Premodern staples: Removal or Counterspells or Recursion

85 cards played in at least 2% of the 3511 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 (60)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	38.3%	3.7
2	Wasteland Land	Land	29.3%	3.3
3	Counterspell Instant	Instant	26.2%	3.9
4	Seal of Cleansing Enchantment	Enchantment	20.8%	2.6
5	Foil Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.6
6	Mogg Fanatic Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	18.1%	3.9
7	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	18.0%	1.3
8	Daze Instant	Instant	16.5%	2.2
9	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	16.2%	1.5
10	Parallax Wave Enchantment	Enchantment	15.7%	3.0
11	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	15.6%	2.6
12	Naturalize Instant	Instant	15.1%	2.0
13	Stifle Instant	Instant	14.0%	3.9
14	Thwart Instant	Instant	14.0%	1.3
15	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	13.8%	4.0
16	Vision Charm Instant	Instant	13.6%	4.0
17	Smother Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.3
18	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	12.2%	2.2
19	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	11.6%	3.9
20	Incinerate Instant	Instant	11.5%	3.9
21	Seal of Fire Enchantment	Enchantment	10.2%	3.6
22	Fireblast Instant	Instant	9.6%	3.9
23	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.4%	1.1
24	Disenchant Instant	Instant	9.4%	1.7
25	Armageddon Sorcery	Sorcery	9.1%	2.9
26	Mana Leak Instant	Instant	8.1%	2.7
27	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	7.9%	1.9
28	Dust Bowl Land	Land	7.7%	1.7
29	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
30	Siege-Gang Commander Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.0
31	Goblin Tinkerer Creature — Goblin Artificer	Creature — Goblin Artificer	6.6%	1.3
32	Goblin Sharpshooter Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.4%	1.0
33	Barbarian Ring Land	Land	6.2%	2.3
34	Wrath of God Sorcery	Sorcery	6.1%	2.2
35	Aura of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	5.8%	1.8
36	Triskelion Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.8%	1.1
37	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
38	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	2.1
39	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	3.3
40	Decree of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	4.6%	2.8
41	Nantuko Vigilante Creature — Insect Druid Mutant	Creature — Insect Druid Mutant	4.4%	1.4
42	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
43	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	4.3%	1.1
44	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.2%	1.0
45	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
46	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.1%	2.5
47	Winter's Grasp Sorcery	Sorcery	4.0%	3.6
48	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	4.0%	3.5
49	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	3.9%	1.2
50	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
51	Sickening Dreams Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
52	Annul Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.5
53	Prohibit Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.3
54	Pernicious Deed Enchantment	Enchantment	3.0%	3.8
55	Vindicate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	3.3
56	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
57	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
58	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.7
59	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	3.2
60	Plaguebearer Creature — Zombie	Creature — Zombie	2.2%	1.1

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among the decks that play it

Sideboard (40)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Naturalize Instant	Instant	25.8%	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	20.3%	1.7
6	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	20.2%	2.3
7	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	18.6%	2.4
8	Ray of Revelation Instant	Instant	17.1%	1.3
9	Engineered Plague Enchantment	Enchantment	16.9%	3.0
10	Overload Instant	Instant	15.0%	2.8
11	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	14.7%	2.7
12	Tranquil Domain Instant	Instant	13.8%	2.0
13	Gaea's Blessing Sorcery	Sorcery	13.2%	1.6
14	Essence Flare Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	12.8%	2.9
15	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.3%	1.2
16	Sacred Ground Enchantment	Enchantment	10.1%	1.5
17	Mogg Salvage Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.5
18	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	9.7%	1.3
19	Seal of Cleansing Enchantment	Enchantment	8.5%	1.4
20	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	7.8%	1.5
21	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.8
22	Dystopia Enchantment	Enchantment	6.3%	2.8
23	Anarchy Sorcery	Sorcery	5.8%	1.7
24	Uktabi Orangutan Creature — Ape	Creature — Ape	5.6%	1.0
25	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	2.1
26	Monk Realist Creature — Human Monk Cleric	Creature — Human Monk Cleric	4.4%	1.0
27	Disenchant Instant	Instant	4.3%	1.4
28	Karmic Justice Enchantment	Enchantment	4.3%	1.1
29	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	4.2%	1.0
30	Ghitu Slinger Creature — Human Nomad	Creature — Human Nomad	4.1%	1.0
31	Smother Instant	Instant	4.1%	1.6
32	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	3.8%	1.1
33	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
34	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.5
35	Armageddon Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.6
36	Reprisal Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.2
37	Crumble Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.6
38	Drain Life Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	1.3
39	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	2.8%	1.0
40	Spinning Darkness Instant	Instant	2.6%	1.4

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decks of the format that play it in this part

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among the decks that play it