Standard staples: Recursion or Artifact removal or Lifegain

67 cards played in at least 2% of the 5648 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 (47)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	22.8%	3.0
2	Icetill Explorer Creature — Insect Scout	Creature — Insect Scout	12.8%	4.0
3	Esper Origins // Summon: Esper Maduin Sorcery // Enchantment Creature — Saga Elemental	Sorcery // Enchantment Creature — Saga Elemental	11.6%	3.3
4	Seam Rip Enchantment	Enchantment	11.4%	2.2
5	Tablet of Discovery Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	3.9
6	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	10.1%	3.4
7	Jeskai Revelation Instant	Instant	9.2%	3.9
8	Practiced Offense Sorcery	Sorcery	8.9%	3.5
9	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	7.8%	3.9
10	Deceit Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.5%	3.9
11	Dream Beavers Creature — Beaver Nightmare	Creature — Beaver Nightmare	7.2%	3.9
12	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	7.2%	3.6
13	Flashback Instant	Instant	6.5%	1.6
14	Haliya, Guided by Light Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	6.4%	3.3
15	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	6.3%	4.0
16	Hinterland Sanctifier Creature — Rabbit Cleric	Creature — Rabbit Cleric	5.7%	4.0
17	Obsessive Pursuit Enchantment	Enchantment	5.6%	4.0
18	Case of the Uneaten Feast Enchantment — Case	Enchantment — Case	5.6%	4.0
19	Moseo, Vein's New Dean Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	5.6%	3.0
20	The Theorist, Jace Beleren Legendary Planeswalker — Jace	Legendary Planeswalker — Jace	5.2%	2.8
21	Pinnacle Starcage Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	2.6
22	Inevitable Defeat Instant	Instant	5.0%	3.5
23	Leatherhead, Swamp Stalker Legendary Creature — Crocodile Mutant Rogue	Legendary Creature — Crocodile Mutant Rogue	4.9%	3.5
24	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	3.6
25	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	4.4%	1.7
26	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	4.2%	2.8
27	Deep-Cavern Bat Creature — Bat	Creature — Bat	4.0%	2.5
28	Together as One Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
29	Liliana the Faultless Legendary Creature — Human Cleric	Legendary Creature — Human Cleric	3.4%	2.1
30	Enlightened Confidant Creature — Kor Cleric	Creature — Kor Cleric	3.2%	3.5
31	Tersa Lightshatter Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	3.1%	1.8
32	Aunt May Legendary Creature — Human Citizen	Legendary Creature — Human Citizen	3.0%	1.3
33	Rottenmouth Viper Creature — Elemental Snake	Creature — Elemental Snake	3.0%	3.1
34	Emptiness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.0%	1.7
35	Lightning Helix Instant	Instant	2.9%	2.3
36	Perilous Snare Artifact	Artifact	2.8%	3.7
37	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	2.7%	2.4
38	Twinmaw Stormbrood // Charring Bite Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	2.7%	1.9
39	Cecil, Dark Knight // Cecil, Redeemed Paladin Legendary Creature — Human Knight // Legendary Creature — Human Knight	Legendary Creature — Human Knight // Legendary Creature — Human Knight	2.7%	1.9
40	Uldaros Theorix Legendary Creature — Elder Sphinx	Legendary Creature — Elder Sphinx	2.6%	2.3
41	Dáin's Company Creature — Dwarf Warrior	Creature — Dwarf Warrior	2.4%	4.0
42	Zoraline, Cosmos Caller Legendary Creature — Bat Cleric	Legendary Creature — Bat Cleric	2.3%	1.1
43	Carnivorous Cultivator // Enroot Creature — Elf Warlock // Sorcery	Creature — Elf Warlock // Sorcery	2.1%	3.7
44	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	2.1%	1.0
45	Sage of the Skies Creature — Human Monk	Creature — Human Monk	2.1%	3.9
46	Ajani Resolute Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	2.0%	2.2
47	Bloodghast Creature — Vampire Spirit	Creature — Vampire Spirit	2.0%	3.9

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

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among the decks that play it

Sideboard (25)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Ghost Vacuum Artifact	Artifact	23.4%	1.4
2	Seam Rip Enchantment	Enchantment	15.9%	2.2
3	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	9.4%	1.5
4	Sheltered by Ghosts Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	7.9%	2.7
5	Leatherhead, Swamp Stalker Legendary Creature — Crocodile Mutant Rogue	Legendary Creature — Crocodile Mutant Rogue	7.9%	1.3
6	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	5.1%	1.0
7	Qarsi Revenant Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	4.9%	1.9
8	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.8%	3.6
9	Pinnacle Starcage Artifact	Artifact	4.6%	1.4
10	Pyrrhic Strike Instant	Instant	4.5%	1.6
11	Professor Dellian Fel Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	4.4%	1.6
12	Origin of Metalbending Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.1%	1.6
13	Curious Farm Animals Creature — Boar Elk Bird Ox	Creature — Boar Elk Bird Ox	3.7%	1.8
14	Abrade Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.5
15	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.7
16	Vicious Rivalry Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.7
17	Authority of the Consuls Enchantment	Enchantment	2.9%	2.0
18	Requisition Raid Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	1.4
19	Captain Marvel, Earth's Protector Legendary Creature — Human Kree Hero	Legendary Creature — Human Kree Hero	2.4%	1.2
20	Beza, the Bounding Spring Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk	Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk	2.4%	1.8
21	Heritage Reclamation Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.6
22	Shattered Acolyte Creature — Dwarf Warlock	Creature — Dwarf Warlock	2.2%	2.1
23	Guerrilla Gorilla Creature — Ape Soldier Hero	Creature — Ape Soldier Hero	2.2%	1.3
24	Sandman, Shifting Scoundrel Legendary Creature — Sand Elemental Villain	Legendary Creature — Sand Elemental Villain	2.1%	1.2
25	Pawpatch Formation Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.6

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it