Premodern staples: Counterspells or Recursion

28 cards played in at least 2% of the 3548 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 (21)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Counterspell Instant	Instant	26.3%	3.9
2	Foil Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.6
3	Daze Instant	Instant	16.5%	2.2
4	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	15.7%	2.6
5	Stifle Instant	Instant	14.0%	3.9
6	Thwart Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.3
7	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.3%	1.1
8	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	8.1%	2.7
9	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
10	Decree of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	4.7%	2.8
11	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	3.3
12	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
13	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.2%	1.0
14	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
15	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
16	Annul Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.5
17	Prohibit Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.3
18	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
19	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
20	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	3.2
21	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 (9)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	25.5%	2.3
2	Annul Instant	Instant	24.4%	2.6
3	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	21.8%	2.3
4	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	20.1%	2.3
5	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.4
6	Gaea's Blessing Sorcery	Sorcery	13.2%	1.6
7	Sacred Ground Enchantment	Enchantment	10.1%	1.5
8	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	4.2%	1.0
9	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.9%	1.8

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it