Creature removal staples in Standard

Name: Creature removal staples in Standard
Creator: Land Drop

46 cards played in at least 2% of the 95 Standard decks of the last 120 days on MTGO, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Requiting Hex (37% of decks).

Official MTGO results, updated 28 Oct 2026. How we count

Main deck (32)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Requiting HexInstant	Instant	36.8%	2.8
2	Bitter TriumphInstant	Instant	28.4%	2.1
3	The Theorist, Jace BelerenLegendary Planeswalker — Jace	Legendary Planeswalker — Jace	26.3%	2.7
4	ErodeInstant	Instant	23.2%	2.3
5	Strategic BetrayalSorcery	Sorcery	20.0%	1.3
6	Deadly Cover-UpSorcery	Sorcery	14.7%	1.8
7	Amalia Benavides AguirreLegendary Creature — Vampire Scout	Legendary Creature — Vampire Scout	14.7%	4.0
8	Theorix CharmInstant	Instant	14.7%	2.3
9	Shoot the SheriffInstant	Instant	13.7%	1.8
10	DeceitCreature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	13.7%	4.0
11	Floodpits DrownerCreature — Merfolk	Creature — Merfolk	12.6%	4.0
12	Pinnacle StarcageArtifact	Artifact	9.5%	2.6
13	Burst LightningInstant	Instant	9.5%	3.8
14	Seam RipEnchantment	Enchantment	9.5%	2.7
15	Vraska's Final MercySorcery	Sorcery	8.4%	1.0
16	Smaug the MagnificentLegendary Creature — Dragon	Legendary Creature — Dragon	8.4%	1.4
17	Torch the TowerInstant	Instant	7.4%	2.9
18	Get LostInstant	Instant	7.4%	3.7
19	Meltstrider's ResolveEnchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	6.3%	1.8
20	Day of JudgmentSorcery	Sorcery	6.3%	2.0
21	White AuraciteArtifact	Artifact	5.3%	1.0
22	Perilous SnareArtifact	Artifact	5.3%	4.0
23	Stir Up TroubleSorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	1.2
24	Spring-Loaded Sawblades // Bladewheel ChariotArtifact // Artifact — Vehicle	Artifact // Artifact — Vehicle	5.3%	1.2
25	ChainsawArtifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	4.2%	2.3
26	Solitary CellArtifact	Artifact	4.2%	2.0
27	Thorin, Mountain-kingLegendary Creature — Dwarf Noble	Legendary Creature — Dwarf Noble	4.2%	4.0
28	Warmaker GunshipArtifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	4.2%	1.0
29	Callous Sell-Sword // Burn TogetherCreature — Human Soldier // Sorcery — Adventure	Creature — Human Soldier // Sorcery — Adventure	3.2%	4.0
30	Harvester of MiseryCreature — Spirit	Creature — Spirit	3.2%	1.7
31	Prismari CharmInstant	Instant	3.2%	3.3
32	Impractical JokeSorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	1.7

% of decks: decks of the format that play it in this part
Avg. copies: among the decks that play it

Sideboard (26)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Strategic BetrayalSorcery	Sorcery	48.4%	2.0
2	Seam RipEnchantment	Enchantment	28.4%	2.0
3	Day of Black SunSorcery	Sorcery	27.4%	1.8
4	M.O.D.O.K.Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	17.9%	1.0
5	Requiting HexInstant	Instant	15.8%	1.4
6	ErodeInstant	Instant	12.6%	2.2
7	Pyrrhic StrikeInstant	Instant	11.6%	1.9
8	Professor Dellian FelLegendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	10.5%	1.2
9	Sheltered by GhostsEnchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	10.5%	2.0
10	Terminal CriticismInstant	Instant	9.5%	1.1
11	Meltstrider's ResolveEnchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	9.5%	2.3
12	Vicious RivalrySorcery	Sorcery	9.5%	1.1
13	Shoot the SheriffInstant	Instant	8.4%	1.6
14	Day of JudgmentSorcery	Sorcery	8.4%	1.4
15	Fire MagicInstant	Instant	7.4%	1.9
16	Pinnacle StarcageArtifact	Artifact	5.3%	1.2
17	Get LostInstant	Instant	4.2%	1.0
18	UltimaSorcery	Sorcery	4.2%	1.8
19	Pawpatch FormationInstant	Instant	4.2%	1.5
20	Deadly Cover-UpSorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	1.0
21	ExorciseSorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	2.0
22	Bitter TriumphInstant	Instant	3.2%	1.7
23	The Theorist, Jace BelerenLegendary Planeswalker — Jace	Legendary Planeswalker — Jace	3.2%	1.0
24	Into the Flood MawInstant	Instant	3.2%	1.3
25	Maelstrom PulseSorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	1.0
26	Broadside BarrageInstant	Instant	3.2%	1.7