Instants staples in Standard · MTGO

51 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 (34)

#	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	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	18.5%	1.5
4	Erode Instant	Instant	18.3%	2.3
5	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	17.1%	1.5
6	Opt Instant	Instant	16.9%	3.9
7	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	16.7%	2.3
8	Shoot the Sheriff Instant	Instant	11.9%	2.0
9	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	10.6%	3.4
10	Get Out Instant	Instant	10.0%	2.0
11	Jeskai Revelation Instant	Instant	9.9%	3.9
12	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	9.8%	3.3
13	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	9.4%	1.7
14	Traumatic Critique Instant	Instant	9.0%	2.8
15	Consult the Star Charts Instant	Instant	8.6%	3.1
16	We Say Thee Nay! Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	7.9%	2.1
17	Vibrant Outburst Instant	Instant	7.3%	1.7
18	Flashback Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
19	Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	6.2%	2.1
20	No More Lies Instant	Instant	6.2%	2.8
21	Sear Instant	Instant	5.8%	1.7
22	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	5.4%	4.0
23	Accumulate Wisdom Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	5.4%	4.0
24	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	5.4%	3.6
25	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	5.4%	2.4
26	Get Lost Instant	Instant	5.3%	2.8
27	Inevitable Defeat Instant	Instant	5.3%	3.5
28	Secret Identity Instant	Instant	4.5%	2.1
29	Theorix Charm Instant	Instant	3.9%	1.9
30	Bounce Off Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.4
31	Lightning Helix Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.2
32	Royal Treatment Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.3
33	Snakeskin Veil Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.7
34	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.7

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (27)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Flashfreeze Instant	Instant	38.1%	1.8
2	Disdainful Stroke Instant	Instant	29.3%	1.3
3	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	19.4%	1.7
4	Negate Instant	Instant	16.8%	1.3
5	Annul Instant	Instant	16.0%	1.5
6	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	13.7%	1.4
7	Erode Instant	Instant	12.1%	1.8
8	Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	11.6%	1.4
9	Broadside Barrage Instant	Instant	9.6%	1.2
10	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	9.0%	1.5
11	Shoot the Sheriff Instant	Instant	7.4%	1.6
12	Dawn's Truce Instant	Instant	7.3%	2.4
13	Sear Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.5
14	Get Lost Instant	Instant	6.5%	1.5
15	Get Out Instant	Instant	5.7%	1.4
16	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	5.5%	1.5
17	Outrageous Robbery Instant	Instant	5.4%	1.1
18	Warg Tactics Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.7
19	Return the Favor Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.3
20	Pyrrhic Strike Instant	Instant	4.3%	1.5
21	Origin of Metalbending Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	3.9%	1.6
22	Abrade Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.5
23	Spider-Sense Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.8
24	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.7
25	Heritage Reclamation Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.5
26	Pawpatch Formation Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.7
27	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.4

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it