Standard staples: Creatures or Instants or Sorceries, Removal or Recursion

77 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: Requiting Hex (23% of decks).

Main deck (56)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	22.7%	3.0
2	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	21.7%	3.5
3	Erode Instant	Instant	18.2%	2.3
4	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	16.9%	2.3
5	Icetill Explorer Creature — Insect Scout	Creature — Insect Scout	12.8%	3.9
6	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	12.6%	1.3
7	Shoot the Sheriff Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
8	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	10.1%	3.4
9	Impractical Joke Sorcery	Sorcery	10.1%	1.8
10	Deadly Cover-Up Sorcery	Sorcery	9.5%	1.8
11	Jeskai Revelation Instant	Instant	9.3%	3.9
12	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	9.1%	3.2
13	Traumatic Critique Instant	Instant	8.4%	2.8
14	Sunderflock Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	8.1%	3.8
15	Floodpits Drowner Creature — Merfolk	Creature — Merfolk	8.0%	3.9
16	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	7.7%	3.9
17	Deceit Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.5%	3.9
18	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	7.3%	3.6
19	Day of Judgment Sorcery	Sorcery	7.2%	1.9
20	Vibrant Outburst Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.7
21	Flashback Instant	Instant	6.6%	1.6
22	Amalia Benavides Aguirre Legendary Creature — Vampire Scout	Legendary Creature — Vampire Scout	5.7%	3.9
23	Jennifer Walters // The Sensational She-Hulk Legendary Creature — Human Advisor Hero // Legendary Creature — Gamma Hero	Legendary Creature — Human Advisor Hero // Legendary Creature — Gamma Hero	5.6%	1.9
24	Smaug the Magnificent Legendary Creature — Dragon	Legendary Creature — Dragon	5.6%	2.7
25	Moseo, Vein's New Dean Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	5.6%	3.0
26	Sear Instant	Instant	5.5%	1.7
27	Get Lost Instant	Instant	5.4%	2.8
28	Inevitable Defeat Instant	Instant	5.1%	3.5
29	Leatherhead, Swamp Stalker Legendary Creature — Crocodile Mutant Rogue	Legendary Creature — Crocodile Mutant Rogue	5.1%	3.5
30	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	5.0%	4.0
31	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	3.6
32	Bushwhack Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	1.2
33	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	4.4%	1.7
34	Theorix Charm Instant	Instant	4.3%	1.9
35	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	4.2%	2.8
36	Nova Hellkite Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	4.2%	3.9
37	Iroh's Demonstration Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.2%	1.9
38	Deep-Cavern Bat Creature — Bat	Creature — Bat	4.0%	2.5
39	Day of Black Sun Sorcery	Sorcery	3.9%	2.1
40	Together as One Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
41	Bounce Off Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.4
42	Tersa Lightshatter Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	3.1%	1.8
43	Rottenmouth Viper Creature — Elemental Snake	Creature — Elemental Snake	3.0%	3.1
44	Emptiness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.0%	1.7
45	Magmatic Hellkite Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	2.9%	3.9
46	Deadly Precision Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
47	Lightning Helix Instant	Instant	2.9%	2.3
48	Twinmaw Stormbrood // Charring Bite Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	2.7%	1.9
49	Uldaros Theorix Legendary Creature — Elder Sphinx	Legendary Creature — Elder Sphinx	2.6%	2.3
50	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.6
51	Thorin, Mountain-king Legendary Creature — Dwarf Noble	Legendary Creature — Dwarf Noble	2.4%	3.8
52	Zoraline, Cosmos Caller Legendary Creature — Bat Cleric	Legendary Creature — Bat Cleric	2.3%	1.1
53	Carnivorous Cultivator // Enroot Creature — Elf Warlock // Sorcery	Creature — Elf Warlock // Sorcery	2.1%	3.7
54	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	2.1%	1.0
55	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
56	Bloodghast Creature — Vampire Spirit	Creature — Vampire Spirit	2.0%	3.9

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Sideboard (34)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	32.8%	2.2
2	Day of Black Sun Sorcery	Sorcery	12.4%	1.8
3	Erode Instant	Instant	11.9%	1.8
4	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	9.3%	1.5
5	Day of Judgment Sorcery	Sorcery	9.1%	1.7
6	Broadside Barrage Instant	Instant	9.0%	1.3
7	Leatherhead, Swamp Stalker Legendary Creature — Crocodile Mutant Rogue	Legendary Creature — Crocodile Mutant Rogue	7.9%	1.3
8	Shoot the Sheriff Instant	Instant	7.3%	1.6
9	Sear Instant	Instant	6.8%	1.5
10	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.5
11	Get Lost Instant	Instant	6.5%	1.5
12	Slagstorm Sorcery	Sorcery	6.5%	1.7
13	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	5.8%	1.7
14	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	5.6%	1.6
15	Warg Tactics Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.7
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	Deadly Cover-Up Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.1
19	Pyrrhic Strike Instant	Instant	4.5%	1.6
20	Origin of Metalbending Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.1%	1.7
21	Curious Farm Animals Creature — Boar Elk Bird Ox	Creature — Boar Elk Bird Ox	3.7%	1.8
22	Abrade Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.5
23	Ill-Timed Explosion Sorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	1.5
24	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.7
25	Vicious Rivalry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	1.7
26	Requisition Raid Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	1.4
27	Heritage Reclamation Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.6
28	Avatar's Wrath Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.7
29	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.5
30	Shattered Acolyte Creature — Dwarf Warlock	Creature — Dwarf Warlock	2.2%	2.1
31	Guerrilla Gorilla Creature — Ape Soldier Hero	Creature — Ape Soldier Hero	2.1%	1.3
32	Sandman, Shifting Scoundrel Legendary Creature — Sand Elemental Villain	Legendary Creature — Sand Elemental Villain	2.1%	1.2
33	Pawpatch Formation Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.7
34	Sunderflock Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	2.1%	2.5

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