird Spirit	Legendary Creature — Bird Spirit	6.6%	1.4
23	Tishana's Tidebinder Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.4%	1.7
24	Haliya, Guided by Light Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	6.4%	3.3
25	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	6.3%	4.0
26	Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	6.1%	2.1
27	No More Lies Instant	Instant	6.0%	2.8
28	The Sackville-Bagginses Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen	Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen	5.8%	4.0
29	Obsessive Pursuit Enchantment	Enchantment	5.6%	4.0
30	Case of the Uneaten Feast Enchantment — Case	Enchantment — Case	5.6%	4.0
31	Moseo, Vein's New Dean Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	5.6%	3.0
32	Lunar Convocation Enchantment	Enchantment	5.5%	3.5
33	The Theorist, Jace Beleren Legendary Planeswalker — Jace	Legendary Planeswalker — Jace	5.2%	2.8
34	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	5.0%	3.6
35	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.9%	2.4
36	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	3.6
37	Fountainport Land	Land	4.9%	1.5
38	Gran-Gran Legendary Creature — Human Peasant Ally	Legendary Creature — Human Peasant Ally	4.5%	3.9
39	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	4.4%	1.7
40	Theorix Charm Instant	Instant	4.3%	1.9
41	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	4.2%	2.8
42	Seasoned Cryomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	3.9%	3.2
43	Together as One Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
44	Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna Enchantment — Room // Enchantment — Room	Enchantment — Room // Enchantment — Room	3.7%	1.3
45	Doomsday Excruciator Creature — Demon	Creature — Demon	3.5%	2.8
46	Callous Inspector Creature — Human Soldier	Creature — Human Soldier	3.4%	2.9
47	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	3.3%	3.3
48	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	3.1%	3.4
49	Tersa Lightshatter Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	3.1%	1.8
50	Rottenmouth Viper Creature — Elemental Snake	Creature — Elemental Snake	3.0%	3.1
51	Emptiness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.0%	1.7
52	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	2.7%	2.4
53	Uldaros Theorix Legendary Creature — Elder Sphinx	Legendary Creature — Elder Sphinx	2.6%	2.3
54	Braided Net // Braided Quipu Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	2.6%	1.7
55	Kíli the Resourceful Legendary Creature — Dwarf Scout	Legendary Creature — Dwarf Scout	2.4%	4.0
56	Zoraline, Cosmos Caller Legendary Creature — Bat Cleric	Legendary Creature — Bat Cleric	2.3%	1.1
57	Theorist's Sanctum Land — Island	Land — Island	2.2%	1.9
58	Carnivorous Cultivator // Enroot Creature — Elf Warlock // Sorcery	Creature — Elf Warlock // Sorcery	2.1%	3.7
59	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	2.1%	1.0
60	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
61	Cool but Rude Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.0%	4.0
62	Marauding Mako Creature — Shark Pirate	Creature — Shark Pirate	2.0%	4.0
63	Bloodghast Creature — Vampire Spirit	Creature — Vampire Spirit	2.0%	3.9

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Sideboard (29)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Flashfreeze Instant	Instant	36.2%	1.7
2	Disdainful Stroke Instant	Instant	28.4%	1.3
3	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	28.1%	2.7
4	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	25.3%	1.6
5	Ghost Vacuum Artifact	Artifact	23.4%	1.4
6	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	18.5%	1.7
7	Negate Instant	Instant	16.7%	1.3
8	Annul Instant	Instant	15.3%	1.5
9	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	13.3%	1.4
10	Surrak, Elusive Hunter Legendary Creature — Human Warrior	Legendary Creature — Human Warrior	12.3%	1.7
11	Ral, Crackling Wit Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	11.6%	1.4
12	Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	11.3%	1.4
13	Wan Shi Tong, Librarian Legendary Creature — Bird Spirit	Legendary Creature — Bird Spirit	9.7%	1.3
14	Broadside Barrage Instant	Instant	9.0%	1.3
15	Get Out Instant	Instant	5.3%	1.3
16	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	5.0%	1.0
17	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.8%	3.6
18	Professor Dellian Fel Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	4.4%	1.6
19	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	4.3%	1.8
20	Decorum Dissertation Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	3.7%	1.0
21	Spider-Sense Instant	Instant	3.3%	1.8
22	Ill-Timed Explosion Sorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	1.5
23	Tishana's Tidebinder Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Creature — Merfolk Wizard	3.2%	1.3
24	Doomsday Excruciator Creature — Demon	Creature — Demon	2.9%	1.5
25	Beza, the Bounding Spring Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk	Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk	2.4%	1.8
26	Heritage Reclamation Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.6
27	Sandman, Shifting Scoundrel Legendary Creature — Sand Elemental Villain	Legendary Creature — Sand Elemental Villain	2.1%	1.2
28	Pawpatch Formation Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.7
29	The Queen of Dale Legendary Creature — Human Noble	Legendary Creature — Human Noble	2.0%	1.9

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among the decks that play it