Duel Commander staples: Counterspells or Recursion or Lifegain
152 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: Swords to Plowshares (51% of decks).
Main deck (152)
| # | Card | Type | % of decks | Avg. copies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Swords to Plowshares
Instant
|
Instant | 51.3% | 1.0 |
| 2 |
Solitude
Creature — Elemental Incarnation
|
Creature — Elemental Incarnation | 43.0% | 1.0 |
| 3 |
Mental Misstep
Instant
|
Instant | 42.3% | 1.0 |
| 4 |
Wash Away
Instant
|
Instant | 36.4% | 1.0 |
| 5 |
Spell Snare
Instant
|
Instant | 35.9% | 1.0 |
| 6 |
Force Spike
Instant
|
Instant | 35.9% | 1.0 |
| 7 |
Mana Leak
Instant
|
Instant | 32.7% | 1.0 |
| 8 |
Stern Scolding
Instant
|
Instant | 31.0% | 1.0 |
| 9 |
Daze
Instant
|
Instant | 30.7% | 1.0 |
| 10 |
Mana Tithe
Instant
|
Instant | 30.4% | 1.0 |
| 11 |
Pre-War Formalwear
Artifact — Equipment
|
Artifact — Equipment | 29.3% | 1.0 |
| 12 |
Force of Negation
Instant
|
Instant | 28.2% | 1.0 |
| 13 |
Ocelot Pride
Creature — Cat
|
Creature — Cat | 27.8% | 1.0 |
| 14 |
Memory Lapse
Instant
|
Instant | 27.5% | 1.0 |
| 15 |
Reprieve
Instant
|
Instant | 27.3% | 1.0 |
| 16 |
Subtlety
Creature — Elemental Incarnation
|
Creature — Elemental Incarnation | 26.5% | 1.0 |
| 17 |
Counterspell
Instant
|
Instant | 26.3% | 1.0 |
| 18 |
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
Instant // Land
|
Instant // Land | 26.0% | 1.0 |
| 19 |
Remand
Instant
|
Instant | 24.6% | 1.0 |
| 20 |
Guide of Souls
Creature — Human Cleric
|
Creature — Human Cleric | 24.1% | 1.0 |
| 21 |
Lose Focus
Instant
|
Instant | 23.9% | 1.0 |
| 22 |
Green Sun's Zenith
 
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 22.8% | 1.0 |
| 23 |
Tale's End
Instant
|
Instant | 22.1% | 1.0 |
| 24 |
Oust
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 21.4% | 1.0 |
| 25 |
Spell Pierce
Instant
|
Instant | 19.7% | 1.0 |
| 26 |
Detective's Phoenix
Enchantment Creature — Phoenix
|
Enchantment Creature — Phoenix | 18.9% | 1.0 |
| 27 |
Endurance
Creature — Elemental Incarnation
|
Creature — Elemental Incarnation | 18.0% | 1.0 |
| 28 |
Ghost Vacuum
Artifact
|
Artifact | 17.5% | 1.0 |
| 29 |
Barrowgoyf
Creature — Lhurgoyf
|
Creature — Lhurgoyf | 17.5% | 1.0 |
| 30 |
Cling to Dust
Instant
|
Instant | 16.4% | 1.0 |
| 31 |
Mystic Sanctuary
Land — Island
|
Land — Island | 16.2% | 1.0 |
| 32 |
Haywire Mite
Artifact Creature — Insect
|
Artifact Creature — Insect | 16.2% | 1.0 |
| 33 |
Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
Legendary Creature — Siren Pirate
|
Legendary Creature — Siren Pirate | 15.3% | 1.0 |
| 34 |
No More Lies
Instant
|
Instant | 15.3% | 1.0 |
| 35 |
Snapcaster Mage
Creature — Human Wizard
|
Creature — Human Wizard | 15.2% | 1.0 |
| 36 |
Animate Dead
Enchantment — Aura
|
Enchantment — Aura | 14.8% | 1.0 |
| 37 |
Cryptic Command
Instant
|
Instant | 14.0% | 1.0 |
| 38 |
Stifle
Instant
|
Instant | 13.0% | 1.0 |
| 39 |
Umezawa's Jitte
Legendary Artifact — Equipment
|
Legendary Artifact — Equipment | 12.6% | 1.0 |
| 40 |
Six
Legendary Creature — Treefolk
|
Legendary Creature — Treefolk | 12.6% | 1.0 |
| 41 |
Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
Legendary Creature — Elder Giant
|
Legendary Creature — Elder Giant | 12.3% | 1.0 |
| 42 |
Emperor of Bones
Creature — Skeleton Noble
|
Creature — Skeleton Noble | 12.0% | 1.0 |
| 43 |
Tishana's Tidebinder
Creature — Merfolk Wizard
|
Creature — Merfolk Wizard | 11.8% | 1.0 |
| 44 |
Lazotep Quarry
Land — Desert
