Premodern staples: Creatures or Instants or Artifacts or Enchantments, Removal or Counterspells or Recursion

71 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 (49)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	38.2%	3.7
2	Counterspell Instant	Instant	26.1%	3.9
3	Seal of Cleansing Enchantment	Enchantment	20.6%	2.6
4	Foil Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.6
5	Mogg Fanatic Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	18.0%	3.9
6	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	17.9%	1.3
7	Daze Instant	Instant	16.6%	2.2
8	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	16.2%	1.5
9	Parallax Wave Enchantment	Enchantment	15.6%	3.0
10	Naturalize Instant	Instant	15.0%	2.0
11	Stifle Instant	Instant	14.1%	3.9
12	Thwart Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.3
13	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
14	Vision Charm Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
15	Smother Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.3
16	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	12.4%	2.2
17	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	11.5%	3.9
18	Incinerate Instant	Instant	11.4%	3.9
19	Seal of Fire Enchantment	Enchantment	10.2%	3.6
20	Fireblast Instant	Instant	9.6%	3.9
21	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.4%	1.1
22	Disenchant Instant	Instant	9.4%	1.7
23	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.9
24	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	8.0%	2.6
25	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
26	Siege-Gang Commander Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.7%	3.0
27	Goblin Tinkerer Creature — Goblin Artificer	Creature — Goblin Artificer	6.5%	1.3
28	Goblin Sharpshooter Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.3%	1.0
29	Aura of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	5.8%	1.8
30	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
31	Triskelion Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.8%	1.1
32	Decree of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	4.7%	2.8
33	Nantuko Vigilante Creature — Insect Druid Mutant	Creature — Insect Druid Mutant	4.4%	1.4
34	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	4.4%	1.1
35	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
36	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.1%	1.0
37	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.2
38	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
39	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.1%	2.5
40	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
41	Annul Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
42	Prohibit Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.3
43	Pernicious Deed Enchantment	Enchantment	3.2%	3.7
44	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
45	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
46	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.6
47	Plaguebearer Creature — Zombie	Creature — Zombie	2.2%	1.1
48	Eternal Dragon Creature — Dragon Spirit	Creature — Dragon Spirit	2.1%	2.5
49	Goblin Vandal Creature — Goblin Rogue	Creature — Goblin Rogue	2.0%	3.3

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decks of the format that play it in this part

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among the decks that play it

Sideboard (34)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Naturalize Instant	Instant	25.5%	2.0
2	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	25.4%	2.3
3	Annul Instant	Instant	24.4%	2.6
4	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	21.7%	2.3
5	Aura of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	20.1%	1.7
6	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	20.0%	2.3
7	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	18.4%	2.4
8	Engineered Plague Enchantment	Enchantment	17.3%	3.0
9	Ray of Revelation Instant	Instant	17.1%	1.3
10	Overload Instant	Instant	15.0%	2.9
11	Tranquil Domain Instant	Instant	13.8%	2.0
12	Essence Flare Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	12.8%	2.9
13	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.3%	1.2
14	Sacred Ground Enchantment	Enchantment	10.0%	1.5
15	Mogg Salvage Instant	Instant	9.9%	2.5
16	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	9.7%	1.3
17	Seal of Cleansing Enchantment	Enchantment	8.4%	1.4
18	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	8.0%	1.5
19	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.8%	2.8
20	Dystopia Enchantment	Enchantment	6.5%	2.8
21	Uktabi Orangutan Creature — Ape	Creature — Ape	5.6%	1.0
22	Monk Realist Creature — Human Monk Cleric	Creature — Human Monk Cleric	4.4%	1.0
23	Disenchant Instant	Instant	4.3%	1.4
24	Karmic Justice Enchantment	Enchantment	4.3%	1.1
25	Smother Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.6
26	Ghitu Slinger Creature — Human Nomad	Creature — Human Nomad	4.1%	1.0
27	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	3.8%	1.1
28	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
29	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
30	Reprisal Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.2
31	Crumble Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.6
32	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	2.8%	1.0
33	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
34	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