Commander staples: Counterspells or Recursion or Artifact removal or Lifegain

101 cards played in at least 2% of the 15406 Commander decks of the last 120 days, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Mental Misstep (63% of decks).

Main deck (101)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Mental Misstep Instant	Instant	63.4%	1.0
2	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	63.1%	1.0
3	Force of Will Instant	Instant	62.0%	1.0
4	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	61.8%	1.0
5	Fierce Guardianship Instant	Instant	61.8%	1.0
6	Mindbreak Trap Instant — Trap	Instant — Trap	59.9%	1.0
7	Otawara, Soaring City Legendary Land	Legendary Land	56.6%	1.0
8	Swan Song Instant	Instant	53.2%	1.0
9	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	47.2%	1.0
10	Boseiju, Who Endures Legendary Land	Legendary Land	44.7%	1.0
11	An Offer You Can't Refuse Instant	Instant	44.6%	1.0
12	Underworld Breach Enchantment	Enchantment	41.2%	1.0
13	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	37.7%	1.0
14	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	34.4%	1.0
15	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	31.2%	1.0
16	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	30.9%	1.0
17	Finale of Devastation Sorcery	Sorcery	29.0%	1.0
18	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	25.2%	1.0
19	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	24.4%	1.0
20	Sevinne's Reclamation Sorcery	Sorcery	21.6%	1.0
21	The Cabbage Merchant Legendary Creature — Human Citizen	Legendary Creature — Human Citizen	21.1%	1.0
22	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	20.5%	1.0
23	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	18.2%	1.0
24	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	17.9%	1.0
25	Noxious Revival Instant	Instant	17.8%	1.0
26	Eternal Witness Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	15.4%	1.0
27	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	15.1%	1.0
28	Deathrite Shaman Creature — Elf Shaman	Creature — Elf Shaman	14.8%	1.0
29	Tymna the Weaver Legendary Creature — Human Cleric	Legendary Creature — Human Cleric	14.2%	1.0
30	Mnemonic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	14.1%	1.0
31	Cyclonic Rift Instant	Instant	13.9%	1.0
32	Hullbreaker Horror Creature — Kraken Horror	Creature — Kraken Horror	13.3%	1.0
33	Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria Battle — Siege // Legendary Creature — Dinosaur	Battle — Siege // Legendary Creature — Dinosaur	13.2%	1.0
34	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	11.5%	1.0
35	Daze Instant	Instant	11.4%	1.0
36	Dispel Instant	Instant	10.4%	1.0
37	Flashback Instant	Instant	9.1%	1.0
38	Touch the Spirit Realm Enchantment	Enchantment	8.4%	1.0
39	Force of Vigor Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.0
40	Yawgmoth's Will Sorcery	Sorcery	8.1%	1.0
41	Disrupting Shoal Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	8.0%	1.0
42	Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak Creature — Djinn Monk // Land	Creature — Djinn Monk // Land	7.6%	1.0
43	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	7.4%	1.0
44	Archivist of Oghma Creature — Halfling Cleric	Creature — Halfling Cleric	7.3%	1.0
45	Teferi, Time Raveler Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	7.3%	1.0
46	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	6.8%	1.0
47	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	6.8%	1.0
48	Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands Creature — Avatar // Sorcery	Creature — Avatar // Sorcery	6.6%	1.0
49	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	6.5%	1.0
50	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.4%	1.0
51	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	6.2%	1.0
52	Untimely Malfunction Instant	Instant	6.1%	1.0
53	Flare of Denial Instant	Instant	5.5%	1.0
54	Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise Creature — Elf Druid // Land	Creature — Elf Druid // Land	5.5%	1.0
55	Vibrance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	5.5%	1.0
56	Mana Drain Instant	Instant	5.4%	1.0
57	Tibalt's Trickery Instant	Instant	5.3%	1.0
58	Timetwister Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	1.0
59	Goblin Engineer Creature — Goblin Artificer	Creature — Goblin Artificer	5.1%	1.0
60	Archdruid's Charm Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
61	Trickbind Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
62	Silas Renn, Seeker Adept Legendary Artifact Creature — Human	Legendary Artifact Creature — Human	4.6%	1.0
63	Lavinia, Azorius Renegade Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	4.4%	1.0
64	Retraction Helix Instant	Instant	4.2%	1.0
65	Inventors' Fair Legendary Land	Legendary Land	4.1%	1.0
66	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.1%	1.0
67	Aven Interrupter Creature — Bird Rogue	Creature — Bird Rogue	4.1%	1.0
68	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
69	Will of the Jeskai Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.0
70	Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow Creature — Human Warlock // Land	Creature — Human Warlock // Land	3.6%	1.0
71	Goblin Welder Creature — Goblin Artificer	Creature — Goblin Artificer	3.6%	1.0
72	Necromancy Enchantment	Enchantment	3.6%	1.0
73	Hazel's Brewmaster Creature — Squirrel Warlock	Creature — Squirrel Warlock	3.5%	1.0
74	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
75	Blind Obedience Enchantment	Enchantment	3.3%	1.0
76	Abrade Instant	Instant	3.3%	1.0
77	Muddle the Mixture Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.0
78	Staff of Domination Artifact	Artifact	3.2%	1.0
79	Squee, the Immortal Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	3.2%	1.0
80	Solitude Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.2%	1.0
81	Ruthless Technomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	3.0%	1.0
82	Louisoix's Sacrifice Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
83	Sheoldred, the Apocalypse Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor	Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor	2.9%	1.0
84	Lazotep Quarry Land — Desert	Land — Desert	2.8%	1.0
85	Portal to Phyrexia Artifact	Artifact	2.8%	1.0
86	Static Prison Enchantment	Enchantment	2.8%	1.0
87	Banishing Knack Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.0
88	Chaos Warp Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.0
89	Mogg Salvage Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
90	Aetherflux Reservoir Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	1.0
91	Counterspell Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
92	K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Horror Minion	Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Horror Minion	2.4%	1.0
93	This Town Ain't Big Enough Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.0
94	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	2.3%	1.0
95	Nature's Claim Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.0
96	Bilbo's Gambit Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.0
97	Echo of Eons Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
98	Ertai Resurrected Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Human Wizard	Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Human Wizard	2.2%	1.0
99	Barkform Harvester Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter	Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter	2.2%	1.0
100	Skyclave Apparition Creature — Kor Spirit	Creature — Kor Spirit	2.2%	1.0
101	Icetill Explorer Creature — Insect Scout	Creature — Insect Scout	2.0%	1.0

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