Premodern staples: Creatures or Instants or Sorceries or Artifacts, Removal or Recursion

65 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 (44)

#	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	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	15.6%	2.6
6	Naturalize Instant	Instant	15.0%	2.0
7	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
8	Vision Charm Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
9	Smother Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.3
10	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	12.4%	2.2
11	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	11.5%	3.9
12	Incinerate Instant	Instant	11.4%	3.9
13	Fireblast Instant	Instant	9.6%	3.9
14	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.4%	1.1
15	Disenchant Instant	Instant	9.4%	1.7
16	Armageddon Sorcery	Sorcery	9.3%	2.9
17	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.9
18	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
19	Siege-Gang Commander Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.7%	3.0
20	Goblin Tinkerer Creature — Goblin Artificer	Creature — Goblin Artificer	6.5%	1.3
21	Goblin Sharpshooter Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.3%	1.0
22	Wrath of God Sorcery	Sorcery	6.1%	2.2
23	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
24	Triskelion Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.8%	1.1
25	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	2.0
26	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	3.3
27	Nantuko Vigilante Creature — Insect Druid Mutant	Creature — Insect Druid Mutant	4.4%	1.4
28	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	4.4%	1.1
29	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
30	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.2
31	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
32	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.1%	2.5
33	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
34	Winter's Grasp Sorcery	Sorcery	3.9%	3.6
35	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	3.5
36	Sickening Dreams Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
37	Vindicate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	3.3
38	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
39	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
40	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.6
41	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	3.1
42	Plaguebearer Creature — Zombie	Creature — Zombie	2.2%	1.1
43	Eternal Dragon Creature — Dragon Spirit	Creature — Dragon Spirit	2.1%	2.5
44	Goblin Vandal Creature — Goblin Rogue	Creature — Goblin Rogue	2.0%	3.3

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (33)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Naturalize Instant	Instant	25.5%	2.0
2	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	25.4%	2.3
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	Ray of Revelation Instant	Instant	17.1%	1.3
7	Overload Instant	Instant	15.0%	2.9
8	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	14.7%	2.7
9	Tranquil Domain Instant	Instant	13.8%	2.0
10	Gaea's Blessing Sorcery	Sorcery	13.0%	1.6
11	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.3%	1.2
12	Mogg Salvage Instant	Instant	9.9%	2.5
13	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	9.7%	1.3
14	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	8.0%	1.5
15	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.8%	2.8
16	Anarchy Sorcery	Sorcery	5.8%	1.8
17	Uktabi Orangutan Creature — Ape	Creature — Ape	5.6%	1.0
18	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	2.1
19	Monk Realist Creature — Human Monk Cleric	Creature — Human Monk Cleric	4.4%	1.0
20	Disenchant Instant	Instant	4.3%	1.4
21	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	4.2%	1.0
22	Smother Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.6
23	Ghitu Slinger Creature — Human Nomad	Creature — Human Nomad	4.1%	1.0
24	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	3.8%	1.1
25	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
26	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
27	Reprisal Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.2
28	Armageddon Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.6
29	Crumble Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.6
30	Drain Life Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.3
31	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	2.8%	1.0
32	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
33	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