Premodern staples: Counterspells or Tutors or Recursion or Lifegain

50 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 (38)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	38.2%	3.7
2	Wooded Foothills Land	Land	27.2%	3.0
3	Counterspell Instant	Instant	26.1%	3.9
4	Windswept Heath Land	Land	24.9%	3.9
5	Foil Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.6
6	Daze Instant	Instant	16.6%	2.2
7	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	15.6%	2.6
8	Stifle Instant	Instant	14.1%	3.9
9	Thwart Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.3
10	Flooded Strand Land	Land	12.8%	3.9
11	Sterling Grove Enchantment	Enchantment	11.4%	3.1
12	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.4%	1.1
13	Survival of the Fittest Enchantment	Enchantment	8.9%	4.0
14	Bloodstained Mire Land	Land	8.7%	3.6
15	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	8.0%	2.6
16	Intuition Instant	Instant	7.5%	2.8
17	Goblin Matron Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.7%	4.0
18	Exalted Angel Creature — Angel	Creature — Angel	6.7%	2.2
19	Weathered Wayfarer Creature — Human Nomad Cleric	Creature — Human Nomad Cleric	6.1%	3.1
20	Polluted Delta Land	Land	6.0%	3.7
21	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
22	Decree of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	4.7%	2.8
23	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	3.3
24	Ravenous Baloth Creature — Beast	Creature — Beast	4.4%	2.3
25	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
26	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.1%	1.0
27	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
28	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
29	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	3.5
30	Annul Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
31	Prohibit Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.3
32	Enlightened Tutor Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.2
33	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
34	Krosan Tusker Creature — Boar Beast	Creature — Boar Beast	2.7%	2.6
35	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
36	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	3.1
37	Eternal Dragon Creature — Dragon Spirit	Creature — Dragon Spirit	2.1%	2.5
38	Yavimaya Granger Creature — Elf	Creature — Elf	2.0%	1.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (18)

#	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	Enlightened Tutor Instant	Instant	6.2%	1.1
13	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	4.2%	1.0
14	Ravenous Baloth Creature — Beast	Creature — Beast	4.0%	1.7
15	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
16	Crumble Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.6
17	Drain Life Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.3
18	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