Duel Commander staples: Creatures or Instants or Sorceries or Artifacts, Creature removal or Recursion
173 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 (173)
| # | 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 |
Fatal Push
Instant
|
Instant | 37.8% | 1.0 |
| 4 |
Lightning Bolt
Instant
|
Instant | 32.9% | 1.0 |
| 5 |
Skyclave Apparition
Creature — Kor Spirit
|
Creature — Kor Spirit | 32.5% | 1.0 |
| 6 |
Pre-War Formalwear
Artifact — Equipment
|
Artifact — Equipment | 29.3% | 1.0 |
| 7 |
Dismember
Instant
|
Instant | 28.8% | 1.0 |
| 8 |
Fury
Creature — Elemental Incarnation
|
Creature — Elemental Incarnation | 28.5% | 1.0 |
| 9 |
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
Instant // Land
|
Instant // Land | 26.0% | 1.0 |
| 10 |
Orcish Bowmasters
Creature — Orc Archer
|
Creature — Orc Archer | 25.1% | 1.0 |
| 11 |
Galvanic Discharge
Instant
|
Instant | 24.8% | 1.0 |
| 12 |
Green Sun's Zenith
 
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 22.8% | 1.0 |
| 13 |
Oust
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 21.4% | 1.0 |
| 14 |
Broadside Bombardiers
Creature — Goblin Pirate
|
Creature — Goblin Pirate | 19.2% | 1.0 |
| 15 |
Detective's Phoenix
Enchantment Creature — Phoenix
|
Enchantment Creature — Phoenix | 18.9% | 1.0 |
| 16 |
Pyrokinesis
Instant
|
Instant | 18.5% | 1.0 |
| 17 |
Endurance
Creature — Elemental Incarnation
|
Creature — Elemental Incarnation | 18.0% | 1.0 |
| 18 |
Palace Jailer
Creature — Human Soldier
|
Creature — Human Soldier | 17.7% | 1.0 |
| 19 |
Abrupt Decay
Instant
|
Instant | 17.7% | 1.0 |
| 20 |
Ghost Vacuum
Artifact
|
Artifact | 17.5% | 1.0 |
| 21 |
Portable Hole
Artifact
|
Artifact | 16.0% | 1.0 |
| 22 |
Toxic Deluge
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 15.9% | 1.0 |
| 23 |
Chain Lightning
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 15.5% | 1.0 |
| 24 |
Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
Legendary Creature — Siren Pirate
|
Legendary Creature — Siren Pirate | 15.3% | 1.0 |
| 25 |
Snapcaster Mage
Creature — Human Wizard
|
Creature — Human Wizard | 15.2% | 1.0 |
| 26 |
Pyrogoyf
Creature — Lhurgoyf
|
Creature — Lhurgoyf | 14.8% | 1.0 |
| 27 |
Cryptic Command
Instant
|
Instant | 14.0% | 1.0 |
| 28 |
Jennifer Walters // The Sensational She-Hulk
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor Hero // Legendary Creature — Gamma Hero
|
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor Hero // Legendary Creature — Gamma Hero | 13.7% | 1.0 |
| 29 |
Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
Instant // Land
|
Instant // Land | 13.5% | 1.0 |
| 30 |
March of Otherworldly Light
Instant
|
Instant | 12.8% | 1.0 |
| 31 |
Cut Down
Instant
|
Instant | 12.6% | 1.0 |
| 32 |
Umezawa's Jitte
Legendary Artifact — Equipment
|
Legendary Artifact — Equipment | 12.6% | 1.0 |
| 33 |
Six
Legendary Creature — Treefolk
|
Legendary Creature — Treefolk | 12.6% | 1.0 |
| 34 |
Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
Legendary Creature — Elder Giant
|
Legendary Creature — Elder Giant | 12.3% | 1.0 |
| 35 |
Emperor of Bones
Creature — Skeleton Noble
|
Creature — Skeleton Noble | 12.0% | 1.0 |
| 36 |
Prismatic Ending
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 11.8% | 1.0 |
| 37 |
Metamorphosis Fanatic
Creature — Human Cleric
|
Creature — Human Cleric | 11.5% | 1.0 |
| 38 |
Flame Slash
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 11.5% | 1.0 |
| 39 |
Unexpectedly Absent
Instant
|
Instant | 11.5% | 1.0 |
| 40 |
Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger
Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani
|
Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani | 11.1% | 1.0 |
| 41 |
Get Lost
Instant
|
Instant | 11.1% | 1.0 |
| 42 |
Legolas's Quick Reflexes
Instant
|
Instant | 11.1% | 1.0 |
| 43 |
Archon of Cruelty
Creature — Archon
|
Creature — Archon | 11.1% | 1.0 |
| 44 |
Wrath of the Skies
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 11.0% | 1.0 |
| 45 |
Unearth
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 10.8% | 1.0 |
| 46 |
Erode
Instant
|
Instant | 10.6% | 1.0 |
| 47 |
Ghostfire Slice
Instant
|
Instant | 10.3% | 1.0 |
| 48 |
Icetill Explorer
Creature — Insect Scout
|
Creature — Insect Scout | 10.1% | 1.0 |
| 49 |
Snuff Out
Instant
|
Instant | 9.8% | 1.0 |
| 50 |
Finale of Devastation
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 9.6% | 1.0 |
| 51 |
Bitter Triumph
Instant
|
Instant | 9.6% | 1.0 |
| 52 |
Collective Brutality
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 9.4% | 1.0 |
| 53 |
Walking Ballista
Artifact Creature — Construct
|
Artifact Creature — Construct | 9.4% | 1.0 |
| 54 |
Unholy Heat
Instant
|
Instant | 9.4% | 1.0 |
| 55 |
Requiting Hex
Instant
|
Instant | 9.3% | 1.0 |
| 56 |
Exhume
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 8.4% | 1.0 |
| 57 |
Vicious Rivalry
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 8.3% | 1.0 |
| 58 |
Shallow Grave
Instant
|
Instant | 8.3% | 1.0 |
| 59 |
Long Goodbye
Instant
|
Instant | 8.3% | 1.0 |
| 60 |
Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure
|
Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure | 8.3% | 1.0 |
| 61 |
Screaming Nemesis
Creature — Spirit
|
Creature — Spirit | 8.3% | 1.0 |
| 62 |
Drown in the Loch
Instant
|
Instant | 8.1% | 1.0 |
| 63 |
Night Nurse, Healer of Heroes
Legendary Creature — Human Doctor Hero
|
Legendary Creature — Human Doctor Hero | 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 |
Path to Exile
Instant
|
Instant | 7.8% | 1.0 |
| 66 |
Yawgmoth's Will
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 7.6% | 1.0 |
| 67 |
Persist
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 7.6% | 1.0 |
| 68 |
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 |
| 69 |
Cataclysm
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 7.3% | 1.0 |
| 70 |
Sheoldred's Edict
Instant
|
Instant | 7.1% | 1.0 |
| 71 |
Mystic Confluence
Instant
|
Instant | 7.1% | 1.0 |
| 72 |
Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
Sorcery // Land
|
Sorcery // Land | 6.7% | 1.0 |
| 73 |
Galactus, Devourer of Worlds
Legendary Creature — Elder Alien
|
Legendary Creature — Elder Alien | 6.6% | 1.0 |
| 74 |
Galvanic Blast
Instant
|
Instant | 6.6% | 1.0 |
| 75 |
Summon: Bahamut
Enchantment Creature — Saga Dragon
|
Enchantment Creature — Saga Dragon | 6.2% | 1.0 |
| 76 |
Jolted Awake
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 6.1% | 1.0 |
| 77 |
Nethergoyf
Creature — Lhurgoyf
|
Creature — Lhurgoyf | 5.9% | 1.0 |
| 78 |
Sword of Fire and Ice
Artifact — Equipment
|
Artifact — Equipment | 5.9% | 1.0 |
| 79 |
Flare of Malice
Instant
|
Instant | 5.9% | 1.0 |
| 80 |
Berserk
Instant
|
Instant | 5.4% | 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 |
Bone Shards
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 5.2% | 1.0 |
| 85 |
Unburial Rites
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 5.2% | 1.0 |
| 86 |
Mawloc
Creature — Tyranid
|
Creature — Tyranid | 5.2% | 1.0 |
| 87 |
Shambling Ghast
Creature — Zombie
|
Creature — Zombie | 5.2% | 1.0 |
| 88 |
Abrade
Instant
|
Instant | 5.2% | 1.0 |
| 89 |
Extraction Specialist
Creature — Human Rogue
