Instants staples in Standard · magic.gg

49 cards played in at least 2% of the 504 Standard decks of the last 120 days, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Requiting Hex (22% of decks).

Main deck (28)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	21.6%	2.7
2	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	19.0%	2.3
3	Erode Instant	Instant	17.7%	2.1
4	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.5%	1.6
5	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.5
6	Theorix Charm Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
7	Shoot the Sheriff Instant	Instant	6.5%	1.9
8	Get Lost Instant	Instant	6.5%	3.0
9	Consult the Star Charts Instant	Instant	6.2%	3.4
10	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.0%	1.5
11	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	5.2%	2.0
12	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	4.8%	2.8
13	Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	4.6%	1.9
14	No More Lies Instant	Instant	4.4%	3.0
15	We Say Thee Nay! Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	4.2%	2.0
16	Opt Instant	Instant	4.2%	4.0
17	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	4.0%	2.2
18	Countersculpt Instant	Instant	3.6%	3.7
19	Inevitable Defeat Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.8
20	Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch Creature — Dragon // Instant — Omen	Creature — Dragon // Instant — Omen	3.0%	2.7
21	Traumatic Critique Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.2
22	Sear Instant	Instant	2.6%	2.1
23	Jace's Machinations Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.2
24	Witherbloom Charm Instant	Instant	2.6%	2.1
25	Kozilek's Command Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	2.4%	4.0
26	Jeskai Revelation Instant	Instant	2.4%	3.2
27	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	2.2%	2.5
28	Dismember Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.5

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (31)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Disdainful Stroke Instant	Instant	19.4%	1.3
2	Flashfreeze Instant	Instant	17.1%	1.7
3	Negate Instant	Instant	14.9%	1.6
4	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	12.3%	1.5
5	Erode Instant	Instant	10.5%	1.5
6	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	9.5%	1.4
7	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	9.1%	1.6
8	Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	8.5%	1.3
9	Annul Instant	Instant	7.7%	1.6
10	Get Lost Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.7
11	Pyrrhic Strike Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
12	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	6.5%	1.8
13	Shoot the Sheriff Instant	Instant	6.3%	1.4
14	Origin of Metalbending Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	6.0%	1.8
15	Spider-Sense Instant	Instant	5.8%	1.8
16	Abrade Instant	Instant	5.0%	2.0
17	Warg Tactics Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.8
18	Dawn's Truce Instant	Instant	4.4%	1.7
19	Terminal Criticism Instant	Instant	4.2%	1.5
20	Heritage Reclamation Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.8
21	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.2
22	Sear Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.8
23	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.8
24	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	3.0%	3.3
25	Mystical Dispute Instant	Instant	2.6%	2.4
26	Broadside Barrage Instant	Instant	2.6%	1.3
27	Bilbo's Gambit Instant	Instant	2.6%	2.1
28	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.0
29	Return the Favor Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.7
30	Outrageous Robbery Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.3
31	Nature's Claim Instant	Instant	2.2%	2.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it