Standard staples: Removal or Recursion or Lifegain

111 cards played in at least 2% of the 5680 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 (82)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	22.7%	3.0
2	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	21.7%	3.5
3	Erode Instant	Instant	18.2%	2.3
4	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	16.9%	2.3
5	Icetill Explorer Creature — Insect Scout	Creature — Insect Scout	12.8%	3.9
6	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	12.6%	1.3
7	Meltstrider's Resolve Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	12.0%	1.6
8	Esper Origins // Summon: Esper Maduin Sorcery // Enchantment Creature — Saga Elemental	Sorcery // Enchantment Creature — Saga Elemental	11.5%	3.3
9	Seam Rip Enchantment	Enchantment	11.5%	2.2
10	Shoot the Sheriff Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
11	Tablet of Discovery Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	3.9
12	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	10.1%	3.4
13	Impractical Joke Sorcery	Sorcery	10.1%	1.8
14	Demolition Field Land	Land	10.0%	1.3
15	Deadly Cover-Up Sorcery	Sorcery	9.5%	1.8
16	Jeskai Revelation Instant	Instant	9.3%	3.9
17	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	9.1%	3.2
18	Practiced Offense Sorcery	Sorcery	9.0%	3.6
19	Traumatic Critique Instant	Instant	8.4%	2.8
20	Sunderflock Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	8.1%	3.8
21	Floodpits Drowner Creature — Merfolk	Creature — Merfolk	8.0%	3.9
22	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	7.7%	3.9
23	Deceit Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.5%	3.9
24	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	7.3%	3.6
25	Dream Beavers Creature — Beaver Nightmare	Creature — Beaver Nightmare	7.2%	3.9
26	Day of Judgment Sorcery	Sorcery	7.2%	1.9
27	Vibrant Outburst Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.7
28	Flashback Instant	Instant	6.6%	1.6
29	Haliya, Guided by Light Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	6.4%	3.3
30	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	6.3%	4.0
31	Amalia Benavides Aguirre Legendary Creature — Vampire Scout	Legendary Creature — Vampire Scout	5.7%	3.9
32	Hinterland Sanctifier Creature — Rabbit Cleric	Creature — Rabbit Cleric	5.7%	4.0
33	Obsessive Pursuit Enchantment	Enchantment	5.6%	4.0
34	Jennifer Walters // The Sensational She-Hulk Legendary Creature — Human Advisor Hero // Legendary Creature — Gamma Hero	Legendary Creature — Human Advisor Hero // Legendary Creature — Gamma Hero	5.6%	1.9
35	Case of the Uneaten Feast Enchantment — Case	Enchantment — Case	5.6%	4.0
36	Smaug the Magnificent Legendary Creature — Dragon	Legendary Creature — Dragon	5.6%	2.7
37	Moseo, Vein's New Dean Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	5.6%	3.0
38	Sear Instant	Instant	5.5%	1.7
39	Get Lost Instant	Instant	5.4%	2.8
40	The Theorist, Jace Beleren Legendary Planeswalker — Jace	Legendary Planeswalker — Jace	5.2%	2.8
41	Pinnacle Starcage Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	2.6
42	Inevitable Defeat Instant	Instant	5.1%	3.5
43	Leatherhead, Swamp Stalker Legendary Creature — Crocodile Mutant Rogue	Legendary Creature — Crocodile Mutant Rogue	5.1%	3.5
44	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	5.0%	4.0
45	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	3.6
46	Bushwhack Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	1.2
47	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	4.4%	1.7
48	Theorix Charm Instant	Instant	4.3%	1.9
49	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	4.2%	2.8
50	Nova Hellkite Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	4.2%	3.9
51	Iroh's Demonstration Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.2%	1.9
52	Deep-Cavern Bat Creature — Bat	Creature — Bat	4.0%	2.5
53	Day of Black Sun Sorcery	Sorcery	3.9%	2.1
54	Together as One Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
55	Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna Enchantment — Room // Enchantment — Room	Enchantment — Room // Enchantment — Room	3.7%	1.3
56	Bounce Off Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.4
57	Liliana the Faultless Legendary Creature — Human Cleric	Legendary Creature — Human Cleric	3.4%	2.1
58	Enlightened Confidant Creature — Kor Cleric	Creature — Kor Cleric	3.2%	3.5
59	Tersa Lightshatter Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	3.1%	1.8
60	Aunt May Legendary Creature — Human Citizen	Legendary Creature — Human Citizen	3.0%	1.2
61	Rottenmouth Viper Creature — Elemental Snake	Creature — Elemental Snake	3.0%	3.1
62	Emptiness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.0%	1.7
63	Magmatic Hellkite Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	2.9%	3.9
64	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	2.9%	2.0
65	Deadly Precision Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
66	Lightning Helix Instant	Instant	2.9%	2.3
67	Perilous Snare Artifact	Artifact	2.8%	3.7
68	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	2.7%	2.4
69	Twinmaw Stormbrood // Charring Bite Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	2.7%	1.9
70	Spring-Loaded Sawblades // Bladewheel Chariot Artifact // Artifact — Vehicle	Artifact // Artifact — Vehicle	2.7%	1.9
71	Cecil, Dark Knight // Cecil, Redeemed Paladin Legendary Creature — Human Knight // Legendary Creature — Human Knight	Legendary Creature — Human Knight // Legendary Creature — Human Knight	2.6%	1.9
72	Uldaros Theorix Legendary Creature — Elder Sphinx	Legendary Creature — Elder Sphinx	2.6%	2.3
73	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.6
74	Thorin, Mountain-king Legendary Creature — Dwarf Noble	Legendary Creature — Dwarf Noble	2.4%	3.8
75	Dáin's Company Creature — Dwarf Warrior	Creature — Dwarf Warrior	2.4%	4.0
76	Zoraline, Cosmos Caller Legendary Creature — Bat Cleric	Legendary Creature — Bat Cleric	2.3%	1.1
77	Carnivorous Cultivator // Enroot Creature — Elf Warlock // Sorcery	Creature — Elf Warlock // Sorcery	2.1%	3.7
78	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	2.1%	1.0
79	Aang, Swift Savior // Aang and La, Ocean's Fury Legendary Creature — Human Avatar Ally // Legendary Creature — Avatar Spirit Ally	Legendary Creature — Human Avatar Ally // Legendary Creature — Avatar Spirit Ally	2.1%	3.3
80	Sage of the Skies Creature — Human Monk	Creature — Human Monk	2.0%	3.9
81	Ajani Resolute Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	2.0%	2.2
82	Bloodghast Creature — Vampire Spirit	Creature — Vampire Spirit	2.0%	3.9

