Most-Played Cards
Premodern Staples
The most-played cards in Premodern on Magic Online — ranked by how often they show up in decklists (main deck and sideboard combined) — plus share-over-time charts so you can compare any cards across Challenges and Leagues. Back to Premodern metagame.
Most-played Premodern cards
Main + sideboard · last 30 days
Top Cards Overall
Non-lands
| # | Card | Cost | % of Decks | # Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swords to Plowshares |  | 40% | 3.7 |
| 2 | Tormod's Crypt |  | 39% | 2.4 |
| 3 | Tsabo's Web |  | 32% | 1.9 |
| 4 | Hydroblast |  | 31% | 2.2 |
| 5 | Counterspell | | 31% | 4.0 |
| 6 | Annul | | 28% | 2.8 |
| 7 | Impulse |  | 26% | 2.7 |
| 8 | Blue Elemental Blast | | 26% | 2.1 |
| 9 | Seal of Cleansing | | 26% | 2.8 |
| 10 | Naturalize |  | 26% | 2.9 |
Top Creatures
| # | Card | Cost | % of Decks | # Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mogg Fanatic |  | 20% | 3.9 |
| 2 | Phyrexian Dreadnought | | 18% | 4.0 |
| 3 | Xantid Swarm | | 16% | 2.9 |
| 4 | Meddling Mage | | 15% | 3.9 |
| 5 | Grim Lavamancer | | 14% | 3.9 |
| 6 | Exalted Angel |  | 13% | 2.6 |
| 7 | Argothian Enchantress | | 12% | 4.0 |
| 8 | Terravore | | 11% | 3.9 |
| 9 | Psychatog |  | 10% | 2.4 |
| 10 | Squee, Goblin Nabob | | 8% | 1.1 |
Top Spells
| # | Card | Cost | % of Decks | # Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swords to Plowshares | | 40% | 3.7 |
| 2 | Tormod's Crypt | | 39% | 2.4 |
| 3 | Tsabo's Web | | 32% | 1.9 |
| 4 | Hydroblast | | 31% | 2.2 |
| 5 | Counterspell | | 31% | 4.0 |
| 6 | Annul | | 28% | 2.8 |
| 7 | Impulse | | 26% | 2.7 |
| 8 | Blue Elemental Blast | | 26% | 2.1 |
| 9 | Seal of Cleansing | | 26% | 2.8 |
| 10 | Naturalize | | 26% | 2.9 |
Top Lands
| # | Card | Cost | % of Decks | # Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wooded Foothills | — | 28% | 3.1 |
| 2 | Wasteland | — | 25% | 3.3 |
| 3 | Windswept Heath | — | 22% | 3.8 |
| 4 | Mishra's Factory | — | 21% | 3.7 |
| 5 | Brushland | — | 20% | 3.5 |
| 6 | Rishadan Port | — | 17% | 3.7 |
| 7 | Treetop Village | — | 15% | 3.5 |
| 8 | Flooded Strand | — | 15% | 4.0 |
| 9 | Gemstone Mine | — | 13% | 3.6 |
| 10 | City of Brass | — | 13% | 3.3 |
Share over time
Each line shows the share of all Premodern decklists running that card (main deck or sideboard), by day. Pick any cards to compare.
Adoption is each card's fraction of every Premodern decklist ingested from MTGO Challenges and Leagues, counting main-deck and sideboard copies together. Top Cards Overall excludes lands. The ranking tables use the last 30 days; the chart follows the window selected above. Up to 8 cards can be compared at once.