Commander staples: Instants or Artifacts, Removal or Recursion

45 cards played in at least 2% of the 14696 Commander decks of the last 120 days, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Chain of Vapor (38% of decks).

Main deck (45)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	37.8%	1.0
2	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	34.5%	1.0
3	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	31.3%	1.0
4	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	30.9%	1.0
5	Snapback Instant	Instant	22.0%	1.0
6	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	20.6%	1.0
7	Noxious Revival Instant	Instant	17.9%	1.0
8	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	17.7%	1.0
9	Snap Instant	Instant	17.3%	1.0
10	Legolas's Quick Reflexes Instant	Instant	14.9%	1.0
11	Cyclonic Rift Instant	Instant	13.9%	1.0
12	Deadly Rollick Instant	Instant	12.8%	1.0
13	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	10.9%	1.0
14	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	10.1%	1.0
15	Flashback Instant	Instant	9.2%	1.0
16	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	8.5%	1.0
17	Force of Vigor Instant	Instant	8.2%	1.0
18	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.0
19	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	6.8%	1.0
20	Untimely Malfunction Instant	Instant	6.1%	1.0
21	Emerald Charm Instant	Instant	6.0%	1.0
22	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	5.8%	1.0
23	Dismember Instant	Instant	5.7%	1.0
24	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	5.3%	1.0
25	Archdruid's Charm Instant	Instant	5.0%	1.0
26	Saw in Half Instant	Instant	5.0%	1.0
27	Silas Renn, Seeker Adept Legendary Artifact Creature — Human	Legendary Artifact Creature — Human	4.5%	1.0
28	Retraction Helix Instant	Instant	4.2%	1.0
29	Firestorm Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.0
30	Submerge Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.0
31	Abrade Instant	Instant	3.3%	1.0
32	Portal to Phyrexia Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	1.0
33	Banishing Knack Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.0
34	Chaos Warp Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.0
35	Mogg Salvage Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
36	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire Instant // Land	Instant // Land	2.5%	1.0
37	Aetherflux Reservoir Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	1.0
38	Twinshot Sniper Artifact Creature — Goblin Archer	Artifact Creature — Goblin Archer	2.5%	1.0
39	This Town Ain't Big Enough Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.0
40	Nature's Claim Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.0
41	Pongify Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.0
42	Eldrazi Confluence Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.0
43	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.0
44	Barkform Harvester Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter	Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter	2.2%	1.0
45	The Last Agni Kai Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it