Premodern staples: Creature removal or Tutors or Recursion

73 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 (54)

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

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Sideboard (29)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	25.3%	2.3
2	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	21.7%	2.3
3	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	20.1%	2.3
4	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	18.6%	2.4
5	Engineered Plague Enchantment	Enchantment	17.3%	3.0
6	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	14.7%	2.7
7	Gaea's Blessing Sorcery	Sorcery	12.9%	1.6
8	Essence Flare Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	12.8%	2.9
9	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.2%	1.2
10	Sacred Ground Enchantment	Enchantment	10.0%	1.5
11	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	9.7%	1.3
12	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	8.0%	1.5
13	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.8%	2.8
14	Dystopia Enchantment	Enchantment	6.5%	2.8
15	Enlightened Tutor Instant	Instant	6.2%	1.1
16	Anarchy Sorcery	Sorcery	5.8%	1.8
17	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	2.1
18	Karmic Justice Enchantment	Enchantment	4.3%	1.1
19	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	4.2%	1.0
20	Ghitu Slinger Creature — Human Nomad	Creature — Human Nomad	4.1%	1.0
21	Smother Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.6
22	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	3.8%	1.1
23	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
24	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.5
25	Reprisal Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.2
26	Drain Life Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.3
27	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	2.8%	1.0
28	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
29	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