Premodern staples: Blue or Black

61 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 (48)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Counterspell Instant	Instant	26.1%	3.9
2	Impulse Instant	Instant	22.8%	2.9
3	Gush Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.9
4	Portent Sorcery	Sorcery	20.3%	3.9
5	Foil Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.6
6	Opt Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.8
7	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	17.4%	3.7
8	Cabal Therapy Sorcery	Sorcery	16.9%	3.6
9	Daze Instant	Instant	16.6%	2.2
10	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	16.2%	1.5
11	Flash of Insight Instant	Instant	15.8%	1.8
12	Stifle Instant	Instant	14.1%	3.9
13	Thwart Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.3
14	Vision Charm Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
15	Smother Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.3
16	Misdirection Instant	Instant	10.0%	1.0
17	Peek Instant	Instant	9.9%	1.1
18	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.9
19	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	8.0%	2.6
20	Dark Ritual Instant	Instant	7.9%	3.9
21	Intuition Instant	Instant	7.5%	2.8
22	Fact or Fiction Instant	Instant	7.5%	2.4
23	Withered Wretch Creature — Zombie Cleric	Creature — Zombie Cleric	7.0%	3.2
24	Graveborn Muse Creature — Zombie Spirit	Creature — Zombie Spirit	6.8%	2.0
25	Ravenous Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	6.8%	3.6
26	Accumulated Knowledge Instant	Instant	6.3%	4.0
27	Hypnotic Specter Creature — Specter	Creature — Specter	6.2%	3.9
28	Frantic Search Instant	Instant	5.8%	3.1
29	Decree of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	4.7%	2.8
30	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	3.3
31	Attunement Enchantment	Enchantment	4.6%	4.0
32	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
33	Nantuko Shade Creature — Insect Shade	Creature — Insect Shade	4.2%	2.7
34	Palinchron Creature — Illusion	Creature — Illusion	4.1%	1.0
35	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.1%	1.0
36	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.2
37	Sickening Dreams Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
38	Annul Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
39	Standstill Enchantment	Enchantment	3.7%	3.2
40	Prohibit Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.3
41	Deep Analysis Sorcery	Sorcery	3.6%	1.5
42	Brain Freeze Instant	Instant	3.1%	2.1
43	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
44	Sleight of Hand Sorcery	Sorcery	2.6%	3.3
45	Skeletal Scrying Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.1
46	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	3.1
47	Plaguebearer Creature — Zombie	Creature — Zombie	2.2%	1.1
48	Stasis Enchantment	Enchantment	2.0%	4.0

% 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	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	Brain Freeze Instant	Instant	14.8%	1.9
6	Essence Flare Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	12.8%	2.9
7	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.3%	1.2
8	Back to Basics Enchantment	Enchantment	8.4%	1.9
9	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	7.8%	2.0
10	Dystopia Enchantment	Enchantment	6.5%	2.8
11	Gloom Enchantment	Enchantment	6.2%	2.5
12	Haunting Echoes Sorcery	Sorcery	5.5%	1.3
13	Smother Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.6
14	Chill Enchantment	Enchantment	3.8%	2.7
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