Premodern staples: Blue or Black or Red, Creature removal or Recursion

38 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: Mogg Fanatic (18% of decks).

Main deck (23)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Mogg Fanatic Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	18.0%	3.9
2	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	16.2%	1.5
3	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
4	Smother Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.3
5	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	11.5%	3.9
6	Incinerate Instant	Instant	11.4%	3.9
7	Seal of Fire Enchantment	Enchantment	10.2%	3.6
8	Fireblast Instant	Instant	9.6%	3.9
9	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.4%	1.1
10	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.9
11	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
12	Siege-Gang Commander Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.7%	3.0
13	Goblin Sharpshooter Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.3%	1.0
14	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	2.0
15	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	3.3
16	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
17	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.1%	1.0
18	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.2
19	Sickening Dreams Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
20	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
21	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.6
22	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	3.1
23	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 (19)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	25.4%	2.3
2	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	21.7%	2.3
3	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	20.0%	2.3
4	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	18.4%	2.4
5	Engineered Plague Enchantment	Enchantment	17.3%	3.0
6	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	14.7%	2.7
7	Essence Flare Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	12.8%	2.9
8	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.3%	1.2
9	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.8%	2.8
10	Dystopia Enchantment	Enchantment	6.5%	2.8
11	Anarchy Sorcery	Sorcery	5.8%	1.8
12	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	2.1
13	Smother Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.6
14	Ghitu Slinger Creature — Human Nomad	Creature — Human Nomad	4.1%	1.0
15	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
16	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
17	Drain Life Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.3
18	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
19	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