|
Land — Desert | 11.6% | 1.0 |
| 45 |
Metamorphosis Fanatic
Creature — Human Cleric
|
Creature — Human Cleric | 11.5% | 1.0 |
| 46 |
Archon of Cruelty
Creature — Archon
|
Creature — Archon | 11.1% | 1.0 |
| 47 |
Unearth
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 10.8% | 1.0 |
| 48 |
Icetill Explorer
Creature — Insect Scout
|
Creature — Insect Scout | 10.1% | 1.0 |
| 49 |
Shadowspear
Legendary Artifact — Equipment
|
Legendary Artifact — Equipment | 9.8% | 1.0 |
| 50 |
Finale of Devastation
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 9.6% | 1.0 |
| 51 |
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
Legendary Land
|
Legendary Land | 9.6% | 1.0 |
| 52 |
Collective Brutality
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 9.4% | 1.0 |
| 53 |
Requiting Hex
Instant
|
Instant | 9.3% | 1.0 |
| 54 |
Necromancy
Enchantment
|
Enchantment | 8.9% | 1.0 |
| 55 |
Aven Interrupter
Creature — Bird Rogue
|
Creature — Bird Rogue | 8.9% | 1.0 |
| 56 |
Archmage's Charm
Instant
|
Instant | 8.8% | 1.0 |
| 57 |
Dance of the Dead
Enchantment — Aura
|
Enchantment — Aura | 8.6% | 1.0 |
| 58 |
Exhume
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 8.4% | 1.0 |
| 59 |
Shallow Grave
Instant
|
Instant | 8.3% | 1.0 |
| 60 |
Drown in the Loch
Instant
|
Instant | 8.1% | 1.0 |
| 61 |
Night Nurse, Healer of Heroes
Legendary Creature — Human Doctor Hero
|
Legendary Creature — Human Doctor Hero | 8.1% | 1.0 |
| 62 |
Pact of Negation
Instant
|
Instant | 8.1% | 1.0 |
| 63 |
Griselbrand
Legendary Creature — Demon
|
Legendary Creature — Demon | 8.1% | 1.0 |
| 64 |
Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar
Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo
|
Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo | 7.9% | 1.0 |
| 65 |
Yawgmoth's Will
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 7.6% | 1.0 |
| 66 |
Persist
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 7.6% | 1.0 |
| 67 |
Aang, Swift Savior // Aang and La, Ocean's Fury
Legendary Creature — Human Avatar Ally // Legendary Creature — Avatar Spirit Ally
|
Legendary Creature — Human Avatar Ally // Legendary Creature — Avatar Spirit Ally | 7.4% | 1.0 |
| 68 |
Mystic Confluence
Instant
|
Instant | 7.1% | 1.0 |
| 69 |
Shifting Woodland
Land
|
Land | 6.9% | 1.0 |
| 70 |
Riveteers Overlook
Land
|
Land | 6.7% | 1.0 |
| 71 |
Steel Seraph
Artifact Creature — Angel
|
Artifact Creature — Angel | 6.7% | 1.0 |
| 72 |
Deathrite Shaman
Creature — Elf Shaman
|
Creature — Elf Shaman | 6.6% | 1.0 |
| 73 |
The Wandering Emperor
Legendary Planeswalker
|
Legendary Planeswalker | 6.4% | 1.0 |
| 74 |
Evasive Action
Instant
|
Instant | 6.4% | 1.0 |
| 75 |
Oko, Thief of Crowns
Legendary Planeswalker — Oko
|
Legendary Planeswalker — Oko | 6.4% | 1.0 |
| 76 |
Jolted Awake
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 6.1% | 1.0 |
| 77 |
Brokers Hideout
Land
|
Land | 6.1% | 1.0 |
| 78 |
Nethergoyf
Creature — Lhurgoyf
|
Creature — Lhurgoyf | 5.9% | 1.0 |
| 79 |
Tendrils of Agony
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 5.9% | 1.0 |
| 80 |
Gilded Goose
Creature — Bird
|
Creature — Bird | 5.9% | 1.0 |
| 81 |
Tersa Lightshatter
Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard
|
Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard | 5.4% | 1.0 |
| 82 |
Samwise the Stouthearted
Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant
|
Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant | 5.2% | 1.0 |
| 83 |
