Premodern Discard Staples
Duress leads Premodern discard at 18% of lists, then Cabal Therapy (14%) and Solitary Confinement (12%). 29 cards ranked over the last 90 days, main deck and sideboard.
Most-played Premodern discard cards
| # | Card | Adoption | Δ pp | Avg copies | Top strategies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duress | 18% | — | 3.4 | Moneyball Black, Hermit Druid Combo, UB Psychatog |
| 2 | Cabal Therapy | 14% | — | 3.7 | Moneyball Black, Hermit Druid Combo, Rock |
| 3 | Solitary Confinement | 12% | — | 2.1 | Enchantress |
| 4 | Psychatog | 8% | — | 2.6 | Hermit Druid Combo, UB Psychatog, Gro-A-Tog |
| 5 | Frantic Search | 7% | — | 3.0 | Replenish, Dream Halls, Frantic Storm |
| 6 | Attunement | 6% | — | 4.0 | Replenish, Rogue |
| 7 | Hypnotic Specter | 5% | — | 4.0 | Moneyball Black, The Rack, Deadguy Ale |
| 8 | Masticore | 5% | — | 1.3 | Elves, BG Survival, Moneyball Black |
| 9 | Ravenous Rats | 5% | — | 3.4 | Moneyball Black, The Rack, Rock |
| 10 | Volrath's Shapeshifter | 4% | — | 1.9 | Hermit Druid Combo, BG Survival, Full English Breakfast |
| 11 | Sickening Dreams | 3% | — | 2.1 | UB Psychatog, Reanimator, Esper Psychatog |
| 12 | Wild Mongrel | 3% | — | 3.8 | Survival Madness, GW Madness, GR Zoo |
| 13 | Cephalid Coliseum | 2% | — | 1.5 | Iggy Pop, Stiflenought, Esper Psychatog |
| 14 | Lion's Eye Diamond | 2% | — | 4.0 | Iggy Pop, Balancing Tings, Rogue |
| 15 | Careful Study | 1% | — | 3.3 | Reanimator, Balancing Tings, UG Madness |
| 16 | Funeral Charm | 1% | — | 3.3 | The Rack, Orzhov Control, Contamination |
| 17 | Ill-Gotten Gains | 1% | — | 4.0 | Iggy Pop |
| 18 | Gerrard's Verdict | 1% | — | 4.0 | Orzhov Control, Deadguy Ale, Terrageddon |
| 19 | Anurid Brushhopper | 1% | — | 1.2 | Terrageddon, GW Madness |
| 20 | The Rack | <1% | — | 3.9 | The Rack, Machine Head, Rogue |
| 21 | Zombie Infestation | <1% | — | 1.6 | UB Psychatog, Contamination, Esper Psychatog |
| 22 | Bottomless Pit | <1% | — | 2.9 | The Rack |
| 23 | Putrid Imp | <1% | — | 4.0 | Reanimator |
| 24 | Waterfront Bouncer | <1% | — | 1.9 | UG Madness, Survival Madness, Merfolk |
| 25 | Tireless Tribe | <1% | — | 4.0 | GW Madness, 5 Color Psychatog |
| 26 | Library of Leng | <1% | — | 1.2 | UB Psychatog, Replenish, Stiflenought |
| 27 | Unmask | <1% | — | 3.5 | Reanimator, Rogue |
| 28 | Dream Halls | <1% | — | 4.0 | Dream Halls |
| 29 | Patrol Hound | <1% | — | 2.5 | GW Madness |
Adoption is the share of Premodern decklists from MTGO Challenges and Leagues in the last 90 days that run at least one copy, main deck or sideboard. Strategies are the archetypes that play the card most often.