Premodern staples: Instants or Artifacts, Creature removal or Counterspells or Recursion or Graveyard hate

35 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 (25)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	38.1%	3.7
2	Counterspell Instant	Instant	26.0%	3.9
3	Foil Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.6
4	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	17.9%	1.3
5	Daze Instant	Instant	16.6%	2.2
6	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	16.2%	1.5
7	Stifle Instant	Instant	14.0%	3.9
8	Thwart Instant	Instant	13.9%	1.3
9	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	13.8%	4.0
10	Smother Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.3
11	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	12.4%	2.2
12	Incinerate Instant	Instant	11.4%	3.9
13	Fireblast Instant	Instant	9.6%	3.9
14	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.9
15	Phyrexian Furnace Artifact	Artifact	8.1%	1.8
16	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	8.1%	2.6
17	Triskelion Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.8%	1.1
18	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
19	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	4.4%	1.1
20	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.2%	2.5
21	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.2
22	Annul Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
23	Prohibit Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.3
24	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
25	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.6

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (19)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	43.5%	2.1
2	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	25.3%	2.3
3	Annul Instant	Instant	24.3%	2.6
4	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	21.7%	2.3
5	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	20.1%	2.3
6	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	18.6%	2.4
7	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.2%	1.2
8	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	9.7%	1.3
9	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	8.0%	1.5
10	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.8%	2.8
11	Phyrexian Furnace Artifact	Artifact	6.7%	1.4
12	Smother Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.6
13	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	3.8%	1.1
14	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
15	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.5
16	Reprisal Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.2
17	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	2.8%	1.0
18	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
19	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