Premodern staples: Creatures or Instants, Removal or Recursion

46 cards played in at least 2% of the 3521 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	38.3%	3.7
2	Mogg Fanatic Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	18.1%	3.9
3	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	16.2%	1.5
4	Naturalize Instant	Instant	15.1%	2.0
5	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	13.8%	4.0
6	Vision Charm Instant	Instant	13.6%	4.0
7	Smother Instant	Instant	12.5%	2.3
8	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	11.6%	3.9
9	Incinerate Instant	Instant	11.5%	3.9
10	Fireblast Instant	Instant	9.6%	3.9
11	Disenchant Instant	Instant	9.4%	1.7
12	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.4%	1.1
13	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	7.9%	1.9
14	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
15	Siege-Gang Commander Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.0
16	Goblin Tinkerer Creature — Goblin Artificer	Creature — Goblin Artificer	6.6%	1.3
17	Goblin Sharpshooter Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.4%	1.0
18	Triskelion Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.8%	1.1
19	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
20	Nantuko Vigilante Creature — Insect Druid Mutant	Creature — Insect Druid Mutant	4.4%	1.4
21	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
22	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	4.3%	1.1
23	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
24	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.1%	2.5
25	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	3.9%	1.2
26	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
27	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
28	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
29	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.7
30	Plaguebearer Creature — Zombie	Creature — Zombie	2.2%	1.1

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (23)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Naturalize Instant	Instant	25.8%	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	20.2%	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%	2.8
8	Tranquil Domain Instant	Instant	13.8%	2.0
9	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.3%	1.2
10	Mogg Salvage Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.5
11	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	9.7%	1.3
12	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.8
13	Uktabi Orangutan Creature — Ape	Creature — Ape	5.7%	1.0
14	Monk Realist Creature — Human Monk Cleric	Creature — Human Monk Cleric	4.4%	1.0
15	Disenchant Instant	Instant	4.3%	1.4
16	Ghitu Slinger Creature — Human Nomad	Creature — Human Nomad	4.1%	1.0
17	Smother Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.6
18	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
19	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.5
20	Reprisal Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.2
21	Crumble Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.6
22	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	2.8%	1.0
23	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.6%	1.4

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it