Premodern staples: Removal or Counterspells or Card draw or Recursion

112 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 (85)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	38.2%	3.7
2	Wasteland Land	Land	29.3%	3.3
3	Counterspell Instant	Instant	26.1%	3.9
4	Gush Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.9
5	Seal of Cleansing Enchantment	Enchantment	20.6%	2.6
6	Portent Sorcery	Sorcery	20.3%	3.9
7	Foil Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.6
8	Sylvan Library Enchantment	Enchantment	18.2%	2.9
9	Mogg Fanatic Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	18.0%	3.9
10	Opt Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.8
11	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	17.9%	1.3
12	Daze Instant	Instant	16.6%	2.2
13	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	16.2%	1.5
14	Parallax Wave Enchantment	Enchantment	15.6%	3.0
15	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	15.6%	2.6
16	Naturalize Instant	Instant	15.0%	2.0
17	Stifle Instant	Instant	14.1%	3.9
18	Thwart Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.3
19	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
20	Vision Charm Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
21	Smother Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.3
22	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	12.4%	2.2
23	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	11.5%	3.9
24	Argothian Enchantress Creature — Human Druid	Creature — Human Druid	11.4%	4.0
25	Enchantress's Presence Enchantment	Enchantment	11.4%	4.0
26	Incinerate Instant	Instant	11.4%	3.9
27	Seal of Fire Enchantment	Enchantment	10.2%	3.6
28	Peek Instant	Instant	9.9%	1.1
29	Fireblast Instant	Instant	9.6%	3.9
30	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.4%	1.1
31	Disenchant Instant	Instant	9.4%	1.7
32	Armageddon Sorcery	Sorcery	9.3%	2.9
33	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.9
34	Phyrexian Furnace Artifact	Artifact	8.1%	1.8
35	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	8.0%	2.6
36	Dust Bowl Land	Land	7.8%	1.7
37	Graveborn Muse Creature — Zombie Spirit	Creature — Zombie Spirit	6.8%	2.0
38	Decree of Justice Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	3.1
39	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
40	Siege-Gang Commander Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.7%	3.0
41	Goblin Tinkerer Creature — Goblin Artificer	Creature — Goblin Artificer	6.5%	1.3
42	Accumulated Knowledge Instant	Instant	6.3%	4.0
43	Goblin Sharpshooter Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.3%	1.0
44	Secluded Steppe Land	Land	6.1%	1.2
45	Barbarian Ring Land	Land	6.1%	2.3
46	Wrath of God Sorcery	Sorcery	6.1%	2.2
47	Frantic Search Instant	Instant	5.8%	3.1
48	Aura of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	5.8%	1.8
49	Tranquil Thicket Land	Land	5.7%	1.2
50	Abeyance Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.0
51	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
52	Triskelion Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.8%	1.1
53	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	2.0
54	Decree of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	4.7%	2.8
55	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	3.3
56	Attunement Enchantment	Enchantment	4.6%	4.0
57	Wall of Blossoms Creature — Plant Wall	Creature — Plant Wall	4.5%	3.2
58	Tsabo's Web Artifact	Artifact	4.4%	1.9
59	Nantuko Vigilante Creature — Insect Druid Mutant	Creature — Insect Druid Mutant	4.4%	1.4
60	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	4.4%	1.1
61	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
62	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.1%	1.0
63	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.2
64	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
65	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.1%	2.5
66	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
67	Winter's Grasp Sorcery	Sorcery	3.9%	3.6
68	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	3.5
69	Sickening Dreams Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
70	Annul Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
71	Standstill Enchantment	Enchantment	3.7%	3.2
72	Prohibit Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.3
73	Deep Analysis Sorcery	Sorcery	3.6%	1.5
74	Pernicious Deed Enchantment	Enchantment	3.2%	3.7
75	Vindicate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	3.3
76	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
77	Krosan Tusker Creature — Boar Beast	Creature — Boar Beast	2.7%	2.6
78	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
79	Skeletal Scrying Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.1
80	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.6
81	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	3.1
82	Multani's Acolyte Creature — Elf	Creature — Elf	2.2%	3.5
83	Plaguebearer Creature — Zombie	Creature — Zombie	2.2%	1.1
84	Eternal Dragon Creature — Dragon Spirit	Creature — Dragon Spirit	2.1%	2.5
85	Goblin Vandal Creature — Goblin Rogue	Creature — Goblin Rogue	2.0%	3.3

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Sideboard (45)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Naturalize Instant	Instant	25.5%	2.0
2	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	25.4%	2.3
3	Annul Instant	Instant	24.4%	2.6
4	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	21.7%	2.3
5	Aura of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	20.1%	1.7
6	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	20.0%	2.3
7	Tsabo's Web Artifact	Artifact	19.2%	1.7
8	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	18.4%	2.4
9	Engineered Plague Enchantment	Enchantment	17.3%	3.0
10	Ray of Revelation Instant	Instant	17.1%	1.3
11	Overload Instant	Instant	15.0%	2.9
12	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	14.7%	2.7
13	Tranquil Domain Instant	Instant	13.8%	2.0
14	Gaea's Blessing Sorcery	Sorcery	13.0%	1.6
15	Essence Flare Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	12.8%	2.9
16	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.3%	1.2
17	Sacred Ground Enchantment	Enchantment	10.0%	1.5
18	Mogg Salvage Instant	Instant	9.9%	2.5
19	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	9.7%	1.3
20	Seal of Cleansing Enchantment	Enchantment	8.4%	1.4
21	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	8.0%	1.5
22	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.8%	2.8
23	Phyrexian Furnace Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.4
24	Dystopia Enchantment	Enchantment	6.5%	2.8
25	Abeyance Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.5
26	Anarchy Sorcery	Sorcery	5.8%	1.8
27	Uktabi Orangutan Creature — Ape	Creature — Ape	5.6%	1.0
28	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	2.1
29	Monk Realist Creature — Human Monk Cleric	Creature — Human Monk Cleric	4.4%	1.0
30	Disenchant Instant	Instant	4.3%	1.4
31	Karmic Justice Enchantment	Enchantment	4.3%	1.1
32	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	4.2%	1.0
33	Smother Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.6
34	Ghitu Slinger Creature — Human Nomad	Creature — Human Nomad	4.1%	1.0
35	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	3.8%	1.1
36	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.5
37	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
38	Reprisal Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.2
39	Armageddon Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.6
40	Compost Enchantment	Enchantment	3.1%	1.3
41	Crumble Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.6
42	Drain Life Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.3
43	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	2.8%	1.0
44	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
45	Vendetta Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.3

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