Duel Commander staples: Blue or Black or Red, Counterspells or Burn or Recursion

98 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: Mental Misstep (42% of decks).

Main deck (98)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Mental Misstep Instant	Instant	42.3%	1.0
2	Wash Away Instant	Instant	36.4%	1.0
3	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	35.9%	1.0
4	Force Spike Instant	Instant	35.9%	1.0
5	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	32.9%	1.0
6	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	32.7%	1.0
7	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	31.0%	1.0
8	Daze Instant	Instant	30.7%	1.0
9	Fury Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	28.5%	1.0
10	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	28.2%	1.0
11	Memory Lapse Instant	Instant	27.5%	1.0
12	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	26.5%	1.0
13	Counterspell Instant	Instant	26.3%	1.0
14	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	26.0%	1.0
15	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	25.1%	1.0
16	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	24.8%	1.0
17	Remand Instant	Instant	24.6%	1.0
18	Lose Focus Instant	Instant	23.9%	1.0
19	Tale's End Instant	Instant	22.1%	1.0
20	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	19.7%	1.0
21	Broadside Bombardiers Creature — Goblin Pirate	Creature — Goblin Pirate	19.2%	1.0
22	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	18.9%	1.0
23	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	18.5%	1.0
24	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	15.5%	1.0
25	Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel Legendary Creature — Siren Pirate	Legendary Creature — Siren Pirate	15.3%	1.0
26	Snapcaster Mage Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	15.2%	1.0
27	Pyrogoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	14.8%	1.0
28	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	14.8%	1.0
29	Cryptic Command Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.0
30	Stifle Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.0
31	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	12.0%	1.0
32	Tishana's Tidebinder Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Creature — Merfolk Wizard	11.8%	1.0
33	Metamorphosis Fanatic Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	11.5%	1.0
34	Flame Slash Sorcery	Sorcery	11.5%	1.0
35	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.0
36	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	9.4%	1.0
37	Necromancy Enchantment	Enchantment	8.9%	1.0
38	Archmage's Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.0
39	Dance of the Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	8.6%	1.0
40	Exhume Sorcery	Sorcery	8.4%	1.0
41	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	8.3%	1.0
42	Screaming Nemesis Creature — Spirit	Creature — Spirit	8.3%	1.0
43	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.0
44	Yawgmoth's Will Sorcery	Sorcery	7.6%	1.0
45	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	7.6%	1.0
46	Mystic Confluence Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.0
47	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	6.6%	1.0
48	Evasive Action Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.0
49	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	5.9%	1.0
50	Tersa Lightshatter Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	5.4%	1.0
51	Corpse Dance Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
52	Unburial Rites Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	1.0
53	Abrade Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
54	Gau, Feral Youth Legendary Creature — Human Berserker	Legendary Creature — Human Berserker	5.1%	1.0
55	Flare of Denial Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
56	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	4.7%	1.0
57	Seal of Fire Enchantment	Enchantment	4.4%	1.0
58	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	4.2%	1.0
59	Doomsday Sorcery	Sorcery	4.0%	1.0
60	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
61	Logic Knot Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
62	Hawkeye, Master Marksman Legendary Creature — Human Archer Hero	Legendary Creature — Human Archer Hero	3.9%	1.0
63	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	3.9%	1.0
64	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	3.7%	1.0
65	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.0
66	Fiery Confluence Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
67	Tarfire Kindred Instant — Goblin	Kindred Instant — Goblin	3.2%	1.0
68	Hired Claw Creature — Lizard Mercenary	Creature — Lizard Mercenary	3.0%	1.0
69	Skyfire Phoenix Creature — Phoenix	Creature — Phoenix	3.0%	1.0
70	Miscalculation Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
71	Ox of Agonas Creature — Ox	Creature — Ox	2.9%	1.0
72	Play with Fire Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
73	Ovalchase Daredevil Creature — Human Pilot	Creature — Human Pilot	2.9%	1.0
74	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	2.9%	1.0
75	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
76	Wild Slash Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
77	Cool but Rude Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.7%	1.0
78	Shock Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
79	Bloodghast Creature — Vampire Spirit	Creature — Vampire Spirit	2.7%	1.0
80	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
81	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	2.5%	1.0
82	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
83	Mystical Dispute Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
84	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
85	Chthonian Nightmare Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	1.0
86	Forsaken Miner Creature — Skeleton Rogue	Creature — Skeleton Rogue	2.4%	1.0
87	Tasigur, the Golden Fang Legendary Creature — Human Shaman	Legendary Creature — Human Shaman	2.2%	1.0
88	Synth Eradicator Artifact Creature — Synth Soldier	Artifact Creature — Synth Soldier	2.2%	1.0
89	Forked Bolt Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
90	Pillar of Flame Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.0
91	Ranger's Firebrand Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.0
92	Fireblast Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
93	Searing Spear Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
94	Spark Spray Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
95	Smaug the Magnificent Legendary Creature — Dragon	Legendary Creature — Dragon	2.0%	1.0
96	Bloodsoaked Champion Creature — Human Warrior	Creature — Human Warrior	2.0%	1.0
97	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	2.0%	1.0
98	Incinerate Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0

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