Duel Commander staples: Instants or Artifacts or Lands, Creature removal or Counterspells or Recursion or Graveyard hate

137 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 (137)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	51.3%	1.0
2	Mental Misstep Instant	Instant	42.3%	1.0
3	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	37.8%	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	Otawara, Soaring City Legendary Land	Legendary Land	33.6%	1.0
8	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	32.9%	1.0
9	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	32.7%	1.0
10	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	31.0%	1.0
11	Daze Instant	Instant	30.7%	1.0
12	Mana Tithe Instant	Instant	30.4%	1.0
13	Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire Legendary Land	Legendary Land	29.3%	1.0
14	Pre-War Formalwear Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	29.3%	1.0
15	Dismember Instant	Instant	28.8%	1.0
16	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	28.2%	1.0
17	Memory Lapse Instant	Instant	27.5%	1.0
18	Reprieve Instant	Instant	27.3%	1.0
19	Counterspell Instant	Instant	26.3%	1.0
20	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	26.0%	1.0
21	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	24.8%	1.0
22	Remand Instant	Instant	24.6%	1.0
23	Lose Focus Instant	Instant	23.9%	1.0
24	Tale's End Instant	Instant	22.1%	1.0
25	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	19.7%	1.0
26	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	18.5%	1.0
27	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	17.7%	1.0
28	Ghost Vacuum Artifact	Artifact	17.5%	1.0
29	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	16.4%	1.0
30	Mystic Sanctuary Land — Island	Land — Island	16.2%	1.0
31	Portable Hole Artifact	Artifact	16.0%	1.0
32	No More Lies Instant	Instant	15.3%	1.0
33	Cryptic Command Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.0
34	Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.5%	1.0
35	Stifle Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.0
36	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	12.8%	1.0
37	Cut Down Instant	Instant	12.6%	1.0
38	Umezawa's Jitte Legendary Artifact — Equipment	Legendary Artifact — Equipment	12.6%	1.0
39	Lazotep Quarry Land — Desert	Land — Desert	11.6%	1.0
40	Unexpectedly Absent Instant	Instant	11.5%	1.0
41	Get Lost Instant	Instant	11.1%	1.0
42	Legolas's Quick Reflexes Instant	Instant	11.1%	1.0
43	Erode Instant	Instant	10.6%	1.0
44	Ghostfire Slice Instant	Instant	10.3%	1.0
45	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	9.8%	1.0
46	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	9.6%	1.0
47	Takenuma, Abandoned Mire Legendary Land	Legendary Land	9.6%	1.0
48	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	9.4%	1.0
49	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	9.4%	1.0
50	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	9.3%	1.0
51	Lion Sash Artifact Creature — Equipment Cat	Artifact Creature — Equipment Cat	9.1%	1.0
52	Archmage's Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.0
53	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	8.3%	1.0
54	Long Goodbye Instant	Instant	8.3%	1.0
55	Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	8.3%	1.0
56	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.0
57	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.0
58	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.0
59	Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog Creature — Goblin // Land	Creature — Goblin // Land	7.6%	1.0
60	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.0
61	Mystic Confluence Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.0
62	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	6.9%	1.0
63	Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks Sorcery // Land	Sorcery // Land	6.7%	1.0
64	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	6.6%	1.0
65	Evasive Action Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.0
66	Sword of Fire and Ice Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	5.9%	1.0
67	Flare of Malice Instant	Instant	5.9%	1.0
68	Berserk Instant	Instant	5.4%	1.0
69	Corpse Dance Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
70	The Ooze Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	5.2%	1.0
71	Abstergo Entertainment Legendary Land	Legendary Land	5.2%	1.0
72	Abrade Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
73	Chaos Defiler Artifact Creature — Demon Construct	Artifact Creature — Demon Construct	5.1%	1.0
74	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	4.9%	1.0
75	Flare of Denial Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
76	Flame of Anor Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.0
77	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
78	Logic Knot Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
79	Unlicensed Hearse Artifact — Vehicle	Artifact — Vehicle	4.0%	1.0
80	Aether Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	3.9%	1.0
81	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	3.9%	1.0
82	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.0
83	Pit of Offerings Land — Cave	Land — Cave	3.5%	1.0
84	Portal to Phyrexia Artifact	Artifact	3.5%	1.0
85	Mount Doom Legendary Land	Legendary Land	3.5%	1.0
86	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	3.5%	1.0
87	Hive of the Eye Tyrant Land	Land	3.5%	1.0
88	Tarfire Kindred Instant — Goblin	Kindred Instant — Goblin	3.2%	1.0
89	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire Instant // Land	Instant // Land	3.0%	1.0
90	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	1.0
91	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	3.0%	1.0
92	Scavenger Grounds Land — Desert	Land — Desert	3.0%	1.0
93	Lodestone Bauble Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	1.0
94	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	1.0
95	Jocasta, Automaton Avenger Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot Hero	Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot Hero	3.0%	1.0
96	Miscalculation Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
97	Silas Renn, Seeker Adept Legendary Artifact Creature — Human	Legendary Artifact Creature — Human	2.9%	1.0
98	The Underworld Cookbook Artifact — Book	Artifact — Book	2.9%	1.0
99	Play with Fire Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
100	Lightning Helix Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
101	Noxious Revival Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
102	Snap Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
103	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
104	Wild Slash Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
105	Stone of Erech Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.7%	1.0
106	Scarab Feast Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
107	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	2.7%	1.0
108	Shock Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
109	Agatha's Soul Cauldron Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.7%	1.0
110	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
111	Saw in Half Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
112	Heritage Reclamation Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
113	Go for the Throat Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
114	Scrabbling Claws Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	1.0
115	Necron Deathmark Artifact Creature — Necron	Artifact Creature — Necron	2.5%	1.0
116	Phyrexian Furnace Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	1.0
117	Conjurer's Bauble Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	1.0
118	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
119	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	2.5%	1.0
120	Cremate Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
121	Witherbloom Charm Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
122	Barbarian Ring Land	Land	2.5%	1.0
123	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
124	Archdruid's Charm Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
125	Mystical Dispute Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
126	Moonsnare Prototype Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0
127	Kaya's Guile Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
128	Murderous Cut Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
129	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
130	Synth Eradicator Artifact Creature — Synth Soldier	Artifact Creature — Synth Soldier	2.2%	1.0
131	Locust Spray Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.0
132	Defile Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
133	Fireblast Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
134	Searing Spear Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
135	Spark Spray Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
136	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
137	Incinerate Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0

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