Premodern staples: Creatures or Instants, Removal or Recursion or Graveyard hate or Lifegain

52 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 (35)

#	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	Naturalize Instant	Instant	15.0%	2.0
5	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
6	Vision Charm Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
7	Smother Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.3
8	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	11.5%	3.9
9	Incinerate Instant	Instant	11.4%	3.9
10	Fireblast Instant	Instant	9.6%	3.9
11	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.4%	1.1
12	Disenchant Instant	Instant	9.4%	1.7
13	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.9
14	Withered Wretch Creature — Zombie Cleric	Creature — Zombie Cleric	7.0%	3.2
15	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
16	Siege-Gang Commander Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.7%	3.0
17	Exalted Angel Creature — Angel	Creature — Angel	6.7%	2.2
18	Goblin Tinkerer Creature — Goblin Artificer	Creature — Goblin Artificer	6.5%	1.3
19	Goblin Sharpshooter Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.3%	1.0
20	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
21	Triskelion Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.8%	1.1
22	Nantuko Vigilante Creature — Insect Druid Mutant	Creature — Insect Druid Mutant	4.4%	1.4
23	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	4.4%	1.1
24	Ravenous Baloth Creature — Beast	Creature — Beast	4.4%	2.3
25	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
26	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.2
27	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
28	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.1%	2.5
29	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
30	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
31	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
32	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.6
33	Plaguebearer Creature — Zombie	Creature — Zombie	2.2%	1.1
34	Eternal Dragon Creature — Dragon Spirit	Creature — Dragon Spirit	2.1%	2.5
35	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 (26)

#	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	Tranquil Domain Instant	Instant	13.8%	2.0
9	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.3%	1.2
10	Mogg Salvage Instant	Instant	9.9%	2.5
11	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	9.7%	1.3
12	Exalted Angel Creature — Angel	Creature — Angel	7.8%	2.3
13	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.8%	2.8
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	Smother Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.6
18	Ghitu Slinger Creature — Human Nomad	Creature — Human Nomad	4.1%	1.0
19	Ravenous Baloth Creature — Beast	Creature — Beast	4.0%	1.7
20	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
21	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
22	Reprisal Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.2
23	Crumble Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.6
24	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	2.8%	1.0
25	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
26	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