Duel Commander staples: Blue or Red, Creatures or Instants or Artifacts, Counterspells or Ramp or Recursion

53 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 (53)

#	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	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	32.7%	1.0
6	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	31.0%	1.0
7	Daze Instant	Instant	30.7%	1.0
8	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	28.2%	1.0
9	Memory Lapse Instant	Instant	27.5%	1.0
10	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	26.5%	1.0
11	Counterspell Instant	Instant	26.3%	1.0
12	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	26.0%	1.0
13	Remand Instant	Instant	24.6%	1.0
14	Lose Focus Instant	Instant	23.9%	1.0
15	Tale's End Instant	Instant	22.1%	1.0
16	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	19.7%	1.0
17	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	18.9%	1.0
18	Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel Legendary Creature — Siren Pirate	Legendary Creature — Siren Pirate	15.3%	1.0
19	Snapcaster Mage Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	15.2%	1.0
20	Simian Spirit Guide Creature — Ape Spirit	Creature — Ape Spirit	14.7%	1.0
21	Cryptic Command Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.0
22	Stifle Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.0
23	Tishana's Tidebinder Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Creature — Merfolk Wizard	11.8%	1.0
24	Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki Enchantment — Saga // Enchantment Creature — Goblin Shaman	Enchantment — Saga // Enchantment Creature — Goblin Shaman	10.1%	1.0
25	Archmage's Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.0
26	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.0
27	Mystic Confluence Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.0
28	Evasive Action Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.0
29	Seething Song Instant	Instant	6.2%	1.0
30	Tersa Lightshatter Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	5.4%	1.0
31	Desperate Ritual Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.2%	1.0
32	Pyretic Ritual Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
33	Impulsive Pilferer Creature — Goblin Pirate	Creature — Goblin Pirate	5.1%	1.0
34	Flare of Denial Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
35	Agent of Treachery Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	4.4%	1.0
36	Logic Knot Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
37	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	3.9%	1.0
38	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	3.7%	1.0
39	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.0
40	Magda, the Hoardmaster Legendary Creature — Dwarf Berserker	Legendary Creature — Dwarf Berserker	3.5%	1.0
41	Skyfire Phoenix Creature — Phoenix	Creature — Phoenix	3.0%	1.0
42	Miscalculation Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
43	Ox of Agonas Creature — Ox	Creature — Ox	2.9%	1.0
44	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	2.9%	1.0
45	Urza, Lord High Artificer Legendary Creature — Human Artificer	Legendary Creature — Human Artificer	2.7%	1.0
46	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
47	Orcish Lumberjack Creature — Orc	Creature — Orc	2.5%	1.0
48	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
49	Mystical Dispute Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
50	Moonsnare Prototype Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0
51	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
52	Hullbreacher Creature — Merfolk Pirate	Creature — Merfolk Pirate	2.2%	1.0
53	Smaug the Magnificent Legendary Creature — Dragon	Legendary Creature — Dragon	2.0%	1.0

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