Premodern staples: Creatures or Instants or Artifacts or Enchantments, Creature removal or Recursion

47 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 (32)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	38.2%	3.7
2	Mogg Fanatic Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	18.0%	3.9
3	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	17.9%	1.3
4	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	16.2%	1.5
5	Parallax Wave Enchantment	Enchantment	15.6%	3.0
6	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
7	Smother Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.3
8	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	12.4%	2.2
9	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	11.5%	3.9
10	Incinerate Instant	Instant	11.4%	3.9
11	Seal of Fire Enchantment	Enchantment	10.2%	3.6
12	Fireblast Instant	Instant	9.6%	3.9
13	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.4%	1.1
14	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.9
15	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
16	Siege-Gang Commander Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.7%	3.0
17	Goblin Sharpshooter Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.3%	1.0
18	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
19	Triskelion Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.8%	1.1
20	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	4.4%	1.1
21	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
22	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.1%	1.0
23	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.2
24	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
25	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.1%	2.5
26	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
27	Pernicious Deed Enchantment	Enchantment	3.2%	3.7
28	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
29	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
30	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.6
31	Plaguebearer Creature — Zombie	Creature — Zombie	2.2%	1.1
32	Eternal Dragon Creature — Dragon Spirit	Creature — Dragon Spirit	2.1%	2.5

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (22)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	25.4%	2.3
2	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	21.7%	2.3
3	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	20.0%	2.3
4	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	18.4%	2.4
5	Engineered Plague Enchantment	Enchantment	17.3%	3.0
6	Essence Flare Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	12.8%	2.9
7	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.3%	1.2
8	Sacred Ground Enchantment	Enchantment	10.0%	1.5
9	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	9.7%	1.3
10	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	8.0%	1.5
11	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.8%	2.8
12	Dystopia Enchantment	Enchantment	6.5%	2.8
13	Karmic Justice Enchantment	Enchantment	4.3%	1.1
14	Smother Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.6
15	Ghitu Slinger Creature — Human Nomad	Creature — Human Nomad	4.1%	1.0
16	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	3.8%	1.1
17	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
18	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
19	Reprisal Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.2
20	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	2.8%	1.0
21	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
22	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