Most-Played Cards
Standard Staples
The most-played cards in Standard on Magic Online, ranked by how often they show up in decklists (main deck and sideboard combined), plus share-over-time charts to compare any cards across Challenges and Leagues. Back to Standard metagame.
Most-played Standard cards
Main + sideboard · last 30 days
Top Cards Overall
Non-lands
| # | Card | Cost | % of Decks | # Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flashfreeze |   | 36% | 1.8 |
| 2 | Strategic Betrayal |  | 35% | 2.4 |
| 3 | Requiting Hex | | 30% | 3.3 |
| 4 | Disdainful Stroke | | 29% | 1.3 |
| 5 | Duress | | 29% | 3.3 |
| 6 | Spell Pierce | | 28% | 1.8 |
| 7 | Torpor Orb |  | 26% | 2.4 |
| 8 | Erode |  | 26% | 2.6 |
| 9 | Llanowar Elves |  | 25% | 4.0 |
| 10 | Spell Snare | | 24% | 1.9 |
Top Creatures
| # | Card | Cost | % of Decks | # Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Llanowar Elves | | 25% | 4.0 |
| 2 | Surrak, Elusive Hunter | | 24% | 2.3 |
| 3 | Mossborn Hydra | | 23% | 3.9 |
| 4 | Sazh's Chocobo | | 23% | 4.0 |
| 5 | Mightform Harmonizer | | 23% | 3.7 |
| 6 | Icetill Explorer | | 22% | 4.0 |
| 7 | Keen-Eyed Curator | | 20% | 2.2 |
| 8 | Wan Shi Tong, Librarian |  | 19% | 1.6 |
| 9 | Voice of Victory | | 16% | 2.7 |
| 10 | Leatherhead, Swamp Stalker | | 14% | 1.3 |
Top Spells
| # | Card | Cost | % of Decks | # Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flashfreeze | | 36% | 1.8 |
| 2 | Strategic Betrayal | | 35% | 2.4 |
| 3 | Requiting Hex | | 30% | 3.3 |
| 4 | Disdainful Stroke | | 29% | 1.3 |
| 5 | Duress | | 29% | 3.3 |
| 6 | Spell Pierce | | 28% | 1.8 |
| 7 | Torpor Orb | | 26% | 2.4 |
| 8 | Erode | | 26% | 2.6 |
| 9 | Spell Snare | | 24% | 1.9 |
| 10 | Shoot the Sheriff | | 23% | 2.0 |
Top Lands
| # | Card | Cost | % of Decks | # Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starting Town | — | 25% | 3.2 |
| 2 | Multiversal Passage | — | 25% | 2.0 |
| 3 | Steam Vents | — | 24% | 3.6 |
| 4 | Ba Sing Se | — | 24% | 3.1 |
| 5 | Fabled Passage | — | 23% | 4.0 |
| 6 | Escape Tunnel | — | 22% | 3.6 |
| 7 | Sacred Foundry | — | 21% | 3.3 |
| 8 | Watery Grave | — | 21% | 3.6 |
| 9 | Riverpyre Verge | — | 20% | 3.6 |
| 10 | Gloomlake Verge | — | 20% | 3.6 |
Share over time
Each line shows the share of all Standard decklists running that card (main deck or sideboard), by week. Pick any cards to compare.
Adoption is each card's fraction of every Standard decklist ingested from MTGO Challenges and Leagues, counting main-deck and sideboard copies together. Top Cards Overall excludes lands. The ranking tables use the last 30 days; the chart follows the window selected above. Up to 8 cards can be compared at once.