Commander staples: Removal or Counterspells or Recursion

132 cards played in at least 2% of the 14738 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 (132)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Mental Misstep Instant	Instant	63.4%	1.0
2	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	63.2%	1.0
3	Force of Will Instant	Instant	61.9%	1.0
4	Fierce Guardianship Instant	Instant	61.8%	1.0
5	Pact of Negation 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	44.8%	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	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	32.5%	1.0
16	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	31.2%	1.0
17	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	30.9%	1.0
18	Finale of Devastation Sorcery	Sorcery	29.1%	1.0
19	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	25.2%	1.0
20	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	24.4%	1.0
21	Snapback Instant	Instant	22.0%	1.0
22	Sevinne's Reclamation Sorcery	Sorcery	21.6%	1.0
23	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	20.6%	1.0
24	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	18.2%	1.0
25	Noxious Revival Instant	Instant	17.9%	1.0
26	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	17.8%	1.0
27	Snap Instant	Instant	17.3%	1.0
28	Eternal Witness Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	15.5%	1.0
29	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	15.3%	1.0
30	Legolas's Quick Reflexes Instant	Instant	14.9%	1.0
31	Mnemonic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	14.0%	1.0
32	Cyclonic Rift Instant	Instant	13.9%	1.0
33	Hullbreaker Horror Creature — Kraken Horror	Creature — Kraken Horror	13.4%	1.0
34	Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria Battle — Siege // Legendary Creature — Dinosaur	Battle — Siege // Legendary Creature — Dinosaur	13.3%	1.0
35	Deadly Rollick Instant	Instant	12.8%	1.0
36	Sowing Mycospawn Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	12.1%	1.0
37	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	11.5%	1.0
38	Daze Instant	Instant	11.5%	1.0
39	Tinder Wall Creature — Plant Wall	Creature — Plant Wall	11.0%	1.0
40	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	10.9%	1.0
41	Dispel Instant	Instant	10.4%	1.0
42	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	10.1%	1.0
43	Flashback Instant	Instant	9.2%	1.0
44	Volatile Stormdrake Creature — Drake	Creature — Drake	8.6%	1.0
45	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	8.5%	1.0
46	Touch the Spirit Realm Enchantment	Enchantment	8.3%	1.0
47	Force of Vigor Instant	Instant	8.2%	1.0
48	Jennifer Walters // The Sensational She-Hulk Legendary Creature — Human Advisor Hero // Legendary Creature — Gamma Hero	Legendary Creature — Human Advisor Hero // Legendary Creature — Gamma Hero	8.1%	1.0
49	Yawgmoth's Will Sorcery	Sorcery	8.0%	1.0
50	Disrupting Shoal Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	8.0%	1.0
51	Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak Creature — Djinn Monk // Land	Creature — Djinn Monk // Land	7.7%	1.0
52	Mount Doom Legendary Land	Legendary Land	7.6%	1.0
53	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	7.4%	1.0
54	Teferi, Time Raveler Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	7.2%	1.0
55	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.0
56	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	6.8%	1.0
57	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	6.8%	1.0
58	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	6.5%	1.0
59	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.4%	1.0
60	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	6.2%	1.0
61	Untimely Malfunction Instant	Instant	6.1%	1.0
62	Emerald Charm Instant	Instant	6.0%	1.0
63	Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass Sorcery // Land	Sorcery // Land	5.9%	1.0
64	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	5.8%	1.0
65	Dismember Instant	Instant	5.7%	1.0
66	Flare of Denial Instant	Instant	5.6%	1.0
67	Mana Drain Instant	Instant	5.5%	1.0
68	Vibrance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	5.5%	1.0
69	Mayhem Devil Creature — Devil	Creature — Devil	5.3%	1.0
70	Tibalt's Trickery Instant	Instant	5.3%	1.0
71	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	5.3%	1.0
72	Timetwister Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	1.0
73	Goblin Engineer Creature — Goblin Artificer	Creature — Goblin Artificer	5.1%	1.0
74	Archdruid's Charm Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
75	Amphibian Downpour Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.9%	1.0
76	Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure Sorcery // Land	Sorcery // Land	4.9%	1.0
77	Saw in Half Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
78	Trickbind Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
79	Toxic Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	1.0
80	Silas Renn, Seeker Adept Legendary Artifact Creature — Human	Legendary Artifact Creature — Human	4.5%	1.0
81	Lavinia, Azorius Renegade Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	4.3%	1.0
82	Retraction Helix Instant	Instant	4.2%	1.0
83	Aven Interrupter Creature — Bird Rogue	Creature — Bird Rogue	4.1%	1.0
84	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.1%	1.0
85	Firestorm Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.0
86	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
87	Will of the Jeskai Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.0
88	Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow Creature — Human Warlock // Land	Creature — Human Warlock // Land	3.7%	1.0
89	Submerge Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.0
90	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.0
91	Goblin Welder Creature — Goblin Artificer	Creature — Goblin Artificer	3.6%	1.0
92	Necromancy Enchantment	Enchantment	3.5%	1.0
93	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.5%	1.0
94	Swift Reconfiguration Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	3.4%	1.0
95	Abrade Instant	Instant	3.3%	1.0
96	Muddle the Mixture Instant	Instant	3.3%	1.0
97	Squee, the Immortal Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	3.2%	1.0
98	Solitude Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.2%	1.0
99	Ruthless Technomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	3.1%	1.0
100	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	3.1%	1.0
101	Louisoix's Sacrifice Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
102	Lazotep Quarry Land — Desert	Land — Desert	2.9%	1.0
103	Portal to Phyrexia Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	1.0
104	Chaos Warp Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.0
105	Banishing Knack Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.0
106	Static Prison Enchantment	Enchantment	2.8%	1.0
107	Mogg Salvage Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
108	Barbarian Ring Land	Land	2.7%	1.0
109	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire Instant // Land	Instant // Land	2.5%	1.0
110	Aetherflux Reservoir Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	1.0
111	Twinshot Sniper Artifact Creature — Goblin Archer	Artifact Creature — Goblin Archer	2.5%	1.0
112	Counterspell Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
113	Blasphemous Act Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	1.0
114	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	2.3%	1.0
115	This Town Ain't Big Enough Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.0
116	Pongify Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.0
117	Nature's Claim Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.0
118	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	2.3%	1.0
119	Fury Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	2.3%	1.0
120	Echo of Eons Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.0
121	Strip Mine Land	Land	2.2%	1.0
122	Eldrazi Confluence Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.0
123	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.0
124	Bilbo's Gambit Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.0
125	Ertai Resurrected Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Human Wizard	Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Human Wizard	2.2%	1.0
126	Step Through Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
127	Skyclave Apparition Creature — Kor Spirit	Creature — Kor Spirit	2.2%	1.0
128	Barkform Harvester Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter	Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter	2.2%	1.0
129	Icetill Explorer Creature — Insect Scout	Creature — Insect Scout	2.1%	1.0
130	The Last Agni Kai Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.0
131	Bloodfire Dwarf Creature — Dwarf	Creature — Dwarf	2.0%	1.0
132	Dwarven Scorcher Creature — Dwarf	Creature — Dwarf	2.0%	1.0

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