Commander staples: Instants or Sorceries

177 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 (177)

#	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	Deflecting Swat Instant	Instant	53.5%	1.0
8	Swan Song Instant	Instant	53.2%	1.0
9	Vampiric Tutor Instant	Instant	47.6%	1.0
10	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	47.2%	1.0
11	Demonic Tutor Sorcery	Sorcery	46.3%	1.0
12	Borne Upon a Wind Instant	Instant	44.9%	1.0
13	An Offer You Can't Refuse Instant	Instant	44.6%	1.0
14	Gamble Sorcery	Sorcery	43.4%	1.0
15	Silence Instant	Instant	42.6%	1.0
16	Enlightened Tutor Instant	Instant	41.1%	1.0
17	Rite of Flame Sorcery	Sorcery	41.0%	1.0
18	Dark Ritual Instant	Instant	40.4%	1.0
19	Mystical Tutor Instant	Instant	37.8%	1.0
20	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	37.7%	1.0
21	Imperial Seal Sorcery	Sorcery	37.1%	1.0
22	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	34.4%	1.0
23	Crop Rotation Instant	Instant	34.1%	1.0
24	Tainted Pact Instant	Instant	33.4%	1.0
25	Brain Freeze Instant	Instant	32.1%	1.0
26	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	31.2%	1.0
27	Chord of Calling Instant	Instant	31.0%	1.0
28	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	30.9%	1.0
29	Jeska's Will Sorcery	Sorcery	30.3%	1.0
30	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	29.7%	1.0
31	Nature's Rhythm Sorcery	Sorcery	29.7%	1.0
32	Cabal Ritual Instant	Instant	29.2%	1.0
33	Finale of Devastation Sorcery	Sorcery	29.0%	1.0
34	Final Fortune Instant	Instant	28.7%	1.0
35	Culling the Weak Instant	Instant	27.6%	1.0
36	Demonic Consultation Instant	Instant	27.4%	1.0
37	Beseech the Mirror Sorcery	Sorcery	27.0%	1.0
38	Misdirection Instant	Instant	26.8%	1.0
39	Diabolic Intent Sorcery	Sorcery	26.1%	1.0
40	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	25.2%	1.0
41	Commandeer Instant	Instant	24.2%	1.0
42	Redirect Lightning Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	23.7%	1.0
43	Ad Nauseam Instant	Instant	22.7%	1.0
44	Snapback Instant	Instant	22.1%	1.0
45	Flare of Duplication Instant	Instant	21.7%	1.0
46	Sevinne's Reclamation Sorcery	Sorcery	21.6%	1.0
47	Orim's Chant Instant	Instant	21.1%	1.0
48	Worldly Tutor Instant	Instant	21.1%	1.0
49	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	20.5%	1.0
50	Wheel of Fortune Sorcery	Sorcery	19.6%	1.0
51	Flash Photography Sorcery	Sorcery	18.1%	1.0
52	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	17.9%	1.0
53	Noxious Revival Instant	Instant	17.8%	1.0
54	Intuition Instant	Instant	17.4%	1.0
55	Snap Instant	Instant	17.2%	1.0
56	Gitaxian Probe Sorcery	Sorcery	17.0%	1.0
57	Legolas's Quick Reflexes Instant	Instant	14.9%	1.0
58	Eldritch Evolution Sorcery	Sorcery	14.8%	1.0
59	Rain of Filth Instant	Instant	14.4%	1.0
60	Mnemonic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	14.1%	1.0
61	Cyclonic Rift Instant	Instant	13.9%	1.0
62	Strike It Rich Sorcery	Sorcery	13.3%	1.0
63	Praetor's Grasp Sorcery	Sorcery	13.1%	1.0
64	Deadly Rollick Instant	Instant	12.7%	1.0
65	Summoner's Pact Instant	Instant	12.7%	1.0
66	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	11.5%	1.0
67	Daze Instant	Instant	11.4%	1.0
68	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	10.8%	1.0
69	Dispel Instant	Instant	10.4%	1.0
70	Pyretic Ritual Instant	Instant	10.2%	1.0
71	Infernal Plunge Sorcery	Sorcery	9.7%	1.0
72	Entomb Instant	Instant	9.2%	1.0
73	Desperate Ritual Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	9.2%	1.0
74	Flashback Instant	Instant	9.1%	1.0
75	Dramatic Reversal Instant	Instant	9.1%	1.0
76	Transmute Artifact Sorcery	Sorcery	8.9%	1.0
77	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	8.5%	1.0
78	Seething Song Instant	Instant	8.3%	1.0
79	Force of Vigor Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.0
80	Yawgmoth's Will Sorcery	Sorcery	8.1%	1.0
81	Gifts Ungiven Instant	Instant	8.0%	1.0
82	Hidden Strings Sorcery	Sorcery	8.0%	1.0
83	Disrupting Shoal Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	8.0%	1.0
84	Windfall Sorcery	Sorcery	7.8%	1.0
85	Last Chance Sorcery	Sorcery	7.5%	1.0
86	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	7.4%	1.0
87	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	7.0%	1.0
88	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.0
89	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	6.8%	1.0
90	Sylvan Scrying Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.0
91	Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands Creature — Avatar // Sorcery	Creature — Avatar // Sorcery	6.6%	1.0
92	Angel's Grace Instant	Instant	6.3%	1.0
93	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	6.2%	1.0
94	Untimely Malfunction Instant	Instant	6.1%	1.0
95	Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass Sorcery // Land	Sorcery // Land	5.9%	1.0
96	Emerald Charm Instant	Instant	5.9%	1.0
97	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	5.9%	1.0
98	Dismember Instant	Instant	5.7%	1.0
99	Neoform Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
100	Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn Sorcery // Land	Sorcery // Land	5.6%	1.0
101	Flare of Denial Instant	Instant	5.5%	1.0
102	Whir of Invention Instant	Instant	5.5%	1.0
