Premodern staples: Creature removal or Counterspells or Burn or Discard or Recursion or Graveyard hate

81 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 (60)

#	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	Mogg Fanatic Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	18.0%	3.9
5	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	17.9%	1.3
6	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	17.4%	3.7
7	Cabal Therapy Sorcery	Sorcery	16.9%	3.6
8	Daze Instant	Instant	16.6%	2.2
9	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	16.2%	1.5
10	Parallax Wave Enchantment	Enchantment	15.6%	3.0
11	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	15.6%	2.6
12	Stifle Instant	Instant	14.1%	3.9
13	Thwart Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.3
14	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
15	Smother Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.3
16	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	12.4%	2.2
17	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	11.5%	3.9
18	Incinerate Instant	Instant	11.4%	3.9
19	Seal of Fire Enchantment	Enchantment	10.2%	3.6
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	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	8.0%	2.6
25	Withered Wretch Creature — Zombie Cleric	Creature — Zombie Cleric	7.0%	3.2
26	Ravenous Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	6.8%	3.6
27	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
28	Siege-Gang Commander Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.7%	3.0
29	Goblin Sharpshooter Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.3%	1.0
30	Hypnotic Specter Creature — Specter	Creature — Specter	6.2%	3.9
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	Black Vise Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	3.6
35	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
36	Triskelion Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.8%	1.1
37	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	2.0
38	Decree of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	4.7%	2.8
39	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	3.3
40	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	4.4%	1.1
41	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
42	Pyrostatic Pillar Enchantment	Enchantment	4.2%	3.7
43	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.1%	1.0
44	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.2
45	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
46	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.1%	2.5
47	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
48	Sickening Dreams Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
49	Annul Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
50	Prohibit Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.3
51	Flame Rift Sorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	3.4
52	Pernicious Deed Enchantment	Enchantment	3.2%	3.7
53	Vindicate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	3.3
54	Price of Progress Instant	Instant	2.9%	2.0
55	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
56	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
57	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.6
58	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	3.1
59	Plaguebearer Creature — Zombie	Creature — Zombie	2.2%	1.1
60	Eternal Dragon Creature — Dragon Spirit	Creature — Dragon Spirit	2.1%	2.5

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Sideboard (34)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	43.5%	2.1
2	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	25.4%	2.3
3	Annul Instant	Instant	24.4%	2.6
4	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	21.7%	2.3
5	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	20.0%	2.3
6	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	18.4%	2.4
7	Engineered Plague Enchantment	Enchantment	17.3%	3.0
8	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	14.7%	2.7
9	Gaea's Blessing Sorcery	Sorcery	13.0%	1.6
10	Essence Flare Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	12.8%	2.9
11	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.3%	1.2
12	Sacred Ground Enchantment	Enchantment	10.0%	1.5
13	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	9.7%	1.3
14	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	8.0%	1.5
15	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	7.8%	2.0
16	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.8%	2.8
17	Phyrexian Furnace Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.4
18	Dystopia Enchantment	Enchantment	6.5%	2.8
19	Anarchy Sorcery	Sorcery	5.8%	1.8
20	Haunting Echoes Sorcery	Sorcery	5.5%	1.3
21	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	2.1
22	Price of Progress Instant	Instant	4.6%	2.3
23	Karmic Justice Enchantment	Enchantment	4.3%	1.1
24	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	4.2%	1.0
25	Smother Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.6
26	Ghitu Slinger Creature — Human Nomad	Creature — Human Nomad	4.1%	1.0
27	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	3.8%	1.1
28	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
29	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
30	Reprisal Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.2
31	Drain Life Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.3
32	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	2.8%	1.0
33	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
34	Vendetta Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.3

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