Premodern staples: Creature removal or Card draw or Burn or Recursion

89 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 (69)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	38.2%	3.7
2	Gush Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.9
3	Portent Sorcery	Sorcery	20.3%	3.9
4	Sylvan Library Enchantment	Enchantment	18.2%	2.9
5	Mogg Fanatic Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	18.0%	3.9
6	Opt Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.8
7	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	17.9%	1.3
8	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	16.2%	1.5
9	Parallax Wave Enchantment	Enchantment	15.6%	3.0
10	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	15.6%	2.6
11	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
12	Smother Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.3
13	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	12.4%	2.2
14	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	11.5%	3.9
15	Argothian Enchantress Creature — Human Druid	Creature — Human Druid	11.4%	4.0
16	Enchantress's Presence Enchantment	Enchantment	11.4%	4.0
17	Incinerate Instant	Instant	11.4%	3.9
18	Seal of Fire Enchantment	Enchantment	10.2%	3.6
19	Peek Instant	Instant	9.9%	1.1
20	Fireblast Instant	Instant	9.6%	3.9
21	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.4%	1.1
22	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.9
23	Phyrexian Furnace Artifact	Artifact	8.1%	1.8
24	Graveborn Muse Creature — Zombie Spirit	Creature — Zombie Spirit	6.8%	2.0
25	Decree of Justice Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	3.1
26	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
27	Siege-Gang Commander Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.7%	3.0
28	Accumulated Knowledge Instant	Instant	6.3%	4.0
29	Goblin Sharpshooter Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.3%	1.0
30	Secluded Steppe Land	Land	6.1%	1.2
31	Barbarian Ring Land	Land	6.1%	2.3
32	Wrath of God Sorcery	Sorcery	6.1%	2.2
33	Sulfuric Vortex Enchantment	Enchantment	5.9%	2.6
34	Frantic Search Instant	Instant	5.8%	3.1
35	Tranquil Thicket Land	Land	5.7%	1.2
36	Abeyance Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.0
37	Black Vise Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	3.6
38	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
39	Triskelion Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.8%	1.1
40	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	2.0
41	Decree of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	4.7%	2.8
42	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	3.3
43	Attunement Enchantment	Enchantment	4.6%	4.0
44	Wall of Blossoms Creature — Plant Wall	Creature — Plant Wall	4.5%	3.2
45	Tsabo's Web Artifact	Artifact	4.4%	1.9
46	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	4.4%	1.1
47	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
48	Pyrostatic Pillar Enchantment	Enchantment	4.2%	3.7
49	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.1%	1.0
50	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.2
51	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
52	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.1%	2.5
53	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
54	Sickening Dreams Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
55	Standstill Enchantment	Enchantment	3.7%	3.2
56	Deep Analysis Sorcery	Sorcery	3.6%	1.5
57	Flame Rift Sorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	3.4
58	Pernicious Deed Enchantment	Enchantment	3.2%	3.7
59	Vindicate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	3.3
60	Price of Progress Instant	Instant	2.9%	2.0
61	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
62	Krosan Tusker Creature — Boar Beast	Creature — Boar Beast	2.7%	2.6
63	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
64	Skeletal Scrying Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.1
65	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.6
66	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	3.1
67	Multani's Acolyte Creature — Elf	Creature — Elf	2.2%	3.5
68	Plaguebearer Creature — Zombie	Creature — Zombie	2.2%	1.1
69	Eternal Dragon Creature — Dragon Spirit	Creature — Dragon Spirit	2.1%	2.5

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Sideboard (33)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	25.4%	2.3
2	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	21.7%	2.3
3	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	20.0%	2.3
4	Tsabo's Web Artifact	Artifact	19.2%	1.7
5	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	18.4%	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	13.0%	1.6
9	Essence Flare Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	12.8%	2.9
10	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.3%	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	Phyrexian Furnace Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.4
16	Dystopia Enchantment	Enchantment	6.5%	2.8
17	Abeyance Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.5
18	Anarchy Sorcery	Sorcery	5.8%	1.8
19	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	2.1
20	Price of Progress Instant	Instant	4.6%	2.3
21	Karmic Justice Enchantment	Enchantment	4.3%	1.1
22	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	4.2%	1.0
23	Smother Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.6
24	Ghitu Slinger Creature — Human Nomad	Creature — Human Nomad	4.1%	1.0
25	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	3.8%	1.1
26	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
27	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
28	Reprisal Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.2
29	Compost Enchantment	Enchantment	3.1%	1.3
30	Drain Life Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.3
31	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	2.8%	1.0
32	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
33	Vendetta Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.3

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