|
Creature — Human Rogue | 5.1% | 1.0 |
| 90 |
Tinder Wall
Creature — Plant Wall
|
Creature — Plant Wall | 5.1% | 1.0 |
| 91 |
Chaos Defiler
Artifact Creature — Demon Construct
|
Artifact Creature — Demon Construct | 5.1% | 1.0 |
| 92 |
Lay Down Arms
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 4.9% | 1.0 |
| 93 |
Stalactite Stalker
Creature — Goblin Rogue
|
Creature — Goblin Rogue | 4.9% | 1.0 |
| 94 |
Ashen Rider
Creature — Archon
|
Creature — Archon | 4.7% | 1.0 |
| 95 |
Accursed Marauder
Creature — Zombie Warrior
|
Creature — Zombie Warrior | 4.7% | 1.0 |
| 96 |
Flame of Anor
Instant
|
Instant | 4.6% | 1.0 |
| 97 |
Superior Spider-Man
Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero
|
Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero | 4.4% | 1.0 |
| 98 |
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
|
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric | 4.4% | 1.0 |
| 99 |
Overlord of the Balemurk
Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror
|
Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror | 4.2% | 1.0 |
| 100 |
Magister of Worth
Creature — Angel
|
Creature — Angel | 4.0% | 1.0 |
| 101 |
Doomsday
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 4.0% | 1.0 |
| 102 |
Burst Lightning
Instant
|
Instant | 4.0% | 1.0 |
| 103 |
Carnage, Crimson Chaos
Legendary Creature — Symbiote Villain
|
Legendary Creature — Symbiote Villain | 4.0% | 1.0 |
| 104 |
Summon: Yojimbo
Enchantment Creature — Saga Samurai
|
Enchantment Creature — Saga Samurai | 4.0% | 1.0 |
| 105 |
Aether Spellbomb
Artifact
|
Artifact | 3.9% | 1.0 |
| 106 |
Supreme Verdict
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 3.7% | 1.0 |
| 107 |
Squee, Goblin Nabob
Legendary Creature — Goblin
|
Legendary Creature — Goblin | 3.7% | 1.0 |
| 108 |
Flashback
Instant
|
Instant | 3.5% | 1.0 |
| 109 |
Portal to Phyrexia
Artifact
|
Artifact | 3.5% | 1.0 |
| 110 |
Fiery Confluence
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 3.4% | 1.0 |
| 111 |
Bloodtithe Harvester
Creature — Vampire
|
Creature — Vampire | 3.4% | 1.0 |
| 112 |
Damn
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 3.4% | 1.0 |
| 113 |
Tarfire
Kindred Instant — Goblin
|
Kindred Instant — Goblin | 3.2% | 1.0 |
| 114 |
Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
Instant // Land
|
Instant // Land | 3.0% | 1.0 |
| 115 |
Lodestone Bauble
Artifact
|
Artifact | 3.0% | 1.0 |
| 116 |
Jocasta, Automaton Avenger
Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot Hero
|
Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot Hero | 3.0% | 1.0 |
| 117 |
Skyfire Phoenix
Creature — Phoenix
|
Creature — Phoenix | 3.0% | 1.0 |
| 118 |
Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
Legendary Artifact Creature — Human
|
Legendary Artifact Creature — Human | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 119 |
Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
|
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 120 |
Ox of Agonas
Creature — Ox
|
Creature — Ox | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 121 |
Mole Man, Moloid Master
Legendary Creature — Human Villain
|
Legendary Creature — Human Villain | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 122 |
The Underworld Cookbook
Artifact — Book
|
Artifact — Book | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 123 |
Slimefoot and Squee
Legendary Creature — Fungus Goblin
|
Legendary Creature — Fungus Goblin | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 124 |
Play with Fire
Instant
|
Instant | 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 |
