Premodern staples: Removal or Recursion

77 cards played in at least 2% of the 3533 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 (52)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	38.3%	3.7
2	Wasteland Land	Land	29.1%	3.3
3	Seal of Cleansing Enchantment	Enchantment	20.6%	2.6
4	Mogg Fanatic Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	18.2%	3.9
5	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	18.0%	1.3
6	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	16.3%	1.5
7	Parallax Wave Enchantment	Enchantment	15.8%	3.0
8	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	15.7%	2.6
9	Naturalize Instant	Instant	15.2%	2.0
10	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	14.0%	4.0
11	Vision Charm Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
12	Smother Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.3
13	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	12.3%	2.3
14	Grim Lavamancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	11.8%	3.9
15	Incinerate Instant	Instant	11.6%	3.9
16	Seal of Fire Enchantment	Enchantment	10.4%	3.6
17	Fireblast Instant	Instant	9.7%	3.9
18	Squee, Goblin Nabob Legendary Creature — Goblin	Legendary Creature — Goblin	9.3%	1.1
19	Disenchant Instant	Instant	9.3%	1.7
20	Armageddon Sorcery	Sorcery	9.0%	2.9
21	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	7.9%	1.9
22	Dust Bowl Land	Land	7.6%	1.7
23	Gempalm Incinerator Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.4
24	Siege-Gang Commander Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.8%	3.0
25	Goblin Tinkerer Creature — Goblin Artificer	Creature — Goblin Artificer	6.6%	1.3
26	Goblin Sharpshooter Creature — Goblin	Creature — Goblin	6.4%	1.0
27	Barbarian Ring Land	Land	6.3%	2.3
28	Wrath of God Sorcery	Sorcery	6.0%	2.2
29	Aura of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	5.6%	1.8
30	Triskelion Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.8%	1.1
31	Krosan Reclamation Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.0
32	Unearth Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	3.3
33	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	2.1
34	Nantuko Vigilante Creature — Insect Druid Mutant	Creature — Insect Druid Mutant	4.3%	1.4
35	Volrath's Shapeshifter Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter	4.3%	2.0
36	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	4.2%	1.1
37	Fire // Ice Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	4.2%	2.6
38	Animate Dead Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	4.2%	1.0
39	Karmic Guide Creature — Angel Spirit	Creature — Angel Spirit	4.1%	1.0
40	Winter's Grasp Sorcery	Sorcery	4.1%	3.6
41	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	4.1%	3.5
42	Battlefield Scrounger Creature — Centaur	Creature — Centaur	3.9%	1.0
43	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.2
44	Sickening Dreams Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.9
45	Pernicious Deed Enchantment	Enchantment	3.0%	3.8
46	Shallow Grave Instant	Instant	2.8%	2.2
47	Vindicate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.3
48	Genesis Creature — Incarnation	Creature — Incarnation	2.6%	1.2
49	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.7
50	Plaguebearer Creature — Zombie	Creature — Zombie	2.2%	1.2
51	Reanimate Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	3.2
52	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.0%	1.7

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Sideboard (39)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Naturalize Instant	Instant	25.9%	2.0
2	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	25.5%	2.3
3	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	21.7%	2.3
4	Aura of Silence Enchantment	Enchantment	20.2%	1.7
5	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	20.2%	2.3
6	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	18.6%	2.4
7	Ray of Revelation Instant	Instant	17.1%	1.3
8	Engineered Plague Enchantment	Enchantment	16.8%	3.0
9	Overload Instant	Instant	15.1%	2.9
10	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	14.6%	2.7
11	Tranquil Domain Instant	Instant	13.8%	2.0
12	Gaea's Blessing Sorcery	Sorcery	13.3%	1.6
13	Essence Flare Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	12.8%	2.9
14	Chain of Vapor Instant	Instant	11.4%	1.2
15	Sacred Ground Enchantment	Enchantment	10.1%	1.5
16	Mogg Salvage Instant	Instant	9.9%	2.5
17	Swords to Plowshares Instant	Instant	9.7%	1.3
18	Seal of Cleansing Enchantment	Enchantment	8.6%	1.4
19	Powder Keg Artifact	Artifact	7.6%	1.5
20	Pyrokinesis Instant	Instant	6.8%	2.8
21	Dystopia Enchantment	Enchantment	6.2%	2.8
22	Anarchy Sorcery	Sorcery	5.8%	1.7
23	Uktabi Orangutan Creature — Ape	Creature — Ape	5.6%	1.0
24	Earthquake Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	2.1
25	Monk Realist Creature — Human Monk Cleric	Creature — Human Monk Cleric	4.4%	1.0
26	Disenchant Instant	Instant	4.2%	1.4
27	Replenish Sorcery	Sorcery	4.2%	1.0
28	Karmic Justice Enchantment	Enchantment	4.2%	1.1
29	Ghitu Slinger Creature — Human Nomad	Creature — Human Nomad	4.1%	1.0
30	Smother Instant	Instant	4.0%	1.6
31	Cursed Scroll Artifact	Artifact	3.8%	1.1
32	Teferi's Response Instant	Instant	3.8%	1.8
33	Diabolic Edict Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.5
34	Armageddon Sorcery	Sorcery	3.6%	1.7
35	Reprisal Instant	Instant	3.3%	1.2
36	Crumble Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.6
37	Drain Life Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	1.3
38	Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore	Artifact Creature — Masticore	2.7%	1.0
39	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