Premodern staples: Creature removal or Cantrips or Recursion

66 cards played in at least 2% of the 3488 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 (47)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	38.1%	3.7
2	Mogg Fanatic Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	18.0%	3.9
3	Opt Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.8
4	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	17.9%	1.3
5	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	16.2%	1.5
6	Parallax Wave Enchantment	Enchantment	15.6%	3.0
7	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	15.5%	2.6
8	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	13.8%	4.0
9	Smother Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.3
10	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	12.4%	2.2
11	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	11.6%	3.9
12	Incinerate Instant	Instant	11.4%	3.9
13	Seal of Fire Enchantment	Enchantment	10.2%	3.6
14	Peek Instant	Instant	9.9%	1.1
15	Fireblast Instant	Instant	9.6%	3.9
16	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.4%	1.1
17	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.9
18	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
19	Siege-Gang Commander Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.0
20	Goblin Sharpshooter Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.4%	1.0
21	Barbarian Ring Land	Land	6.1%	2.3
22	Wrath of God Sorcery	Sorcery	6.1%	2.2
23	Abeyance Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.0
24	Triskelion Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.8%	1.1
25	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
26	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	2.0
27	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	3.3
28	Wall of Blossoms Creature — Plant Wall	Creature — Plant Wall	4.5%	3.2
29	Tsabo's Web Artifact	Artifact	4.4%	1.9
30	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	4.4%	1.1
31	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
32	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.2%	2.5
33	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.1%	1.0
34	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.2
35	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
36	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
37	Sickening Dreams Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
38	Pernicious Deed Enchantment	Enchantment	3.2%	3.7
39	Vindicate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	3.3
40	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
41	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
42	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.6
43	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	3.1
44	Multani's Acolyte Creature — Elf	Creature — Elf	2.2%	3.5
45	Plaguebearer Creature — Zombie	Creature — Zombie	2.2%	1.1
46	Eternal Dragon Creature — Dragon Spirit	Creature — Dragon Spirit	2.1%	2.5
47	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 (30)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	25.3%	2.3
2	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	21.7%	2.3
3	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	20.1%	2.3
4	Tsabo's Web Artifact	Artifact	19.2%	1.7
5	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	18.6%	2.4
6	Engineered Plague Enchantment	Enchantment	17.3%	3.0
7	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	14.7%	2.7
8	Gaea's Blessing Sorcery	Sorcery	12.9%	1.6
9	Essence Flare Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	12.8%	2.9
10	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.2%	1.2
11	Sacred Ground Enchantment	Enchantment	10.0%	1.5
12	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	9.7%	1.3
13	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	8.0%	1.5
14	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.8%	2.8
15	Dystopia Enchantment	Enchantment	6.5%	2.8
16	Abeyance Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
17	Anarchy Sorcery	Sorcery	5.8%	1.8
18	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	2.1
19	Karmic Justice Enchantment	Enchantment	4.3%	1.1
20	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	4.2%	1.0
21	Ghitu Slinger Creature — Human Nomad	Creature — Human Nomad	4.1%	1.0
22	Smother Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.6
23	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	3.8%	1.1
24	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
25	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.5
26	Reprisal Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.2
27	Drain Life Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.3
28	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	2.8%	1.0
29	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
30	Vendetta Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.3

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it