Duel Commander staples: Blue or Red, Creatures or Instants, Removal or Counterspells or Recursion or Graveyard hate

68 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 (68)

#	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	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	24.8%	1.0
16	Remand Instant	Instant	24.6%	1.0
17	Lose Focus Instant	Instant	23.9%	1.0
18	Tale's End Instant	Instant	22.1%	1.0
19	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	19.7%	1.0
20	Broadside Bombardiers Creature — Goblin Pirate	Creature — Goblin Pirate	19.2%	1.0
21	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	18.9%	1.0
22	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	18.5%	1.0
23	Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel Legendary Creature — Siren Pirate	Legendary Creature — Siren Pirate	15.3%	1.0
24	Snapcaster Mage Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	15.2%	1.0
25	Pyrogoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	14.8%	1.0
26	Cryptic Command Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.0
27	Stifle Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.0
28	Tishana's Tidebinder Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Creature — Merfolk Wizard	11.8%	1.0
29	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	9.4%	1.0
30	Archmage's Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.0
31	Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	8.3%	1.0
32	Screaming Nemesis Creature — Spirit	Creature — Spirit	8.3%	1.0
33	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.0
34	Mystic Confluence Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.0
35	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	6.6%	1.0
36	Evasive Action Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.0
37	Tersa Lightshatter Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	5.4%	1.0
38	Abrade Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
39	Flare of Denial Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
40	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
41	Logic Knot Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
42	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	3.9%	1.0
43	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	3.7%	1.0
44	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.0
45	Untimely Malfunction Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.0
46	Tarfire Kindred Instant — Goblin	Kindred Instant — Goblin	3.2%	1.0
47	Skyfire Phoenix Creature — Phoenix	Creature — Phoenix	3.0%	1.0
48	Miscalculation Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
49	Ox of Agonas Creature — Ox	Creature — Ox	2.9%	1.0
50	Skycrash Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
51	Play with Fire Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
52	Snap Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
53	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	2.9%	1.0
54	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
55	Wild Slash Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
56	Shock Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
57	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
58	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	2.5%	1.0
59	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
60	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
61	Mystical Dispute Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
62	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
63	Synth Eradicator Artifact Creature — Synth Soldier	Artifact Creature — Synth Soldier	2.2%	1.0
64	Fireblast Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
65	Searing Spear Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
66	Spark Spray Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
67	Smaug the Magnificent Legendary Creature — Dragon	Legendary Creature — Dragon	2.0%	1.0
68	Incinerate Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0

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