Black staples in Standard · MTGO

31 cards played in at least 2% of the 5176 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 (25)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	22.8%	3.0
2	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	16.7%	2.3
3	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	12.6%	1.3
4	Shoot the Sheriff Instant	Instant	11.9%	2.0
5	Deadly Cover-Up Sorcery	Sorcery	9.5%	1.8
6	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	8.8%	2.9
7	Dream Beavers Creature — Beaver Nightmare	Creature — Beaver Nightmare	7.5%	3.9
8	The Sackville-Bagginses Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen	Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen	5.8%	4.0
9	Obsessive Pursuit Enchantment	Enchantment	5.7%	4.0
10	Greedy Freebooter Creature — Human Pirate	Creature — Human Pirate	5.7%	4.0
11	Umbral Collar Zealot Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	5.6%	2.6
12	Moseo, Vein's New Dean Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	5.5%	3.0
13	Starscape Cleric Creature — Bat Cleric	Creature — Bat Cleric	5.2%	2.4
14	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	3.6
15	Day of Black Sun Sorcery	Sorcery	3.9%	2.1
16	Deep-Cavern Bat Creature — Bat	Creature — Bat	3.9%	2.5
17	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	3.7%	2.8
18	Doomsday Excruciator Creature — Demon	Creature — Demon	3.7%	2.9
19	Callous Inspector Creature — Human Soldier	Creature — Human Soldier	3.5%	3.0
20	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	3.0%	1.9
21	Rottenmouth Viper Creature — Elemental Snake	Creature — Elemental Snake	3.0%	3.2
22	Deadly Precision Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	2.3
23	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	2.2%	1.0
24	Moonshadow Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	2.1%	4.0
25	Bloodghast Creature — Vampire Spirit	Creature — Vampire Spirit	2.0%	3.9

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (16)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	33.1%	2.2
2	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	27.8%	2.7
3	Day of Black Sun Sorcery	Sorcery	12.3%	1.8
4	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	9.0%	1.5
5	Shoot the Sheriff Instant	Instant	7.4%	1.6
6	Ancient Vendetta Sorcery	Sorcery	6.3%	1.4
7	Outrageous Robbery Instant	Instant	5.4%	1.1
8	Qarsi Revenant Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	5.0%	2.0
9	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	4.7%	1.0
10	Deadly Cover-Up Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	1.1
11	Decorum Dissertation Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	3.8%	1.0
12	Doomsday Excruciator Creature — Demon	Creature — Demon	2.9%	1.5
13	Starscape Cleric Creature — Bat Cleric	Creature — Bat Cleric	2.6%	1.5
14	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.4
15	Preacher of the Schism Creature — Vampire Cleric	Creature — Vampire Cleric	2.0%	3.0
16	Deathmark Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.4

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it