Legacy staples: Counterspells or Cantrips or Discard or Recursion

63 cards played in at least 2% of the 6547 Legacy decks of the last 120 days, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Force of Will (54% of decks).

Main deck (54)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Force of Will Instant	Instant	54.0%	4.0
2	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	47.2%	4.0
3	Ponder Sorcery	Sorcery	45.4%	3.8
4	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	33.4%	3.6
5	Daze Instant	Instant	28.6%	3.1
6	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	23.0%	3.7
7	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	16.9%	1.9
8	Kozilek's Command Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	12.0%	4.0
9	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	10.3%	3.6
10	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	8.8%	3.6
11	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	8.5%	2.4
12	Cabal Therapy Sorcery	Sorcery	8.2%	2.5
13	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	8.2%	3.9
14	Bilbo, Thief in the Night Legendary Creature — Halfling Rogue	Legendary Creature — Halfling Rogue	7.1%	2.7
15	Stifle Instant	Instant	6.7%	3.3
16	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	6.1%	2.3
17	Emrakul, the Aeons Torn Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	5.8%	2.2
18	Lazotep Quarry Land — Desert	Land — Desert	5.8%	1.9
19	Life from the Loam Sorcery	Sorcery	5.7%	3.5
20	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	3.5
21	Consider Instant	Instant	5.4%	1.0
22	Doomsday Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	4.0
23	Mystic Sanctuary Land — Island	Land — Island	5.0%	1.0
24	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.6
25	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.6%	3.7
26	Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis Legendary Creature — Avatar	Legendary Creature — Avatar	4.6%	3.2
27	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	3.9
28	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	4.4%	2.2
29	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	4.3%	1.7
30	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	4.2%	3.9
31	Unmask Sorcery	Sorcery	4.0%	4.0
32	Pre-War Formalwear Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	3.8%	1.8
33	Reality Smasher Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	3.5%	3.6
34	Icetill Explorer Creature — Insect Scout	Creature — Insect Scout	3.3%	1.1
35	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.9
36	Goblin Welder Creature — Goblin Artificer	Creature — Goblin Artificer	3.2%	4.0
37	Up the Beanstalk Enchantment	Enchantment	3.2%	4.0
38	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	3.1%	3.9
39	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.1%	1.7
40	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.7
41	Gaea's Will Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.0
42	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.1
43	Collective Brutality Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.1
44	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	1.9
45	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	2.6%	1.4
46	Echo of Eons Sorcery	Sorcery	2.6%	3.1
47	Snapcaster Mage Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	2.5%	1.5
48	Goblin Engineer Creature — Goblin Artificer	Creature — Goblin Artificer	2.5%	3.8
49	Phyrexian Dragon Engine Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Dragon	Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Dragon	2.4%	1.0
50	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.3
51	Narcomoeba Creature — Illusion	Creature — Illusion	2.3%	3.2
52	Runehorn Hellkite Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	2.1%	1.0
53	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.3
54	Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury Legendary Creature — Elder Giant	Legendary Creature — Elder Giant	2.0%	1.2

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Sideboard (19)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	46.3%	2.3
2	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	39.5%	1.8
3	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	24.2%	1.5
4	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	20.4%	2.1
5	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.6%	2.4
6	Mindbreak Trap Instant — Trap	Instant — Trap	8.3%	1.9
7	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	7.9%	2.1
8	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	6.8%	1.4
9	Lavinia, Azorius Renegade Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	6.4%	1.5
10	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	5.9%	1.3
11	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	5.5%	1.7
12	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.7
13	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.3
14	Triumph of Saint Katherine Creature — Human Warrior	Creature — Human Warrior	4.2%	1.8
15	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.9
16	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.9%	3.4
17	Echo of Eons Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	1.0
18	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.4
19	Icetill Explorer Creature — Insect Scout	Creature — Insect Scout	2.0%	1.3

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