Duel Commander staples: Instants, Removal or Counterspells

88 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 (88)

#	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	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	32.9%	1.0
8	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	32.7%	1.0
9	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	31.0%	1.0
10	Daze Instant	Instant	30.7%	1.0
11	Mana Tithe Instant	Instant	30.4%	1.0
12	Dismember Instant	Instant	28.8%	1.0
13	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	28.2%	1.0
14	Memory Lapse Instant	Instant	27.5%	1.0
15	Reprieve Instant	Instant	27.3%	1.0
16	Counterspell Instant	Instant	26.3%	1.0
17	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	26.0%	1.0
18	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	24.8%	1.0
19	Remand Instant	Instant	24.6%	1.0
20	Lose Focus Instant	Instant	23.9%	1.0
21	Tale's End Instant	Instant	22.1%	1.0
22	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	19.7%	1.0
23	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	18.5%	1.0
24	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	17.7%	1.0
25	No More Lies Instant	Instant	15.3%	1.0
26	Cryptic Command Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.0
27	Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.5%	1.0
28	Stifle Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.0
29	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	12.8%	1.0
30	Cut Down Instant	Instant	12.6%	1.0
31	Unexpectedly Absent Instant	Instant	11.5%	1.0
32	Get Lost Instant	Instant	11.1%	1.0
33	Legolas's Quick Reflexes Instant	Instant	11.1%	1.0
34	Erode Instant	Instant	10.6%	1.0
35	Ghostfire Slice Instant	Instant	10.3%	1.0
36	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	9.8%	1.0
37	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	9.6%	1.0
38	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	9.4%	1.0
39	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	9.3%	1.0
40	Archmage's Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.0
41	Long Goodbye Instant	Instant	8.3%	1.0
42	Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	8.3%	1.0
43	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.0
44	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.0
45	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.0
46	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.0
47	Mystic Confluence Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.0
48	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	6.6%	1.0
49	Evasive Action Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.0
50	Flare of Malice Instant	Instant	5.9%	1.0
51	Berserk Instant	Instant	5.4%	1.0
52	Abrade Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.0
53	Flare of Denial Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.0
54	Flame of Anor Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.0
55	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
56	Logic Knot Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.0
57	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	3.9%	1.0
58	Untimely Malfunction Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.0
59	Tarfire Kindred Instant — Goblin	Kindred Instant — Goblin	3.2%	1.0
60	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire Instant // Land	Instant // Land	3.0%	1.0
61	Miscalculation Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
62	Skycrash Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
63	Play with Fire Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
64	Lightning Helix Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
65	Snap Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
66	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
67	Wild Slash Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.0
68	Shock Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
69	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
70	Saw in Half Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.0
71	Heritage Reclamation Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
72	Go for the Throat Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
73	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
74	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	2.5%	1.0
75	Witherbloom Charm Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.0
76	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
77	Archdruid's Charm Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
78	Mystical Dispute Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
79	Kaya's Guile Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
80	Murderous Cut Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
81	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.0
82	Locust Spray Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.0
83	Defile Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
84	Fireblast Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
85	Searing Spear Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
86	Spark Spray Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
87	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0
88	Incinerate Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.0

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