Commander staples: Creatures or Instants, Counterspells or Tutors

65 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 (65)

#	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	Swan Song Instant	Instant	53.2%	1.0
8	Vampiric Tutor Instant	Instant	47.6%	1.0
9	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	47.2%	1.0
10	An Offer You Can't Refuse Instant	Instant	44.6%	1.0
11	Enlightened Tutor Instant	Instant	41.1%	1.0
12	Mystical Tutor Instant	Instant	37.8%	1.0
13	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	34.4%	1.0
14	Crop Rotation Instant	Instant	34.1%	1.0
15	Ranger-Captain of Eos Creature — Human Soldier Ranger	Creature — Human Soldier Ranger	31.8%	1.0
16	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	31.2%	1.0
17	Chord of Calling Instant	Instant	31.0%	1.0
18	Formidable Speaker Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	22.4%	1.0
19	Worldly Tutor Instant	Instant	21.1%	1.0
20	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	20.5%	1.0
21	Intuition Instant	Instant	17.4%	1.0
22	Opposition Agent Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	14.7%	1.0
23	Hullbreaker Horror Creature — Kraken Horror	Creature — Kraken Horror	13.3%	1.0
24	Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria Battle — Siege // Legendary Creature — Dinosaur	Battle — Siege // Legendary Creature — Dinosaur	13.2%	1.0
25	Summoner's Pact Instant	Instant	12.7%	1.0
26	Sowing Mycospawn Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	12.0%	1.0
27	Spellseeker Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	11.9%	1.0
28	Daze Instant	Instant	11.4%	1.0
29	Dispel Instant	Instant	10.4%	1.0
30	Entomb Instant	Instant	9.2%	1.0
31	Imperial Recruiter Creature — Human Advisor	Creature — Human Advisor	8.9%	1.0
32	Gifts Ungiven Instant	Instant	8.0%	1.0
33	Disrupting Shoal Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	8.0%	1.0
34	Magda, Brazen Outlaw Legendary Creature — Dwarf Berserker	Legendary Creature — Dwarf Berserker	6.7%	1.0
35	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.4%	1.0
36	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	5.9%	1.0
37	Pia, Aether Ascetic Legendary Creature — Human Druid	Legendary Creature — Human Druid	5.8%	1.0
38	Drift of Phantasms Creature — Spirit	Creature — Spirit	5.7%	1.0
39	Flare of Denial Instant	Instant	5.5%	1.0
40	Whir of Invention Instant	Instant	5.5%	1.0
41	Vibrance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	5.5%	1.0
42	Mana Drain Instant	Instant	5.4%	1.0
43	Tibalt's Trickery Instant	Instant	5.3%	1.0
44	Eladamri's Call Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
45	Goblin Engineer Creature — Goblin Artificer	Creature — Goblin Artificer	5.1%	1.0
46	Archdruid's Charm Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
47	Trickbind Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
48	Trophy Mage Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	4.8%	1.0
49	Sisay, Weatherlight Captain Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	4.7%	1.0
50	Lavinia, Azorius Renegade Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	4.4%	1.0
51	Aven Interrupter Creature — Bird Rogue	Creature — Bird Rogue	4.1%	1.0
52	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
53	Dizzy Spell Instant	Instant	3.9%	1.0
54	Woodland Bellower Creature — Beast	Creature — Beast	3.5%	1.0
55	Lim-Dûl's Vault Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.0
56	Hoarding Broodlord Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	3.3%	1.0
57	Muddle the Mixture Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.0
58	Louisoix's Sacrifice Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
59	Recruiter of the Guard Creature — Human Soldier	Creature — Human Soldier	2.8%	1.0
60	Counterspell Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
61	Academy Rector Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	2.3%	1.0
62	Bilbo's Gambit Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.0
63	Ertai Resurrected Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Human Wizard	Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Human Wizard	2.2%	1.0
64	Razaketh, the Foulblooded Legendary Creature — Demon	Legendary Creature — Demon	2.1%	1.0
65	Elvish Reclaimer Creature — Elf Warrior	Creature — Elf Warrior	2.1%	1.0

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