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

54 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 (39)

#	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	Foil Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.6
4	Mogg Fanatic Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	18.0%	3.9
5	Daze Instant	Instant	16.6%	2.2
6	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	16.2%	1.5
7	Parallax Wave Enchantment	Enchantment	15.6%	3.0
8	Stifle Instant	Instant	14.1%	3.9
9	Thwart Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.3
10	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
11	Smother Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.3
12	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	11.5%	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	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	8.0%	2.6
19	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
20	Siege-Gang Commander Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.7%	3.0
21	Goblin Sharpshooter Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.3%	1.0
22	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
23	Triskelion Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.8%	1.1
24	Decree of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	4.7%	2.8
25	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	4.4%	1.1
26	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
27	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.1%	1.0
28	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.2
29	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
30	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.1%	2.5
31	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
32	Annul Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
33	Prohibit Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.3
34	Pernicious Deed Enchantment	Enchantment	3.2%	3.7
35	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
36	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
37	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.6
38	Plaguebearer Creature — Zombie	Creature — Zombie	2.2%	1.1
39	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 (21)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	25.4%	2.3
2	Annul Instant	Instant	24.4%	2.6
3	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	21.7%	2.3
4	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	20.0%	2.3
5	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	18.4%	2.4
6	Engineered Plague Enchantment	Enchantment	17.3%	3.0
7	Essence Flare Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	12.8%	2.9
8	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.3%	1.2
9	Sacred Ground Enchantment	Enchantment	10.0%	1.5
10	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	9.7%	1.3
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	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
17	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
18	Reprisal Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.2
19	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	2.8%	1.0
20	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
21	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