Premodern staples: Creature removal or Recursion

58 cards played in at least 2% of the 3533 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 (40)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	38.3%	3.7
2	Mogg Fanatic Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	18.2%	3.9
3	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	18.0%	1.3
4	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	16.3%	1.5
5	Parallax Wave Enchantment	Enchantment	15.8%	3.0
6	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	15.7%	2.6
7	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	14.0%	4.0
8	Smother Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.3
9	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	12.3%	2.3
10	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	11.8%	3.9
11	Incinerate Instant	Instant	11.6%	3.9
12	Seal of Fire Enchantment	Enchantment	10.4%	3.6
13	Fireblast Instant	Instant	9.7%	3.9
14	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.3%	1.1
15	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	7.9%	1.9
16	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
17	Siege-Gang Commander Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.0
18	Goblin Sharpshooter Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.4%	1.0
19	Barbarian Ring Land	Land	6.3%	2.3
20	Wrath of God Sorcery	Sorcery	6.0%	2.2
21	Triskelion Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.8%	1.1
22	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
23	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	3.3
24	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	2.1
25	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
26	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	4.2%	1.1
27	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.2%	2.6
28	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.2%	1.0
29	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
30	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
31	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.2
32	Sickening Dreams Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
33	Pernicious Deed Enchantment	Enchantment	3.0%	3.8
34	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
35	Vindicate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.3
36	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
37	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.7
38	Plaguebearer Creature — Zombie	Creature — Zombie	2.2%	1.2
39	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	3.2
40	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 (27)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	25.5%	2.3
2	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	21.7%	2.3
3	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	20.2%	2.3
4	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	18.6%	2.4
5	Engineered Plague Enchantment	Enchantment	16.8%	3.0
6	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	14.6%	2.7
7	Gaea's Blessing Sorcery	Sorcery	13.3%	1.6
8	Essence Flare Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	12.8%	2.9
9	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.4%	1.2
10	Sacred Ground Enchantment	Enchantment	10.1%	1.5
11	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	9.7%	1.3
12	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	7.6%	1.5
13	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.8%	2.8
14	Dystopia Enchantment	Enchantment	6.2%	2.8
15	Anarchy Sorcery	Sorcery	5.8%	1.7
16	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	2.1
17	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	4.2%	1.0
18	Karmic Justice Enchantment	Enchantment	4.2%	1.1
19	Ghitu Slinger Creature — Human Nomad	Creature — Human Nomad	4.1%	1.0
20	Smother Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.6
21	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	3.8%	1.1
22	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
23	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.5
24	Reprisal Instant	Instant	3.3%	1.2
25	Drain Life Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	1.3
26	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	2.7%	1.0
27	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.6%	1.4

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it