Duel Commander staples: Creatures or Instants or Artifacts, Counterspells or Cantrips or Recursion or Artifact removal

130 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 (130)

#	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	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	35.9%	1.0
4	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	35.9%	1.0
5	Force Spike Instant	Instant	35.9%	1.0
6	Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow Creature — Human Warlock // Land	Creature — Human Warlock // Land	34.9%	1.0
7	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	32.7%	1.0
8	Skyclave Apparition Creature — Kor Spirit	Creature — Kor Spirit	32.5%	1.0
9	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	31.0%	1.0
10	Daze Instant	Instant	30.7%	1.0
11	Mana Tithe Instant	Instant	30.4%	1.0
12	Pre-War Formalwear Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	29.3%	1.0
13	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	28.2%	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	Lose Focus Instant	Instant	23.9%	1.0
21	Tale's End Instant	Instant	22.1%	1.0
22	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	19.7%	1.0
23	Cathar Commando Creature — Human Soldier	Creature — Human Soldier	19.2%	1.0
24	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	18.9%	1.0
25	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	18.0%	1.0
26	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	17.7%	1.0
27	Ghost Vacuum Artifact	Artifact	17.5%	1.0
28	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	16.4%	1.0
29	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	16.2%	1.0
30	Portable Hole Artifact	Artifact	16.0%	1.0
31	Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel Legendary Creature — Siren Pirate	Legendary Creature — Siren Pirate	15.3%	1.0
32	No More Lies Instant	Instant	15.3%	1.0
33	Snapcaster Mage Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	15.2%	1.0
34	Cryptic Command Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.0
35	Stifle Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.0
36	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	12.8%	1.0
37	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	12.6%	1.0
38	Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury Legendary Creature — Elder Giant	Legendary Creature — Elder Giant	12.3%	1.0
39	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	12.0%	1.0
40	Tishana's Tidebinder Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Creature — Merfolk Wizard	11.8%	1.0
41	Metamorphosis Fanatic Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	11.5%	1.0
42	Unexpectedly Absent Instant	Instant	11.5%	1.0
43	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	11.1%	1.0
44	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	11.1%	1.0
45	Icetill Explorer Creature — Insect Scout	Creature — Insect Scout	10.1%	1.0
46	Aven Interrupter Creature — Bird Rogue	Creature — Bird Rogue	8.9%	1.0
47	Archmage's Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.0
48	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	8.3%	1.0
49	Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	8.3%	1.0
50	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.0
51	Night Nurse, Healer of Heroes Legendary Creature — Human Doctor Hero	Legendary Creature — Human Doctor Hero	8.1%	1.0
52	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.0
53	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	7.9%	1.0
54	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
55	Mystic Confluence Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.0
56	Arcum's Astrolabe Snow Artifact	Snow Artifact	6.7%	1.0
57	Galactus, Devourer of Worlds Legendary Creature — Elder Alien	Legendary Creature — Elder Alien	6.6%	1.0
58	Evasive Action Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.0
59	Summon: Bahamut Enchantment Creature — Saga Dragon	Enchantment Creature — Saga Dragon	6.2%	1.0
60	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	5.9%	1.0
61	Peek Instant	Instant	5.7%	1.0
62	Tersa Lightshatter Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard	5.4%	1.0
63	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
64	Samwise the Stouthearted Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant	Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant	5.2%	1.0
65	Corpse Dance Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
66	Mawloc Creature — Tyranid	Creature — Tyranid	5.2%	1.0
67	Abrade Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
68	Extraction Specialist Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	5.1%	1.0
69	Chaos Defiler Artifact Creature — Demon Construct	Artifact Creature — Demon Construct	5.1%	1.0
70	Flare of Denial Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
71	Ashen Rider Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	4.7%	1.0
72	Flame of Anor Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.0
73	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	4.4%	1.0
74	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	4.4%	1.0
75	Hatut Zeraze Strike Force Creature — Human Spy Warrior	Creature — Human Spy Warrior	4.4%	1.0
76	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	4.2%	1.0
77	Magister of Worth Creature — Angel	Creature — Angel	4.0%	1.0
78	Consider Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
79	Logic Knot Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
80	Carnage, Crimson Chaos Legendary Creature — Symbiote Villain	Legendary Creature — Symbiote Villain	4.0%	1.0
81	Summon: Yojimbo Enchantment Creature — Saga Samurai	Enchantment Creature — Saga Samurai	4.0%	1.0
82	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	3.9%	1.0
83	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	3.7%	1.0
84	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.0
85	Portal to Phyrexia Artifact	Artifact	3.5%	1.0
86	Cankerbloom Creature — Phyrexian Fungus	Creature — Phyrexian Fungus	3.4%	1.0
87	Untimely Malfunction Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.0
88	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.0
89	Lodestone Bauble Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	1.0
90	Jocasta, Automaton Avenger Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot Hero	Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot Hero	3.0%	1.0
91	Skyfire Phoenix Creature — Phoenix	Creature — Phoenix	3.0%	1.0
92	Miscalculation Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
93	Silas Renn, Seeker Adept Legendary Artifact Creature — Human	Legendary Artifact Creature — Human	2.9%	1.0
94	Ox of Agonas Creature — Ox	Creature — Ox	2.9%	1.0
95	Skycrash Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
96	Mole Man, Moloid Master Legendary Creature — Human Villain	Legendary Creature — Human Villain	2.9%	1.0
97	The Underworld Cookbook Artifact — Book	Artifact — Book	2.9%	1.0
98	Slimefoot and Squee Legendary Creature — Fungus Goblin	Legendary Creature — Fungus Goblin	2.9%	1.0
99	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
100	Noxious Revival Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
101	Ovalchase Daredevil Creature — Human Pilot	Creature — Human Pilot	2.9%	1.0
102	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	2.9%	1.0
103	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	2.7%	1.0
104	Bloodghast Creature — Vampire Spirit	Creature — Vampire Spirit	2.7%	1.0
105	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
106	Sunpearl Kirin Creature — Kirin	Creature — Kirin	2.7%	1.0
107	Heritage Reclamation Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
108	Conjurer's Bauble Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	1.0
109	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
110	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	2.5%	1.0
111	Cremate Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
112	Witherbloom Charm Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
113	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
114	Archdruid's Charm Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
115	Mystical Dispute Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
116	Moonsnare Prototype Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0
117	Loran of the Third Path Legendary Creature — Human Artificer	Legendary Creature — Human Artificer	2.4%	1.0
118	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
119	Forsaken Miner Creature — Skeleton Rogue	Creature — Skeleton Rogue	2.4%	1.0
120	Mental Note Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
121	Insidious Fungus Creature — Fungus	Creature — Fungus	2.2%	1.0
122	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	2.2%	1.0
123	Blossoming Tortoise Creature — Turtle	Creature — Turtle	2.2%	1.0
124	Tasigur, the Golden Fang Legendary Creature — Human Shaman	Legendary Creature — Human Shaman	2.2%	1.0
125	Lumra, Bellow of the Woods Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	2.2%	1.0
126	Titania, Protector of Argoth Legendary Creature — Elemental	Legendary Creature — Elemental	2.2%	1.0
127	Sin, Spira's Punishment Legendary Creature — Leviathan Avatar	Legendary Creature — Leviathan Avatar	2.0%	1.0
128	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
129	Bloodsoaked Champion Creature — Human Warrior	Creature — Human Warrior	2.0%	1.0
130	Deceit Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	2.0%	1.0

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