Premodern staples: Counterspells or Board wipes or Discard or Recursion

42 cards played in at least 2% of the 3488 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 (32)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Counterspell Instant	Instant	26.0%	3.9
2	Foil Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.6
3	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	17.9%	1.3
4	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	17.4%	3.7
5	Cabal Therapy Sorcery	Sorcery	16.9%	3.6
6	Daze Instant	Instant	16.6%	2.2
7	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	15.5%	2.6
8	Stifle Instant	Instant	14.0%	3.9
9	Thwart Instant	Instant	13.9%	1.3
10	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.4%	1.1
11	Armageddon Sorcery	Sorcery	9.2%	2.9
12	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	8.1%	2.6
13	Ravenous Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	6.8%	3.6
14	Hypnotic Specter Creature — Specter	Creature — Specter	6.2%	3.9
15	Wrath of God Sorcery	Sorcery	6.1%	2.2
16	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
17	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	2.0
18	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	3.3
19	Decree of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	4.6%	2.8
20	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
21	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.1%	1.0
22	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
23	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
24	Sickening Dreams Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
25	Annul Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
26	Prohibit Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.3
27	Pernicious Deed Enchantment	Enchantment	3.2%	3.7
28	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
29	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
30	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	3.1
31	Eternal Dragon Creature — Dragon Spirit	Creature — Dragon Spirit	2.1%	2.5
32	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.0%	1.7

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (16)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	25.3%	2.3
2	Annul Instant	Instant	24.3%	2.6
3	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	21.7%	2.3
4	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	20.1%	2.3
5	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	18.6%	2.4
6	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	14.7%	2.7
7	Tranquil Domain Instant	Instant	13.9%	2.0
8	Gaea's Blessing Sorcery	Sorcery	12.9%	1.6
9	Sacred Ground Enchantment	Enchantment	10.0%	1.5
10	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	8.0%	1.5
11	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	7.8%	2.0
12	Anarchy Sorcery	Sorcery	5.8%	1.8
13	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	2.1
14	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	4.2%	1.0
15	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
16	Armageddon Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.6

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it