Creature removal staples in Standard · MTGO

66 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 (49)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	22.8%	3.0
2	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	22.8%	3.5
3	Erode Instant	Instant	18.3%	2.3
4	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	16.7%	2.3
5	Meltstrider's Resolve Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	12.6%	1.6
6	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	12.6%	1.3
7	Shoot the Sheriff Instant	Instant	11.9%	2.0
8	Seam Rip Enchantment	Enchantment	11.6%	2.2
9	Impractical Joke Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.8
10	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	10.6%	3.4
11	Jeskai Revelation Instant	Instant	9.9%	3.9
12	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	9.8%	3.3
13	Deadly Cover-Up Sorcery	Sorcery	9.5%	1.8
14	Traumatic Critique Instant	Instant	9.0%	2.8
15	Sunderflock Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	8.7%	3.8
16	Floodpits Drowner Creature — Merfolk	Creature — Merfolk	8.3%	3.9
17	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	7.9%	3.6
18	Vibrant Outburst Instant	Instant	7.3%	1.7
19	Deceit Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.3%	3.9
20	Day of Judgment Sorcery	Sorcery	7.1%	2.0
21	Jennifer Walters // The Sensational She-Hulk Legendary Creature — Human Advisor Hero // Legendary Creature — Gamma Hero	Legendary Creature — Human Advisor Hero // Legendary Creature — Gamma Hero	5.9%	1.9
22	Sear Instant	Instant	5.8%	1.7
23	Amalia Benavides Aguirre Legendary Creature — Vampire Scout	Legendary Creature — Vampire Scout	5.6%	4.0
24	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	5.4%	4.0
25	Smaug the Magnificent Legendary Creature — Dragon	Legendary Creature — Dragon	5.4%	2.7
26	Get Lost Instant	Instant	5.3%	2.8
27	Inevitable Defeat Instant	Instant	5.3%	3.5
28	Pinnacle Starcage Artifact	Artifact	5.0%	2.6
29	Bushwhack Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	1.2
30	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	4.6%	1.7
31	The Theorist, Jace Beleren Legendary Planeswalker — Jace	Legendary Planeswalker — Jace	4.6%	2.8
32	Iroh's Demonstration Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.5%	1.9
33	Nova Hellkite Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	4.2%	3.9
34	Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna Enchantment — Room // Enchantment — Room	Enchantment — Room // Enchantment — Room	4.0%	1.3
35	Day of Black Sun Sorcery	Sorcery	3.9%	2.1
36	Theorix Charm Instant	Instant	3.9%	1.9
37	Together as One Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
38	Bounce Off Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.4
39	Emptiness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.1%	1.7
40	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	3.0%	1.9
41	Lightning Helix Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.2
42	Rottenmouth Viper Creature — Elemental Snake	Creature — Elemental Snake	3.0%	3.2
43	Deadly Precision Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	2.3
44	Twinmaw Stormbrood // Charring Bite Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	2.7%	2.0
45	Perilous Snare Artifact	Artifact	2.6%	3.7
46	Spring-Loaded Sawblades // Bladewheel Chariot Artifact // Artifact — Vehicle	Artifact // Artifact — Vehicle	2.6%	1.9
47	Thorin, Mountain-king Legendary Creature — Dwarf Noble	Legendary Creature — Dwarf Noble	2.5%	3.8
48	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.7
49	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	2.2%	1.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (32)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	33.1%	2.2
2	Seam Rip Enchantment	Enchantment	15.6%	2.2
3	Meltstrider's Resolve Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	14.6%	2.1
4	Day of Black Sun Sorcery	Sorcery	12.3%	1.8
5	Erode Instant	Instant	12.1%	1.8
6	Broadside Barrage Instant	Instant	9.6%	1.2
7	Day of Judgment Sorcery	Sorcery	9.1%	1.7
8	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	9.0%	1.5
9	Sheltered by Ghosts Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	8.2%	2.8
10	Shoot the Sheriff Instant	Instant	7.4%	1.6
11	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	7.2%	1.5
12	Sear Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.5
13	Slagstorm Sorcery	Sorcery	7.0%	1.7
14	Get Lost Instant	Instant	6.5%	1.5
15	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	6.0%	1.7
16	Elspeth, Storm Slayer Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	5.9%	1.8
17	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	5.5%	1.5
18	Warg Tactics Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.7
19	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	4.7%	1.0
20	Professor Dellian Fel Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	4.6%	1.6
21	Deadly Cover-Up Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	1.1
22	Pinnacle Starcage Artifact	Artifact	4.4%	1.4
23	Pyrrhic Strike Instant	Instant	4.3%	1.5
24	Abrade Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.5
25	Ill-Timed Explosion Sorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	1.5
26	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.7
27	Vicious Rivalry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	1.7
28	Avatar's Wrath Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	1.7
29	Sunderflock Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	2.3%	2.5
30	Pawpatch Formation Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.7
31	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.4
32	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