Sorceries staples in Standard

28 cards played in at least 2% of the 95 Standard decks of the last 120 days on MTGO, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Strategic Betrayal (20% of decks).

Official MTGO results, updated 28 Oct 2026. How we count

Main deck (20)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Strategic BetrayalSorcery	Sorcery	20.0%	1.3
2	Deadly Cover-UpSorcery	Sorcery	14.7%	1.8
3	Winternight StoriesSorcery	Sorcery	13.7%	2.1
4	DuressSorcery	Sorcery	12.6%	2.1
5	Esper Origins // Summon: Esper MaduinSorcery // Enchantment Creature — Saga Elemental	Sorcery // Enchantment Creature — Saga Elemental	12.6%	3.0
6	Lively DirgeSorcery	Sorcery	8.4%	4.0
7	Vraska's Final MercySorcery	Sorcery	8.4%	1.0
8	Carnivorous Cultivator // EnrootCreature — Elf Warlock // Sorcery	Creature — Elf Warlock // Sorcery	7.4%	3.7
9	Day of JudgmentSorcery	Sorcery	6.3%	2.0
10	Sleight of HandSorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	4.0
11	Pompous Battlemage // Improvised ActCreature — Goblin Sorcerer // Sorcery	Creature — Goblin Sorcerer // Sorcery	5.3%	4.0
12	United BattlefrontSorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	4.0
13	Stir Up TroubleSorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	1.2
14	Elusive Otter // Grove's BountyCreature — Otter // Sorcery — Adventure	Creature — Otter // Sorcery — Adventure	4.2%	4.0
15	Wild RideSorcery	Sorcery	4.2%	3.3
16	Callous Sell-Sword // Burn TogetherCreature — Human Soldier // Sorcery — Adventure	Creature — Human Soldier // Sorcery — Adventure	3.2%	4.0
17	Practiced OffenseSorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	4.0
18	Impractical JokeSorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	1.7
19	Ancestral AngerSorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	4.0
20	Hearth Elemental // Stoke GeniusCreature — Elemental // Sorcery — Adventure	Creature — Elemental // Sorcery — Adventure	3.2%	3.7

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (12)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	DuressSorcery	Sorcery	51.6%	2.5
2	Strategic BetrayalSorcery	Sorcery	48.4%	2.0
3	Day of Black SunSorcery	Sorcery	27.4%	1.8
4	Vicious RivalrySorcery	Sorcery	9.5%	1.1
5	Day of JudgmentSorcery	Sorcery	8.4%	1.4
6	Space-Time AnomalySorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	1.0
7	Decorum DissertationSorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	5.3%	1.0
8	UltimaSorcery	Sorcery	4.2%	1.8
9	Deadly Cover-UpSorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	1.0
10	ExorciseSorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	2.0
11	Price of FreedomSorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	3.2%	1.0
12	Maelstrom PulseSorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	1.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Basic lands are left out. Themes come from the functional tags of Scryfall Tagger. How it is calculated