Snap
Instant
|
Instant | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 130 |
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
|
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 131 |
Fiery Temper
Instant
|
Instant | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 132 |
Wild Slash
Instant
|
Instant | 2.9% | 1.0 |
| 133 |
Helping Hand
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 2.7% | 1.0 |
| 134 |
Wrath of God
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 2.7% | 1.0 |
| 135 |
Vibrance
Creature — Elemental Incarnation
|
Creature — Elemental Incarnation | 2.7% | 1.0 |
| 136 |
Engineered Explosives
Artifact
|
Artifact | 2.7% | 1.0 |
| 137 |
Shock
Instant
|
Instant | 2.7% | 1.0 |
| 138 |
Bloodghast
Creature — Vampire Spirit
|
Creature — Vampire Spirit | 2.7% | 1.0 |
| 139 |
Pyroblast
Instant
|
Instant | 2.7% | 1.0 |
| 140 |
Saw in Half
Instant
|
Instant | 2.7% | 1.0 |
| 141 |
Go for the Throat
Instant
|
Instant | 2.5% | 1.0 |
| 142 |
Grim Lavamancer
Creature — Human Wizard
|
Creature — Human Wizard | 2.5% | 1.0 |
| 143 |
Necron Deathmark
Artifact Creature — Necron
|
Artifact Creature — Necron | 2.5% | 1.0 |
| 144 |
Conjurer's Bauble
Artifact
|
Artifact | 2.5% | 1.0 |
| 145 |
Into the Flood Maw
Instant
|
Instant | 2.5% | 1.0 |
| 146 |
Fire // Ice
Instant // Instant
|
Instant // Instant | 2.5% | 1.0 |
| 147 |
Witherbloom Charm
Instant
|
Instant | 2.5% | 1.0 |
| 148 |
Archdruid's Charm
Instant
|
Instant | 2.4% | 1.0 |
| 149 |
Moonsnare Prototype
Artifact
|
Artifact | 2.4% | 1.0 |
| 150 |
Kaya's Guile
Instant
|
Instant | 2.4% | 1.0 |
| 151 |
Murderous Cut
Instant
|
Instant | 2.4% | 1.0 |
| 152 |
Massacre
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 2.4% | 1.0 |
| 153 |
Day of Judgment
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 2.4% | 1.0 |
| 154 |
Forsaken Miner
Creature — Skeleton Rogue
|
Creature — Skeleton Rogue | 2.4% | 1.0 |
| 155 |
Blossoming Tortoise
Creature — Turtle
|
Creature — Turtle | 2.2% | 1.0 |
| 156 |
Tasigur, the Golden Fang
Legendary Creature — Human Shaman
|
Legendary Creature — Human Shaman | 2.2% | 1.0 |
| 157 |
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear
|
Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear | 2.2% | 1.0 |
| 158 |
Synth Eradicator
Artifact Creature — Synth Soldier
|
Artifact Creature — Synth Soldier | 2.2% | 1.0 |
| 159 |
Titania, Protector of Argoth
Legendary Creature — Elemental
|
Legendary Creature — Elemental | 2.2% | 1.0 |
| 160 |
Forked Bolt
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 2.2% | 1.0 |
| 161 |
Locust Spray
Instant
|
Instant | 2.2% | 1.0 |
| 162 |
Sin, Spira's Punishment
Legendary Creature — Leviathan Avatar
|
Legendary Creature — Leviathan Avatar | 2.0% | 1.0 |
| 163 |
Pillar of Flame
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 2.0% | 1.0 |
| 164 |
Defile
Instant
|
Instant | 2.0% | 1.0 |
| 165 |
Ranger's Firebrand
Sorcery
|
Sorcery | 2.0% | 1.0 |
| 166 |
Fireblast
Instant
|
Instant | 2.0% | 1.0 |
| 167 |
Searing Spear
Instant
|
Instant | 2.0% | 1.0 |
| 168 |
Spark Spray
Instant
|
Instant | 2.0% | 1.0 |
| 169 |
Prismari Charm
Instant
|
Instant | 2.0% | 1.0 |
| 170 |
Smaug the Magnificent
Legendary Creature — Dragon
|
Legendary Creature — Dragon | 2.0% | 1.0 |
| 171 |
Bloodsoaked Champion
Creature — Human Warrior
|
Creature — Human Warrior | 2.0% | 1.0 |
| 172 |
Deceit
Creature — Elemental Incarnation
|
Creature — Elemental Incarnation | 2.0% | 1.0 |
| 173 |
Incinerate
Instant
|
Instant | 2.0% | 1.0 |
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