Corpse Dance
Instant
|
Instant | 5.2% | 1.0 |
| 84 |
Cabaretti Courtyard
Land
|
Land | 5.2% | 1.0 |
| 85 |
Abstergo Entertainment
Legendary Land
|
Legendary Land | 5.2% | 1.0 |
| 86 |
Unburial Rites
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 5.2% | 1.0 |
| 87 |
Extraction Specialist
Creature — Human Rogue
|
Creature — Human Rogue | 5.1% | 1.0 |
| 88 |
Flare of Denial
Instant
|
Instant | 4.9% | 1.0 |
| 89 |
Lay Down Arms
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 4.9% | 1.0 |
| 90 |
Tamiyo's Safekeeping
Instant
|
Instant | 4.9% | 1.0 |
| 91 |
Ugin, Eye of the Storms
Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin
|
Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin | 4.7% | 1.0 |
| 92 |
Obsessive Pursuit
Enchantment
|
Enchantment | 4.7% | 1.0 |
| 93 |
Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
Creature — Elf Druid // Land
|
Creature — Elf Druid // Land | 4.4% | 1.0 |
| 94 |
Superior Spider-Man
Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero
|
Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero | 4.4% | 1.0 |
| 95 |
Overlord of the Balemurk
Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror
|
Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror | 4.2% | 1.0 |
| 96 |
Aragorn, King of Gondor
Legendary Creature — Human Noble
|
Legendary Creature — Human Noble | 4.2% | 1.0 |
| 97 |
Magister of Worth
Creature — Angel
|
Creature — Angel | 4.0% | 1.0 |
| 98 |
Doomsday
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 4.0% | 1.0 |
| 99 |
Logic Knot
Instant
|
Instant | 4.0% | 1.0 |
| 100 |
Carnage, Crimson Chaos
Legendary Creature — Symbiote Villain
|
Legendary Creature — Symbiote Villain | 4.0% | 1.0 |
| 101 |
Rancor
Enchantment — Aura
|
Enchantment — Aura | 3.9% | 1.0 |
| 102 |
Change the Equation
Instant
|
Instant | 3.9% | 1.0 |
| 103 |
Squee, Goblin Nabob
Legendary Creature — Goblin
|
Legendary Creature — Goblin | 3.7% | 1.0 |
| 104 |
Wrenn and Six
Legendary Planeswalker — Wrenn
|
Legendary Planeswalker — Wrenn | 3.7% | 1.0 |
| 105 |
Flashback
Instant
|
Instant | 3.5% | 1.0 |
| 106 |
Portal to Phyrexia
Artifact
|
Artifact | 3.5% | 1.0 |
| 107 |
Atraxa, Grand Unifier
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Angel
|
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Angel | 3.5% | 1.0 |
| 108 |
Generous Ent
Creature — Treefolk
|
Creature — Treefolk | 3.5% | 1.0 |
| 109 |
Faithful Mending
Instant
|
Instant | 3.5% | 1.0 |
| 110 |
Momo, Playful Pet
Legendary Creature — Lemur Bat Ally
|
Legendary Creature — Lemur Bat Ally | 3.2% | 1.0 |
| 111 |
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
Legendary Creature — Elder Demon
|
Legendary Creature — Elder Demon | 3.2% | 1.0 |
| 112 |
Echoing Deeps
Land — Cave
|
Land — Cave | 3.0% | 1.0 |
| 113 |
Lodestone Bauble
Artifact
|
Artifact | 3.0% | 1.0 |
| 114 |
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
Legendary Creature — Human Avatar Soldier // Legendary Creature — Angel Nightmare Avatar
|
Legendary Creature — Human Avatar Soldier // Legendary Creature — Angel Nightmare Avatar | 3.0% | 1.0 |
| 115 |
Jocasta, Automaton Avenger
Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot Hero
|
Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot Hero | 3.0% | 1.0 |
| 116 |
Skyfire Phoenix
Creature — Phoenix
|
Creature — Phoenix | 3.0% | 1.0 |
| 117 |
Miscalculation
Instant
|
Instant | 3.0% | 1.0 |
| 118 |
Restoration Magic
Instant
|
Instant | 3.0% | 1.0 |
| 119 |
Archivist of Oghma
