Premodern staples: Creatures or Instants, Creature removal or Burn or Discard or Recursion or Graveyard hate

40 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 (30)

#	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	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	16.2%	1.5
4	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
5	Smother Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.3
6	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	11.5%	3.9
7	Incinerate Instant	Instant	11.4%	3.9
8	Fireblast Instant	Instant	9.6%	3.9
9	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.4%	1.1
10	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.9
11	Withered Wretch Creature — Zombie Cleric	Creature — Zombie Cleric	7.0%	3.2
12	Ravenous Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	6.8%	3.6
13	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
14	Siege-Gang Commander Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.7%	3.0
15	Goblin Sharpshooter Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.3%	1.0
16	Hypnotic Specter Creature — Specter	Creature — Specter	6.2%	3.9
17	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
18	Triskelion Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.8%	1.1
19	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	4.4%	1.1
20	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
21	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.2
22	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
23	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.1%	2.5
24	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
25	Price of Progress Instant	Instant	2.9%	2.0
26	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
27	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
28	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.6
29	Plaguebearer Creature — Zombie	Creature — Zombie	2.2%	1.1
30	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 (16)

#	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	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.3%	1.2
6	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	9.7%	1.3
7	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.8%	2.8
8	Price of Progress Instant	Instant	4.6%	2.3
9	Smother Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.6
10	Ghitu Slinger Creature — Human Nomad	Creature — Human Nomad	4.1%	1.0
11	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
12	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
13	Reprisal Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.2
14	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	2.8%	1.0
15	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
16	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