Premodern Standstill
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Standstill has slipped from ~5.7% to 3.4% of the Premodern metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Slipped from ~5.7% to 3.4% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising Standstill cards
Cards gaining share within Standstill vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kor Haven | 11% | 38% | +27.4% |
| Miscalculation | 6% | 23% | +17.5% |
| Humility | 44% | 62% | +17.1% |
| Exalted Angel | 33% | 46% | +12.8% |
| Prohibit | 67% | 77% | +10.3% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Ground | New | 23% | +23.1% |
| Brain Freeze | New | 23% | +23.1% |
| Warmth | New | 23% | +23.1% |
| Thawing Glaciers | 11% | 31% | +19.7% |
| Circle of Protection: Red | 67% | 100% | +33.3% |
| Tormod's Crypt | 33% | 46% | +12.8% |
| Disenchant | 28% | 38% | +10.7% |
| Teferi's Response | 89% | 100% | +11.1% |
Typical Premodern Standstill maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 151 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Counterspell | 4.0 | 100% |
| Island | 5.1 | 100% |
| Standstill | 3.2 | 100% |
| Faerie Conclave | 2.1 | 99% |
| Mishra's Factory | 4.0 | 99% |
| Fact or Fiction | 2.9 | 97% |
| Decree of Justice | 3.0 | 95% |
| Flooded Strand | 4.0 | 95% |
| Plains | 3.7 | 95% |
| Swords to Plowshares | 4.0 | 95% |
| Wrath of God | 2.1 | 94% |
| Adarkar Wastes | 3.9 | 93% |
| Dust Bowl | 2.0 | 93% |
| Mana Leak | 3.0 | 93% |
| Disenchant | 2.0 | 91% |
| Powder Keg | 1.7 | 90% |
| Coastal Tower | 1.2 | 89% |
| Impulse | 3.9 | 89% |
| Phyrexian Furnace | 1.8 | 82% |
| Prohibit | 1.2 | 76% |
| Exalted Angel | 1.1 | 62% |
| Humility | 1.0 | 25% |
| Seal of Cleansing | 1.0 | 20% |
| Absorb | 1.0 | 18% |
| Wasteland | 2.4 | 17% |
| Miscalculation | 1.8 | 13% |
| Kor Haven | 1.1 | 12% |
| Thawing Glaciers | 1.0 | 11% |
| Enlightened Tutor | 1.0 | 10% |
| Nevinyrral's Disk | 2.6 | 8% |
| Skycloud Expanse | 1.1 | 8% |
| Peek | 2.0 | 7% |
| Chain of Vapor | 3.0 | 4% |
| Eternal Dragon | 1.0 | 4% |
| Fire/Ice | 3.8 | 4% |
| Forbid | 1.0 | 4% |
| Lightning Bolt | 4.0 | 4% |
| Mountain | 4.3 | 4% |
| Shivan Reef | 4.0 | 4% |
| Akroma's Vengeance | 1.4 | 3% |
Typical Premodern Standstill sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 151 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 151 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Meddling Mage | 3.9 | 85% |
| Annul | 1.7 | 75% |
| Blue Elemental Blast | 2.6 | 75% |
| Teferi's Response | 1.9 | 75% |
| Exalted Angel | 1.8 | 74% |
| Circle of Protection: Red | 1.5 | 73% |
| Hydroblast | 2.2 | 61% |
| Disenchant | 1.0 | 50% |
| Phyrexian Furnace | 2.1 | 19% |
| Cleansing Meditation | 1.3 | 18% |
| Tormod's Crypt | 1.5 | 16% |
| Arcane Laboratory | 1.3 | 15% |
| Aura of Silence | 1.0 | 15% |
| Thawing Glaciers | 1.3 | 12% |
| Morphling | 1.0 | 8% |
| Seal of Cleansing | 1.0 | 8% |
| Powder Keg | 1.1 | 7% |
| Warmth | 1.7 | 7% |
| Akroma's Vengeance | 1.0 | 6% |
| Dismantling Blow | 1.0 | 5% |
| Disrupt | 2.0 | 5% |
| Sphere of Law | 1.3 | 5% |
| Aura Fracture | 1.0 | 4% |
| Presence of the Master | 1.2 | 4% |
| Pyroblast | 3.0 | 4% |
| Sacred Ground | 1.0 | 4% |
| Dust Bowl | 1.0 | 3% |
| Chill | 2.0 | 3% |
| Conversion | 1.0 | 3% |
| Humility | 1.0 | 3% |
| Red Elemental Blast | 1.0 | 3% |
| Wrath of God | 1.0 | 3% |
| Brain Freeze | 1.7 | 2% |
| Circle of Protection: Black | 1.0 | 2% |
| Cursed Totem | 1.0 | 2% |
| Black Vise | 2.0 | 1% |
| Decree of Justice | 1.5 | 1% |
| Light of Day | 1.0 | 1% |
| Overload | 2.5 | 1% |
| Peek | 1.0 | 1% |
Standstill Premodern FAQ
Is Standstill good in Premodern right now?
Standstill is 3.4% of Premodern decklists in the last two weeks (down 22% vs the prior window). Best recent finish: 11th (4-2) at Premodern Challenge 32 on Jul 24, 2026.
What are the key cards in Premodern Standstill?
Nearly every list runs Counterspell and Standstill (99%+ of Premodern Standstill decklists in the last 90 days). Builds split 92 Azorius vs 6 Izzet lists.
What's a typical Premodern Standstill sideboard?
The most common Premodern Standstill sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Meddling Mage (85% of lists), Annul (75% of lists), Blue Elemental Blast (75% of lists), and Teferi's Response (75% of lists). Sacred Ground is the fastest riser — new this window at 23% of sideboards.
Are there different builds of Premodern Standstill?
What does Uniqueness mean?
Uniqueness rates each list from band 1 (Stock) through band 10 (Unique). Higher means a list is more unusual vs recent peers of this strategy.
How many Premodern Standstill decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 338 Premodern Standstill decklists all-time (13 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Standstill result Jul 28, 2026.