Duel Commander staples: Instants or Artifacts, Counterspells or Burn or Recursion

72 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 (72)

#	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	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	35.9%	1.0
4	Force Spike Instant	Instant	35.9%	1.0
5	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	32.9%	1.0
6	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	32.7%	1.0
7	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	31.0%	1.0
8	Daze Instant	Instant	30.7%	1.0
9	Mana Tithe Instant	Instant	30.4%	1.0
10	Pre-War Formalwear Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	29.3%	1.0
11	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	28.2%	1.0
12	Memory Lapse Instant	Instant	27.5%	1.0
13	Reprieve Instant	Instant	27.3%	1.0
14	Counterspell Instant	Instant	26.3%	1.0
15	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	26.0%	1.0
16	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	24.8%	1.0
17	Remand Instant	Instant	24.6%	1.0
18	Lose Focus Instant	Instant	23.9%	1.0
19	Tale's End Instant	Instant	22.1%	1.0
20	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	19.7%	1.0
21	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	18.5%	1.0
22	Ghost Vacuum Artifact	Artifact	17.5%	1.0
23	No More Lies Instant	Instant	15.3%	1.0
24	Cryptic Command Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.0
25	Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.5%	1.0
26	Stifle Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.0
27	Legolas's Quick Reflexes Instant	Instant	11.1%	1.0
28	Ghostfire Slice Instant	Instant	10.3%	1.0
29	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	9.4%	1.0
30	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	9.4%	1.0
31	Archmage's Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.0
32	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	8.3%	1.0
33	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.0
34	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.0
35	Mystic Confluence Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.0
36	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	6.6%	1.0
37	Evasive Action Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.0
38	Sword of Fire and Ice Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	5.9%	1.0
39	Corpse Dance Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
40	Abrade Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
41	Flare of Denial Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
42	Flame of Anor Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.0
43	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
44	Logic Knot Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
45	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	3.9%	1.0
46	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.0
47	Portal to Phyrexia Artifact	Artifact	3.5%	1.0
48	Tarfire Kindred Instant — Goblin	Kindred Instant — Goblin	3.2%	1.0
49	Lodestone Bauble Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	1.0
50	Jocasta, Automaton Avenger Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot Hero	Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot Hero	3.0%	1.0
51	Miscalculation Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
52	Silas Renn, Seeker Adept Legendary Artifact Creature — Human	Legendary Artifact Creature — Human	2.9%	1.0
53	The Underworld Cookbook Artifact — Book	Artifact — Book	2.9%	1.0
54	Play with Fire Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
55	Lightning Helix Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
56	Noxious Revival Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
57	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
58	Wild Slash Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
59	Shock Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
60	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
61	Conjurer's Bauble Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	1.0
62	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	2.5%	1.0
63	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
64	Archdruid's Charm Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
65	Mystical Dispute Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
66	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
67	Synth Eradicator Artifact Creature — Synth Soldier	Artifact Creature — Synth Soldier	2.2%	1.0
68	Fireblast Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
69	Searing Spear Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
70	Spark Spray Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
71	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
72	Incinerate Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0

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