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

52 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 (35)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Counterspell Instant	Instant	26.1%	3.9
2	Foil Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.6
3	Mogg Fanatic Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	18.0%	3.9
4	Daze Instant	Instant	16.6%	2.2
5	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	16.2%	1.5
6	Stifle Instant	Instant	14.1%	3.9
7	Thwart Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.3
8	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
9	Vision Charm Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
10	Smother Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.3
11	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	11.5%	3.9
12	Incinerate Instant	Instant	11.4%	3.9
13	Seal of Fire Enchantment	Enchantment	10.2%	3.6
14	Fireblast Instant	Instant	9.6%	3.9
15	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.4%	1.1
16	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.9
17	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	8.0%	2.6
18	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
19	Siege-Gang Commander Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.7%	3.0
20	Goblin Tinkerer Creature — Goblin Artificer	Creature — Goblin Artificer	6.5%	1.3
21	Goblin Sharpshooter Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.3%	1.0
22	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	2.0
23	Decree of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	4.7%	2.8
24	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	3.3
25	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
26	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.1%	1.0
27	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.2
28	Sickening Dreams Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
29	Annul Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
30	Prohibit Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.3
31	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
32	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.6
33	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	3.1
34	Plaguebearer Creature — Zombie	Creature — Zombie	2.2%	1.1
35	Goblin Vandal Creature — Goblin Rogue	Creature — Goblin Rogue	2.0%	3.3

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (22)

#	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	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	20.0%	2.3
5	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	18.4%	2.4
6	Engineered Plague Enchantment	Enchantment	17.3%	3.0
7	Overload Instant	Instant	15.0%	2.9
8	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	14.7%	2.7
9	Essence Flare Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	12.8%	2.9
10	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.3%	1.2
11	Mogg Salvage Instant	Instant	9.9%	2.5
12	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.8%	2.8
13	Dystopia Enchantment	Enchantment	6.5%	2.8
14	Anarchy Sorcery	Sorcery	5.8%	1.8
15	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	2.1
16	Smother Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.6
17	Ghitu Slinger Creature — Human Nomad	Creature — Human Nomad	4.1%	1.0
18	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
19	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
20	Drain Life Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.3
21	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
22	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