Instants staples in Vintage

14 cards played in at least 2% of the 19 Vintage decks of the last 120 days on MTGO, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Ancestral Recall (74% of decks).

Official MTGO results, updated 27 Oct 2026. How we count

Main deck (9)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Ancestral RecallInstant	Instant	73.7%	1.0
2	Force of WillInstant	Instant	68.4%	4.0
3	Mental MisstepInstant	Instant	36.8%	1.0
4	Sink into Stupor // Soporific SpringsInstant // Land	Instant // Land	36.8%	3.7
5	FlusterstormInstant	Instant	26.3%	1.2
6	Force of NegationInstant	Instant	26.3%	2.6
7	Swords to PlowsharesInstant	Instant	26.3%	2.6
8	BrainstormInstant	Instant	21.1%	1.0
9	Paradoxical OutcomeInstant	Instant	15.8%	2.7

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (7)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Mindbreak TrapInstant — Trap	Instant — Trap	52.6%	2.0
2	Force of NegationInstant	Instant	36.8%	1.9
3	Consign to MemoryInstant	Instant	31.6%	2.0
4	DismemberInstant	Instant	31.6%	2.2
5	Into the Flood MawInstant	Instant	26.3%	2.4
6	Swords to PlowsharesInstant	Instant	21.1%	1.5
7	Fatal PushInstant	Instant	15.8%	1.7

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Basic lands are left out. Themes come from the functional tags of Scryfall Tagger. How it is calculated