Duel Commander staples: Black, Counterspells or Discard or Ramp or Recursion

38 cards played in at least 2% of the 593 Duel Commander decks of the last 120 days, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Thoughtseize (36% of decks).

Main deck (38)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	36.1%	1.0
2	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	30.2%	1.0
3	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	26.5%	1.0
4	Grief Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	18.5%	1.0
5	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	14.8%	1.0
6	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	12.0%	1.0
7	Metamorphosis Fanatic Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	11.5%	1.0
8	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	11.1%	1.0
9	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.0
10	Collective Brutality Sorcery	Sorcery	9.4%	1.0
11	Necromancy Enchantment	Enchantment	8.9%	1.0
12	Dance of the Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	8.6%	1.0
13	Exhume Sorcery	Sorcery	8.4%	1.0
14	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	8.3%	1.0
15	Cabal Ritual Instant	Instant	7.9%	1.0
16	Yawgmoth's Will Sorcery	Sorcery	7.6%	1.0
17	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	7.6%	1.0
18	Fire Nation Occupation Enchantment	Enchantment	7.4%	1.0
19	Sacrifice Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.0
20	Culling the Weak Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.0
21	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	5.9%	1.0
22	Corpse Dance Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
23	Unburial Rites Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	1.0
24	Shambling Ghast Creature — Zombie	Creature — Zombie	5.2%	1.0
25	Dark Petition Sorcery	Sorcery	5.1%	1.0
26	Greedy Freebooter Creature — Human Pirate	Creature — Human Pirate	5.1%	1.0
27	Burnt Offering Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
28	Deadly Dispute Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.0
29	Dread Fugue Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	1.0
30	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	4.2%	1.0
31	Doomsday Sorcery	Sorcery	4.0%	1.0
32	Ovalchase Daredevil Creature — Human Pilot	Creature — Human Pilot	2.9%	1.0
33	Bloodghast Creature — Vampire Spirit	Creature — Vampire Spirit	2.7%	1.0
34	Unmask Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	1.0
35	Chthonian Nightmare Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	1.0
36	Forsaken Miner Creature — Skeleton Rogue	Creature — Skeleton Rogue	2.4%	1.0
37	Tasigur, the Golden Fang Legendary Creature — Human Shaman	Legendary Creature — Human Shaman	2.2%	1.0
38	Bloodsoaked Champion Creature — Human Warrior	Creature — Human Warrior	2.0%	1.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it