Standard Staples — Best Cards for Standard MTG (2026)

These are the most-played staple cards in Standard, aggregated from 23 Standard decks in our database. Standard is a rotating format using the most recent Magic sets, rewarding adaptability as the card pool shifts each year.

Each card links to its full details page and to Amazon for purchase. Cards are ranked by how many of the 23 analyzed decks include them.

#1 Get Lost
In 7 of 23 decks
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#2 Starting Town
In 5 of 23 decks
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#3 Multiversal Passage
#4 Cavern of Souls
In 4 of 23 decks
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#5 Sheltered by Ghosts
#6 Breeding Pool
In 3 of 23 decks
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#7 Lush Portico
In 3 of 23 decks
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#8 Hushwood Verge
In 3 of 23 decks
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#9 Floodfarm Verge
In 3 of 23 decks
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#10 Llanowar Elves
In 3 of 23 decks
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#11 Vengeful Bloodwitch
#12 Floodpits Drowner
#13 Torch the Tower
In 3 of 23 decks
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#14 Witchstalker Frenzy
#15 Caves of Koilos
In 3 of 23 decks
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#16 Concealed Courtyard
#17 Brushland
In 3 of 23 decks
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#18 Soulstone Sanctuary
#21 Meticulous Archive
#22 Willowrush Verge
In 2 of 23 decks
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#23 Fabled Passage
In 2 of 23 decks
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#24 Into the Flood Maw
#25 Spirebluff Canal
In 2 of 23 decks
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#27 Umbral Collar Zealot
#30 Restless Anchorage