Premodern staples: Blue or Black or Multicolor, Removal or Counterspells or Recursion

33 cards played in at least 2% of the 3465 Premodern decks of the last 120 days, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Counterspell (26% of decks).

Main deck (24)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Counterspell Instant	Instant	26.1%	3.9
2	Foil Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.6
3	Daze Instant	Instant	16.6%	2.2
4	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	16.2%	1.5
5	Stifle Instant	Instant	14.1%	3.9
6	Thwart Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.3
7	Vision Charm Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
8	Smother Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.3
9	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.9
10	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	8.0%	2.6
11	Decree of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	4.7%	2.8
12	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	3.3
13	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
14	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.1%	1.0
15	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.2
16	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.1%	2.5
17	Sickening Dreams Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
18	Annul Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
19	Prohibit Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.3
20	Pernicious Deed Enchantment	Enchantment	3.2%	3.7
21	Vindicate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	3.3
22	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
23	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	3.1
24	Plaguebearer Creature — Zombie	Creature — Zombie	2.2%	1.1

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (13)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	25.4%	2.3
2	Annul Instant	Instant	24.4%	2.6
3	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	21.7%	2.3
4	Engineered Plague Enchantment	Enchantment	17.3%	3.0
5	Essence Flare Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	12.8%	2.9
6	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.3%	1.2
7	Dystopia Enchantment	Enchantment	6.5%	2.8
8	Smother Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.6
9	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
10	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
11	Drain Life Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.3
12	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
13	Vendetta Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.3

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it