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

68 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	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	17.9%	1.3
4	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	17.4%	3.7
5	Cabal Therapy Sorcery	Sorcery	16.9%	3.6
6	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	16.2%	1.5
7	Parallax Wave Enchantment	Enchantment	15.6%	3.0
8	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	15.5%	2.6
9	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	13.8%	4.0
10	Smother Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.3
11	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	12.4%	2.2
12	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	11.6%	3.9
13	Incinerate Instant	Instant	11.4%	3.9
14	Seal of Fire Enchantment	Enchantment	10.2%	3.6
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	Phyrexian Furnace Artifact	Artifact	8.1%	1.8
19	Withered Wretch Creature — Zombie Cleric	Creature — Zombie Cleric	7.0%	3.2
20	Ravenous Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	6.8%	3.6
21	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
22	Siege-Gang Commander Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.0
23	Goblin Sharpshooter Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.4%	1.0
24	Hypnotic Specter Creature — Specter	Creature — Specter	6.2%	3.9
25	Barbarian Ring Land	Land	6.1%	2.3
26	Wrath of God Sorcery	Sorcery	6.1%	2.2
27	Triskelion Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.8%	1.1
28	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
29	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	2.0
30	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	3.3
31	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	4.4%	1.1
32	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
33	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.2%	2.5
34	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.1%	1.0
35	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.2
36	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
37	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
38	Sickening Dreams Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
39	Pernicious Deed Enchantment	Enchantment	3.2%	3.7
40	Vindicate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	3.3
41	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
42	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
43	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.6
44	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	3.1
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 (32)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	43.5%	2.1
2	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	25.3%	2.3
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	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	7.8%	2.0
15	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.8%	2.8
16	Phyrexian Furnace Artifact	Artifact	6.7%	1.4
17	Dystopia Enchantment	Enchantment	6.5%	2.8
18	Anarchy Sorcery	Sorcery	5.8%	1.8
19	Haunting Echoes Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	1.3
20	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	2.1
21	Karmic Justice Enchantment	Enchantment	4.3%	1.1
22	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	4.2%	1.0
23	Ghitu Slinger Creature — Human Nomad	Creature — Human Nomad	4.1%	1.0
24	Smother Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.6
25	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	3.8%	1.1
26	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
27	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.5
28	Reprisal Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.2
29	Drain Life Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.3
30	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	2.8%	1.0
31	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
32	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