Duel Commander staples: Blue or Red, Creatures or Instants, Removal or Burn or Recursion

45 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: Lightning Bolt (33% of decks).

Main deck (45)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	32.9%	1.0
2	Fury Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	28.5%	1.0
3	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	26.0%	1.0
4	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	24.8%	1.0
5	Broadside Bombardiers Creature — Goblin Pirate	Creature — Goblin Pirate	19.2%	1.0
6	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	18.9%	1.0
7	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	18.5%	1.0
8	Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel Legendary Creature — Siren Pirate	Legendary Creature — Siren Pirate	15.3%	1.0
9	Snapcaster Mage Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	15.2%	1.0
10	Pyrogoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	14.8%	1.0
11	Cryptic Command Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.0
12	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	9.4%	1.0
13	Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	8.3%	1.0
14	Screaming Nemesis Creature — Spirit	Creature — Spirit	8.3%	1.0
15	Mystic Confluence Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.0
16	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	6.6%	1.0
17	Tersa Lightshatter Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	5.4%	1.0
18	Abrade Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
19	Gau, Feral Youth Legendary Creature — Human Berserker	Legendary Creature — Human Berserker	5.1%	1.0
20	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
21	Hawkeye, Master Marksman Legendary Creature — Human Archer Hero	Legendary Creature — Human Archer Hero	3.9%	1.0
22	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	3.7%	1.0
23	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.0
24	Untimely Malfunction Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.0
25	Tarfire Kindred Instant — Goblin	Kindred Instant — Goblin	3.2%	1.0
26	Hired Claw Creature — Lizard Mercenary	Creature — Lizard Mercenary	3.0%	1.0
27	Skyfire Phoenix Creature — Phoenix	Creature — Phoenix	3.0%	1.0
28	Ox of Agonas Creature — Ox	Creature — Ox	2.9%	1.0
29	Skycrash Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
30	Play with Fire Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
31	Snap Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
32	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	2.9%	1.0
33	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
34	Wild Slash Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
35	Shock Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
36	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
37	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	2.5%	1.0
38	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
39	Synth Eradicator Artifact Creature — Synth Soldier	Artifact Creature — Synth Soldier	2.2%	1.0
40	Fireblast Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
41	Searing Spear Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
42	Spark Spray Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
43	Smaug the Magnificent Legendary Creature — Dragon	Legendary Creature — Dragon	2.0%	1.0
44	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	2.0%	1.0
45	Incinerate Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it