Duel Commander staples: Instants or Artifacts, Removal or Discard or Recursion or Graveyard hate

98 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 (98)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	51.3%	1.0
2	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	37.8%	1.0
3	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	32.9%	1.0
4	Pre-War Formalwear Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	29.3%	1.0
5	Dismember Instant	Instant	28.8%	1.0
6	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	26.0%	1.0
7	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	24.8%	1.0
8	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	18.5%	1.0
9	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	17.7%	1.0
10	Ghost Vacuum Artifact	Artifact	17.5%	1.0
11	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	16.4%	1.0
12	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	16.2%	1.0
13	Portable Hole Artifact	Artifact	16.0%	1.0
14	Cryptic Command Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.0
15	Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.5%	1.0
16	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	12.8%	1.0
17	Cut Down Instant	Instant	12.6%	1.0
18	Umezawa's Jitte Legendary Artifact — Equipment	Legendary Artifact — Equipment	12.6%	1.0
19	Unexpectedly Absent Instant	Instant	11.5%	1.0
20	Get Lost Instant	Instant	11.1%	1.0
21	Legolas's Quick Reflexes Instant	Instant	11.1%	1.0
22	Erode Instant	Instant	10.6%	1.0
23	Ghostfire Slice Instant	Instant	10.3%	1.0
24	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	9.8%	1.0
25	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	9.6%	1.0
26	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	9.4%	1.0
27	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	9.4%	1.0
28	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	9.3%	1.0
29	Lion Sash Artifact Creature — Equipment Cat	Artifact Creature — Equipment Cat	9.1%	1.0
30	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	8.3%	1.0
31	Long Goodbye Instant	Instant	8.3%	1.0
32	Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	8.3%	1.0
33	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.0
34	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.0
35	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.0
36	Mystic Confluence Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.0
37	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	6.6%	1.0
38	Sword of Fire and Ice Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	5.9%	1.0
39	Flare of Malice Instant	Instant	5.9%	1.0
40	Berserk Instant	Instant	5.4%	1.0
41	Corpse Dance Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
42	The Ooze Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	5.2%	1.0
43	Abrade Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
44	Chaos Defiler Artifact Creature — Demon Construct	Artifact Creature — Demon Construct	5.1%	1.0
45	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	4.9%	1.0
46	Flame of Anor Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.0
47	Sword of Feast and Famine Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	4.4%	1.0
48	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
49	Unlicensed Hearse Artifact — Vehicle	Artifact — Vehicle	4.0%	1.0
50	Aether Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	3.9%	1.0
51	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.0
52	Portal to Phyrexia Artifact	Artifact	3.5%	1.0
53	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	3.5%	1.0
54	Untimely Malfunction Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.0
55	Tarfire Kindred Instant — Goblin	Kindred Instant — Goblin	3.2%	1.0
56	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire Instant // Land	Instant // Land	3.0%	1.0
57	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	1.0
58	Lodestone Bauble Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	1.0
59	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	1.0
60	Jocasta, Automaton Avenger Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot Hero	Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot Hero	3.0%	1.0
61	Silas Renn, Seeker Adept Legendary Artifact Creature — Human	Legendary Artifact Creature — Human	2.9%	1.0
62	Skycrash Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
63	The Underworld Cookbook Artifact — Book	Artifact — Book	2.9%	1.0
64	Play with Fire Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
65	Lightning Helix Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
66	Noxious Revival Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
67	Snap Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
68	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
69	Wild Slash Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
70	Stone of Erech Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.7%	1.0
71	Scarab Feast Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
72	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	2.7%	1.0
73	Shock Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
74	Agatha's Soul Cauldron Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.7%	1.0
75	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
76	Saw in Half Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
77	Heritage Reclamation Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
78	Go for the Throat Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
79	Scrabbling Claws Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	1.0
80	Necron Deathmark Artifact Creature — Necron	Artifact Creature — Necron	2.5%	1.0
81	Phyrexian Furnace Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	1.0
82	Conjurer's Bauble Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	1.0
83	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
84	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	2.5%	1.0
85	Cremate Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
86	Witherbloom Charm Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
87	Archdruid's Charm Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
88	Moonsnare Prototype Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0
89	Kaya's Guile Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
90	Murderous Cut Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
91	Synth Eradicator Artifact Creature — Synth Soldier	Artifact Creature — Synth Soldier	2.2%	1.0
92	Locust Spray Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.0
93	Defile Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
94	Fireblast Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
95	Searing Spear Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
96	Spark Spray Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
97	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
98	Incinerate Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0

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