Premodern staples: Counterspells or Card draw or Recursion or Lifegain

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: Swords to Plowshares (38% of decks).

Main deck (50)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	38.2%	3.7
2	Counterspell Instant	Instant	26.1%	3.9
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	Sylvan Library Enchantment	Enchantment	18.2%	2.9
7	Opt Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.8
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	Phyrexian Furnace Artifact	Artifact	8.1%	1.8
17	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	8.0%	2.6
18	Graveborn Muse Creature — Zombie Spirit	Creature — Zombie Spirit	6.8%	2.0
19	Decree of Justice Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	3.1
20	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
21	Exalted Angel Creature — Angel	Creature — Angel	6.7%	2.2
22	Accumulated Knowledge Instant	Instant	6.3%	4.0
23	Secluded Steppe Land	Land	6.1%	1.2
24	Frantic Search Instant	Instant	5.8%	3.1
25	Tranquil Thicket Land	Land	5.7%	1.2
26	Abeyance Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.0
27	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
28	Decree of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	4.7%	2.8
29	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	3.3
30	Attunement Enchantment	Enchantment	4.6%	4.0
31	Wall of Blossoms Creature — Plant Wall	Creature — Plant Wall	4.5%	3.2
32	Tsabo's Web Artifact	Artifact	4.4%	1.9
33	Ravenous Baloth Creature — Beast	Creature — Beast	4.4%	2.3
34	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
35	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.1%	1.0
36	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
37	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.1%	2.5
38	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
39	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	3.5
40	Annul Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
41	Standstill Enchantment	Enchantment	3.7%	3.2
42	Prohibit Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.3
43	Deep Analysis Sorcery	Sorcery	3.6%	1.5
44	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
45	Krosan Tusker Creature — Boar Beast	Creature — Boar Beast	2.7%	2.6
46	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
47	Skeletal Scrying Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.1
48	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	3.1
49	Multani's Acolyte Creature — Elf	Creature — Elf	2.2%	3.5
50	Eternal Dragon Creature — Dragon Spirit	Creature — Dragon Spirit	2.1%	2.5

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (21)

#	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	Gaea's Blessing Sorcery	Sorcery	13.0%	1.6
8	Warmth Enchantment	Enchantment	12.4%	1.7
9	Sacred Ground Enchantment	Enchantment	10.0%	1.5
10	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	9.7%	1.3
11	Exalted Angel Creature — Angel	Creature — Angel	7.8%	2.3
12	Zuran Orb Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.3
13	Phyrexian Furnace Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.4
14	Abeyance Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.5
15	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	4.2%	1.0
16	Ravenous Baloth Creature — Beast	Creature — Beast	4.0%	1.7
17	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
18	Compost Enchantment	Enchantment	3.1%	1.3
19	Crumble Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.6
20	Drain Life Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.3
21	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it