Premodern staples: Counterspells or Recursion or Lifegain

37 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 (25)

#	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	Foil Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.6
4	Daze Instant	Instant	16.6%	2.2
5	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	15.6%	2.6
6	Stifle Instant	Instant	14.1%	3.9
7	Thwart Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.3
8	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.4%	1.1
9	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	8.0%	2.6
10	Exalted Angel Creature — Angel	Creature — Angel	6.7%	2.2
11	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
12	Decree of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	4.7%	2.8
13	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	3.3
14	Ravenous Baloth Creature — Beast	Creature — Beast	4.4%	2.3
15	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
16	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.1%	1.0
17	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
18	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
19	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	3.5
20	Annul Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
21	Prohibit Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.3
22	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
23	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
24	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	3.1
25	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 (17)

#	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	Gaea's Blessing Sorcery	Sorcery	13.0%	1.6
7	Warmth Enchantment	Enchantment	12.4%	1.7
8	Sacred Ground Enchantment	Enchantment	10.0%	1.5
9	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	9.7%	1.3
10	Exalted Angel Creature — Angel	Creature — Angel	7.8%	2.3
11	Zuran Orb Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.3
12	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	4.2%	1.0
13	Ravenous Baloth Creature — Beast	Creature — Beast	4.0%	1.7
14	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
15	Crumble Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.6
16	Drain Life Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.3
17	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