Premodern staples: Creatures or Instants, Removal or Cantrips or Recursion

54 cards played in at least 2% of the 3488 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 (37)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	38.1%	3.7
2	Mogg Fanatic Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	18.0%	3.9
3	Opt Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.8
4	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	16.2%	1.5
5	Naturalize Instant	Instant	15.1%	2.0
6	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	13.8%	4.0
7	Vision Charm Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
8	Smother Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.3
9	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	11.6%	3.9
10	Incinerate Instant	Instant	11.4%	3.9
11	Peek Instant	Instant	9.9%	1.1
12	Fireblast Instant	Instant	9.6%	3.9
13	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.4%	1.1
14	Disenchant Instant	Instant	9.3%	1.7
15	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.9
16	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
17	Siege-Gang Commander Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.0
18	Goblin Tinkerer Creature — Goblin Artificer	Creature — Goblin Artificer	6.6%	1.3
19	Goblin Sharpshooter Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.4%	1.0
20	Abeyance Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.0
21	Triskelion Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.8%	1.1
22	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
23	Wall of Blossoms Creature — Plant Wall	Creature — Plant Wall	4.5%	3.2
24	Nantuko Vigilante Creature — Insect Druid Mutant	Creature — Insect Druid Mutant	4.4%	1.4
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	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.2%	2.5
28	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.2
29	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
30	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
31	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
32	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
33	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.6
34	Multani's Acolyte Creature — Elf	Creature — Elf	2.2%	3.5
35	Plaguebearer Creature — Zombie	Creature — Zombie	2.2%	1.1
36	Eternal Dragon Creature — Dragon Spirit	Creature — Dragon Spirit	2.1%	2.5
37	Goblin Vandal Creature — Goblin Rogue	Creature — Goblin Rogue	2.0%	3.4

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (25)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Naturalize Instant	Instant	25.7%	2.0
2	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	25.3%	2.3
3	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	21.7%	2.3
4	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	20.1%	2.3
5	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	18.6%	2.4
6	Ray of Revelation Instant	Instant	17.1%	1.3
7	Overload Instant	Instant	15.0%	2.9
8	Tranquil Domain Instant	Instant	13.9%	2.0
9	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.2%	1.2
10	Mogg Salvage Instant	Instant	9.9%	2.5
11	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	9.7%	1.3
12	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.8%	2.8
13	Abeyance Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
14	Uktabi Orangutan Creature — Ape	Creature — Ape	5.6%	1.0
15	Monk Realist Creature — Human Monk Cleric	Creature — Human Monk Cleric	4.4%	1.0
16	Disenchant Instant	Instant	4.3%	1.4
17	Ghitu Slinger Creature — Human Nomad	Creature — Human Nomad	4.1%	1.0
18	Smother Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.6
19	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
20	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.5
21	Reprisal Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.2
22	Crumble Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.6
23	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	2.8%	1.0
24	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
25	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