Premodern staples: Creature removal or Counterspells or Tutors or Recursion

82 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 (63)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	38.1%	3.7
2	Wooded Foothills Land	Land	27.3%	3.0
3	Counterspell Instant	Instant	26.0%	3.9
4	Windswept Heath Land	Land	24.9%	3.9
5	Foil Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.6
6	Mogg Fanatic Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	18.0%	3.9
7	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	17.9%	1.3
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	15.5%	2.6
12	Stifle Instant	Instant	14.0%	3.9
13	Thwart Instant	Instant	13.9%	1.3
14	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	13.8%	4.0
15	Flooded Strand Land	Land	12.8%	3.9
16	Smother Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.3
17	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	12.4%	2.2
18	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	11.6%	3.9
19	Sterling Grove Enchantment	Enchantment	11.4%	3.1
20	Incinerate Instant	Instant	11.4%	3.9
21	Seal of Fire Enchantment	Enchantment	10.2%	3.6
22	Fireblast Instant	Instant	9.6%	3.9
23	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.4%	1.1
24	Survival of the Fittest Enchantment	Enchantment	8.9%	4.0
25	Bloodstained Mire Land	Land	8.7%	3.6
26	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.9
27	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	8.1%	2.6
28	Intuition Instant	Instant	7.5%	2.8
29	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
30	Siege-Gang Commander Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.0
31	Goblin Matron Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.7%	4.0
32	Goblin Sharpshooter Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.4%	1.0
33	Weathered Wayfarer Creature — Human Nomad Cleric	Creature — Human Nomad Cleric	6.1%	3.1
34	Barbarian Ring Land	Land	6.1%	2.3
35	Wrath of God Sorcery	Sorcery	6.1%	2.2
36	Polluted Delta Land	Land	6.0%	3.7
37	Triskelion Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.8%	1.1
38	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
39	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	2.0
40	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	3.3
41	Decree of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	4.6%	2.8
42	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	4.4%	1.1
43	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
44	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.2%	2.5
45	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.1%	1.0
46	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.2
47	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
48	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
49	Sickening Dreams Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
50	Annul Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
51	Prohibit Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.3
52	Enlightened Tutor Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.2
53	Pernicious Deed Enchantment	Enchantment	3.2%	3.7
54	Vindicate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	3.3
55	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
56	Krosan Tusker Creature — Boar Beast	Creature — Boar Beast	2.7%	2.6
57	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
58	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.6
59	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	3.1
60	Plaguebearer Creature — Zombie	Creature — Zombie	2.2%	1.1
61	Eternal Dragon Creature — Dragon Spirit	Creature — Dragon Spirit	2.1%	2.5
62	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.0%	1.7
63	Yavimaya Granger Creature — Elf	Creature — Elf	2.0%	1.0

Show all 63 cardsShow the first 50

% 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	Annul Instant	Instant	24.3%	2.6
3	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	21.7%	2.3
4	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	20.1%	2.3
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	Enlightened Tutor Instant	Instant	6.2%	1.1
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