103	Frantic Search Instant	Instant	5.5%	1.0
104	Mana Drain Instant	Instant	5.4%	1.0
105	Tibalt's Trickery Instant	Instant	5.3%	1.0
106	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	5.3%	1.0
107	Timetwister Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	1.0
108	Eladamri's Call Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
109	Scheming Symmetry Sorcery	Sorcery	5.0%	1.0
110	Demonic Counsel Sorcery	Sorcery	5.0%	1.0
111	Saw in Half Instant	Instant	5.0%	1.0
112	Sacrifice Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
113	Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure Sorcery // Land	Sorcery // Land	4.9%	1.0
114	Molten Duplication Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	1.0
115	Archdruid's Charm Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
116	Trickbind Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
117	Toxic Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.0
118	Retraction Helix Instant	Instant	4.2%	1.0
119	Sudden Substitution Instant	Instant	4.2%	1.0
120	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.0
121	Firestorm Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.0
122	Burnt Offering Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.0
123	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
124	Warrior's Oath Sorcery	Sorcery	3.9%	1.0
125	Dizzy Spell Instant	Instant	3.9%	1.0
126	Natural Order Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.0
127	Will of the Jeskai Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.0
128	Submerge Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.0
129	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.0
130	Hex Magic Sorcery — Arcane	Sorcery — Arcane	3.5%	1.0
131	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
132	Lim-Dûl's Vault Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.0
133	Twinflame Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
134	Peer into the Abyss Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.0
135	Abrade Instant	Instant	3.3%	1.0
136	Muddle the Mixture Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.0
137	Return the Favor Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.0
138	Reiterate Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.0
139	Solve the Equation Sorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	1.0
140	Chatterstorm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	1.0
141	Grim Tutor Sorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	1.0
142	Louisoix's Sacrifice Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
143	Faithless Looting Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.0
144	Autumn's Veil Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
145	Banishing Knack Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.0
146	Chaos Warp Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.0
147	Mogg Salvage Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
148	Fabricate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.6%	1.0
149	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire Instant // Land	Instant // Land	2.5%	1.0
150	Wargate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	1.0
151	Metamorphosis Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	1.0
152	Buried Alive Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	1.0
153	Blasphemous Act Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	1.0
154	Counterspell Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
155	Sylvan Tutor Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	1.0
156	This Town Ain't Big Enough Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.0
157	Tidal Bore Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.0
158	Pongify Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.0
159	Unmarked Grave Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.0
160	Nature's Claim Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.0
161	Wheel of Misfortune Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.0
162	Bilbo's Gambit Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.0
163	Echo of Eons Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
164	Eldrazi Confluence Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.0
165	Wrenn's Resolve Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
166	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.0
167	Heat Shimmer Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
168	Step Through Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
169	Merchant Scroll Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
170	Opera Love Song Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.0
171	Bolt Bend Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.0
172	Reckless Impulse Sorcery	Sorcery	2.1%	1.0
173	Geosurge Sorcery	Sorcery	2.1%	1.0
174	Glimpse the Impossible Sorcery	Sorcery	2.1%	1.0
175	The Last Agni Kai Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.0
176	Electroduplicate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.0
177	Idyllic Tutor Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.0

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Avg. copies

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