Creature — Halfling Cleric
|
Creature — Halfling Cleric | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 120 |
Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
Legendary Artifact Creature — Human
|
Legendary Artifact Creature — Human | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 121 |
Ox of Agonas
Creature — Ox
|
Creature — Ox | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 122 |
Mole Man, Moloid Master
Legendary Creature — Human Villain
|
Legendary Creature — Human Villain | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 123 |
The Underworld Cookbook
Artifact — Book
|
Artifact — Book | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 124 |
Slimefoot and Squee
Legendary Creature — Fungus Goblin
|
Legendary Creature — Fungus Goblin | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 125 |
Witherbloom Command
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 126 |
Lightning Helix
Instant
|
Instant | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 127 |
Noxious Revival
Instant
|
Instant | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 128 |
Ovalchase Daredevil
Creature — Human Pilot
|
Creature — Human Pilot | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 129 |
Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector
Legendary Creature — Bird Scout
|
Legendary Creature — Bird Scout | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 130 |
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
|
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 131 |
Helping Hand
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 2.7% | 1.0 |
| 132 |
Vibrance
Creature — Elemental Incarnation
|
Creature — Elemental Incarnation | 2.7% | 1.0 |
| 133 |
Bloodghast
Creature — Vampire Spirit
|
Creature — Vampire Spirit | 2.7% | 1.0 |
| 134 |
Pyroblast
Instant
|
Instant | 2.7% | 1.0 |
| 135 |
Zuran Orb
Artifact
|
Artifact | 2.5% | 1.0 |
| 136 |
Conjurer's Bauble
Artifact
|
Artifact | 2.5% | 1.0 |
| 137 |
Witherbloom Charm
Instant
|
Instant | 2.5% | 1.0 |
| 138 |
Three Steps Ahead
Instant
|
Instant | 2.4% | 1.0 |
| 139 |
Mystical Dispute
Instant
|
Instant | 2.4% | 1.0 |
| 140 |
Kaya's Guile
Instant
|
Instant | 2.4% | 1.0 |
| 141 |
Metallic Rebuke
Instant
|
Instant | 2.4% | 1.0 |
| 142 |
Chthonian Nightmare
Enchantment
|
Enchantment | 2.4% | 1.0 |
| 143 |
Forsaken Miner
Creature — Skeleton Rogue
|
Creature — Skeleton Rogue | 2.4% | 1.0 |
| 144 |
Blossoming Tortoise
Creature — Turtle
|
Creature — Turtle | 2.2% | 1.0 |
| 145 |
Tasigur, the Golden Fang
Legendary Creature — Human Shaman
|
Legendary Creature — Human Shaman | 2.2% | 1.0 |
| 146 |
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear
|
Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear | 2.2% | 1.0 |
| 147 |
Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
Legendary Creature — Snake Wizard
|
Legendary Creature — Snake Wizard | 2.2% | 1.0 |
| 148 |
Titania, Protector of Argoth
Legendary Creature — Elemental
|
Legendary Creature — Elemental | 2.2% | 1.0 |
| 149 |
Sin, Spira's Punishment
Legendary Creature — Leviathan Avatar
|
Legendary Creature — Leviathan Avatar | 2.0% | 1.0 |
| 150 |
Arbaaz Mir
Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
|
Legendary Creature — Human Assassin | 2.0% | 1.0 |
| 151 |
Claws of Gix
Artifact
|
Artifact | 2.0% | 1.0 |
| 152 |
Bloodsoaked Champion
Creature — Human Warrior
|
Creature — Human Warrior | 2.0% | 1.0 |
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