Duel Commander staples: Instants or Artifacts, Removal or Counterspells or Card draw or Recursion

150 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 (150)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	51.3%	1.0
2	Skullclamp Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	42.5%	1.0
3	Mental Misstep Instant	Instant	42.3%	1.0
4	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	37.8%	1.0
5	Wash Away Instant	Instant	36.4%	1.0
6	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	35.9%	1.0
7	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	35.9%	1.0
8	Force Spike Instant	Instant	35.9%	1.0
9	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	32.9%	1.0
10	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	32.7%	1.0
11	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	31.0%	1.0
12	Daze Instant	Instant	30.7%	1.0
13	Mana Tithe Instant	Instant	30.4%	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	Esper Sentinel Artifact Creature — Human Soldier	Artifact Creature — Human Soldier	17.4%	1.0
30	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	16.4%	1.0
31	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	16.2%	1.0
32	Portable Hole Artifact	Artifact	16.0%	1.0
33	No More Lies Instant	Instant	15.3%	1.0
34	Brainsurge Instant	Instant	15.0%	1.0
35	Cryptic Command Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.0
36	Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.5%	1.0
37	Mishra's Bauble Artifact	Artifact	13.0%	1.0
38	Stifle Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.0
39	Glimmer Lens Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	13.0%	1.0
40	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	12.8%	1.0
41	Cut Down Instant	Instant	12.6%	1.0
42	Umezawa's Jitte Legendary Artifact — Equipment	Legendary Artifact — Equipment	12.6%	1.0
43	Urza's Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.1%	1.0
44	Unexpectedly Absent Instant	Instant	11.5%	1.0
45	Get Lost Instant	Instant	11.1%	1.0
46	Legolas's Quick Reflexes Instant	Instant	11.1%	1.0
47	Erode Instant	Instant	10.6%	1.0
48	Currency Converter Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.0
49	Ghostfire Slice Instant	Instant	10.3%	1.0
50	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	9.8%	1.0
51	Frantic Search Instant	Instant	9.6%	1.0
52	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	9.6%	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	Archmage's Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.0
57	Staff of the Storyteller Artifact	Artifact	8.4%	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	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.0
62	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.0
63	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.0
64	Shorikai, Genesis Engine Legendary Artifact — Vehicle	Legendary Artifact — Vehicle	7.6%	1.0
65	Tainted Indulgence Instant	Instant	7.4%	1.0
66	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.0
67	Mystic Confluence Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.0
68	Chromatic Star Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.0
69	Chromatic Sphere Artifact	Artifact	6.7%	1.0
70	Arcum's Astrolabe Snow Artifact	Snow Artifact	6.7%	1.0
71	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	6.6%	1.0
72	Evasive Action Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.0
73	Sword of Fire and Ice Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	5.9%	1.0
74	Flare of Malice Instant	Instant	5.9%	1.0
75	Peek Instant	Instant	5.7%	1.0
76	Berserk Instant	Instant	5.4%	1.0
77	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
78	Corpse Dance Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
79	Abrade Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
80	Chaos Defiler Artifact Creature — Demon Construct	Artifact Creature — Demon Construct	5.1%	1.0
81	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	4.9%	1.0
82	Flare of Denial Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
83	Deadly Dispute Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.0
84	Bomat Courier Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.6%	1.0
85	Flame of Anor Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.0
86	Consider Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
87	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
88	Logic Knot Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
89	Aether Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	3.9%	1.0
90	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	3.9%	1.0
91	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.0
92	Gush Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.0
93	Portal to Phyrexia Artifact	Artifact	3.5%	1.0
94	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	3.5%	1.0
95	Faithful Mending Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.0
96	Smuggler's Copter Artifact — Vehicle	Artifact — Vehicle	3.4%	1.0
97	Untimely Malfunction Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.0
98	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.0
99	Tarfire Kindred Instant — Goblin	Kindred Instant — Goblin	3.2%	1.0
100	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire Instant // Land	Instant // Land	3.0%	1.0
101	Lodestone Bauble Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	1.0
102	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	1.0
103	Jocasta, Automaton Avenger Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot Hero	Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot Hero	3.0%	1.0
104	Miscalculation Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
105	Silas Renn, Seeker Adept Legendary Artifact Creature — Human	Legendary Artifact Creature — Human	2.9%	1.0
106	Skycrash Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
107	The Underworld Cookbook Artifact — Book	Artifact — Book	2.9%	1.0
108	Play with Fire Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
109	Lightning Helix Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
110	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
111	Noxious Revival Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
112	Snap Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
113	Monument to Endurance Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	1.0
114	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
115	Wild Slash Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
116	Stone of Erech Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.7%	1.0
117	Scarab Feast Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
118	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	2.7%	1.0
119	Shock Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
120	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
121	Saw in Half Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
122	Heritage Reclamation Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
123	Go for the Throat Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
124	Scrabbling Claws Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	1.0
125	Necron Deathmark Artifact Creature — Necron	Artifact Creature — Necron	2.5%	1.0
126	Phyrexian Furnace Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	1.0
127	Conjurer's Bauble Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	1.0
128	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
129	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	2.5%	1.0
130	Cremate Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
131	Witherbloom Charm Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
132	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
133	Archdruid's Charm Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
134	Mystical Dispute Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
135	Moonsnare Prototype Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0
136	Kaya's Guile Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
137	Murderous Cut Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
138	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
139	Mental Note Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
140	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	2.2%	1.0
141	Synth Eradicator Artifact Creature — Synth Soldier	Artifact Creature — Synth Soldier	2.2%	1.0
142	Locust Spray Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.0
143	Sewer-veillance Cam Artifact	Artifact	2.0%	1.0
144	Defile Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
145	Krang, Master Mind Legendary Artifact Creature — Utrom Warrior	Legendary Artifact Creature — Utrom Warrior	2.0%	1.0
146	Fireblast Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
147	Searing Spear Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
148	Spark Spray Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
149	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
150	Incinerate Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0

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