Duel Commander staples: Creatures or Instants or Artifacts, Counterspells or Lifegain

77 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 (77)

#	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	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	28.2%	1.0
12	Ocelot Pride Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	27.8%	1.0
13	Memory Lapse Instant	Instant	27.5%	1.0
14	Reprieve Instant	Instant	27.3%	1.0
15	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	26.5%	1.0
16	Counterspell Instant	Instant	26.3%	1.0
17	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	26.0%	1.0
18	Remand Instant	Instant	24.6%	1.0
19	Guide of Souls Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	24.1%	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	Barrowgoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	17.5%	1.0
24	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	16.4%	1.0
25	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	16.2%	1.0
26	No More Lies Instant	Instant	15.3%	1.0
27	Cryptic Command Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.0
28	Stifle Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.0
29	Umezawa's Jitte Legendary Artifact — Equipment	Legendary Artifact — Equipment	12.6%	1.0
30	Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury Legendary Creature — Elder Giant	Legendary Creature — Elder Giant	12.3%	1.0
31	Tishana's Tidebinder Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Creature — Merfolk Wizard	11.8%	1.0
32	Metamorphosis Fanatic Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	11.5%	1.0
33	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	11.1%	1.0
34	Shadowspear Legendary Artifact — Equipment	Legendary Artifact — Equipment	9.8%	1.0
35	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	9.3%	1.0
36	Aven Interrupter Creature — Bird Rogue	Creature — Bird Rogue	8.9%	1.0
37	Archmage's Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.0
38	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.0
39	Night Nurse, Healer of Heroes Legendary Creature — Human Doctor Hero	Legendary Creature — Human Doctor Hero	8.1%	1.0
40	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.0
41	Griselbrand Legendary Creature — Demon	Legendary Creature — Demon	8.1%	1.0
42	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
43	Mystic Confluence Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.0
44	Steel Seraph Artifact Creature — Angel	Artifact Creature — Angel	6.7%	1.0
45	Deathrite Shaman Creature — Elf Shaman	Creature — Elf Shaman	6.6%	1.0
46	Evasive Action Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.0
47	Gilded Goose Creature — Bird	Creature — Bird	5.9%	1.0
48	Extraction Specialist Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	5.1%	1.0
49	Flare of Denial Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
50	Tamiyo's Safekeeping Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
51	Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise Creature — Elf Druid // Land	Creature — Elf Druid // Land	4.4%	1.0
52	Aragorn, King of Gondor Legendary Creature — Human Noble	Legendary Creature — Human Noble	4.2%	1.0
53	Logic Knot Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
54	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	3.9%	1.0
55	Atraxa, Grand Unifier Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Angel	Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Angel	3.5%	1.0
56	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	3.5%	1.0
57	Faithful Mending Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.0
58	Momo, Playful Pet Legendary Creature — Lemur Bat Ally	Legendary Creature — Lemur Bat Ally	3.2%	1.0
59	Valgavoth, Terror Eater Legendary Creature — Elder Demon	Legendary Creature — Elder Demon	3.2%	1.0
60	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
61	Miscalculation Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
62	Restoration Magic Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
63	Archivist of Oghma Creature — Halfling Cleric	Creature — Halfling Cleric	2.9%	1.0
64	The Underworld Cookbook Artifact — Book	Artifact — Book	2.9%	1.0
65	Lightning Helix Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
66	Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector Legendary Creature — Bird Scout	Legendary Creature — Bird Scout	2.9%	1.0
67	Vibrance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	2.7%	1.0
68	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
69	Zuran Orb Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	1.0
70	Witherbloom Charm Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
71	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
72	Mystical Dispute Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
73	Kaya's Guile Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
74	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
75	Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper Legendary Creature — Snake Wizard	Legendary Creature — Snake Wizard	2.2%	1.0
76	Arbaaz Mir Legendary Creature — Human Assassin	Legendary Creature — Human Assassin	2.0%	1.0
77	Claws of Gix Artifact	Artifact	2.0%	1.0

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