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Sideboard (45)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	32.8%	2.2
2	Ghost Vacuum Artifact	Artifact	23.4%	1.4
3	Seam Rip Enchantment	Enchantment	15.8%	2.2
4	Meltstrider's Resolve Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	13.8%	2.1
5	Day of Black Sun Sorcery	Sorcery	12.4%	1.8
6	Erode Instant	Instant	11.9%	1.8
7	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	9.3%	1.5
8	Day of Judgment Sorcery	Sorcery	9.1%	1.7
9	Broadside Barrage Instant	Instant	9.0%	1.3
10	Sheltered by Ghosts Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	8.0%	2.7
11	Leatherhead, Swamp Stalker Legendary Creature — Crocodile Mutant Rogue	Legendary Creature — Crocodile Mutant Rogue	7.9%	1.3
12	Shoot the Sheriff Instant	Instant	7.3%	1.6
13	Sear Instant	Instant	6.8%	1.5
14	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.5
15	Get Lost Instant	Instant	6.5%	1.5
16	Slagstorm Sorcery	Sorcery	6.5%	1.7
17	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	5.8%	1.7
18	Elspeth, Storm Slayer Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	5.7%	1.7
19	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	5.6%	1.6
20	Warg Tactics Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.7
21	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	5.0%	1.0
22	Qarsi Revenant Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	4.9%	1.9
23	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.8%	3.6
24	Deadly Cover-Up Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.1
25	Pinnacle Starcage Artifact	Artifact	4.6%	1.4
26	Pyrrhic Strike Instant	Instant	4.5%	1.6
27	Professor Dellian Fel Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	4.4%	1.6
28	Origin of Metalbending Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.1%	1.7
29	Curious Farm Animals Creature — Boar Elk Bird Ox	Creature — Boar Elk Bird Ox	3.7%	1.8
30	Abrade Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.5
31	Ill-Timed Explosion Sorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	1.5
32	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.7
33	Vicious Rivalry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	1.7
34	Authority of the Consuls Enchantment	Enchantment	2.9%	2.0
35	Requisition Raid Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	1.4
36	Captain Marvel, Earth's Protector Legendary Creature — Human Kree Hero	Legendary Creature — Human Kree Hero	2.4%	1.2
37	Beza, the Bounding Spring Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk	Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk	2.4%	1.8
38	Heritage Reclamation Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.6
39	Avatar's Wrath Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.7
40	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.5
41	Shattered Acolyte Creature — Dwarf Warlock	Creature — Dwarf Warlock	2.2%	2.1
42	Guerrilla Gorilla Creature — Ape Soldier Hero	Creature — Ape Soldier Hero	2.1%	1.3
43	Sandman, Shifting Scoundrel Legendary Creature — Sand Elemental Villain	Legendary Creature — Sand Elemental Villain	2.1%	1.2
44	Pawpatch Formation Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.7
45	Sunderflock Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	2.1%	2.5

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