Premodern staples: Counterspells or Card draw or Board wipes or Recursion

63 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 (52)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Counterspell Instant	Instant	26.1%	3.9
2	Gush Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.9
3	Portent Sorcery	Sorcery	20.3%	3.9
4	Foil Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.6
5	Sylvan Library Enchantment	Enchantment	18.2%	2.9
6	Opt Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.8
7	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	17.9%	1.3
8	Daze Instant	Instant	16.6%	2.2
9	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	15.6%	2.6
10	Stifle Instant	Instant	14.1%	3.9
11	Thwart Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.3
12	Argothian Enchantress Creature — Human Druid	Creature — Human Druid	11.4%	4.0
13	Enchantress's Presence Enchantment	Enchantment	11.4%	4.0
14	Peek Instant	Instant	9.9%	1.1
15	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.4%	1.1
16	Armageddon Sorcery	Sorcery	9.3%	2.9
17	Phyrexian Furnace Artifact	Artifact	8.1%	1.8
18	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	8.0%	2.6
19	Graveborn Muse Creature — Zombie Spirit	Creature — Zombie Spirit	6.8%	2.0
20	Decree of Justice Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	3.1
21	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
22	Accumulated Knowledge Instant	Instant	6.3%	4.0
23	Secluded Steppe Land	Land	6.1%	1.2
24	Wrath of God Sorcery	Sorcery	6.1%	2.2
25	Frantic Search Instant	Instant	5.8%	3.1
26	Tranquil Thicket Land	Land	5.7%	1.2
27	Abeyance Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.0
28	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
29	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	2.0
30	Decree of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	4.7%	2.8
31	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	3.3
32	Attunement Enchantment	Enchantment	4.6%	4.0
33	Wall of Blossoms Creature — Plant Wall	Creature — Plant Wall	4.5%	3.2
34	Tsabo's Web Artifact	Artifact	4.4%	1.9
35	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
36	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.1%	1.0
37	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
38	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.1%	2.5
39	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
40	Sickening Dreams Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
41	Annul Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
42	Standstill Enchantment	Enchantment	3.7%	3.2
43	Prohibit Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.3
44	Deep Analysis Sorcery	Sorcery	3.6%	1.5
45	Pernicious Deed Enchantment	Enchantment	3.2%	3.7
46	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
47	Krosan Tusker Creature — Boar Beast	Creature — Boar Beast	2.7%	2.6
48	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
49	Skeletal Scrying Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.1
50	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	3.1
51	Multani's Acolyte Creature — Elf	Creature — Elf	2.2%	3.5
52	Eternal Dragon Creature — Dragon Spirit	Creature — Dragon Spirit	2.1%	2.5

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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	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	20.0%	2.3
5	Tsabo's Web Artifact	Artifact	19.2%	1.7
6	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	18.4%	2.4
7	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	14.7%	2.7
8	Tranquil Domain Instant	Instant	13.8%	2.0
9	Gaea's Blessing Sorcery	Sorcery	13.0%	1.6
10	Sacred Ground Enchantment	Enchantment	10.0%	1.5
11	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	8.0%	1.5
12	Phyrexian Furnace Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.4
13	Abeyance Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.5
14	Anarchy Sorcery	Sorcery	5.8%	1.8
15	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	2.1
16	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	4.2%	1.0
17	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
18	Armageddon Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.6
19	Compost Enchantment	Enchantment	3.1%	1.3

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decks of the format that play it in this part

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among the decks that play it