✓Based on 13 PDH decklists — a statistically meaningful sample.

Color identity

Decks analyzed

13

Popularity rank

#720 of 3,256

Unique cards seen

444

Data updated

October 19, 2026

Deck Composition

Type	Lowest	Average	Highest
Lands	31	36	39
Creatures	19	20	27
Instants	19	33	50
Sorceries	7	7	12
Artifacts	4	4	11
Enchantments	1	1	8

Staples (10)

Most played cards across all decks

Cost of Brilliance

92% of decks

Elite Interceptor // Rejoinder

77% of decks

Dig Site Inventory

77% of decks

Take Up the Shield

69% of decks

Homestead Courage

69% of decks

Emerge Unscathed

62% of decks

Shelter

62% of decks

Defiant Strike

62% of decks

Lightfoot Technique

62% of decks

Rebellious Strike

62% of decks

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Creatures (127)

8–27 cards (avg 20)

RateNameTagsCostCMCDecksQty

54%

Rehearsed Debater

37/137

54%

Inkling Mascot

27/137

54%

Melancholic Poet

Lifegain

27/137

54%

Feral Deathgorger // Dusk Sight

Graveyard HateCard Draw

67/137

46%

Star Pupil

16/136

46%

Adventurous Eater // Have a Bite

Lifegain

36/136

46%

Honorbound Page // Forum's Favor

46/136

38%

Fetid Gargantua

Card Draw

55/135

38%

Dockworker Drone

25/135

38%

Enduring Bondwarden

15/135

38%

Shattered Acolyte

LifegainRemoval

25/135

31%

Parish-Blade Trainee

24/134

31%

Thorn of the Black Rose

Card Draw

44/134

31%

Akroan Skyguard

24/134

31%

Faerie Guidemother // Gift of the Fae

14/134

31%

Spiteful Squad

44/134

31%

Hagra Constrictor

34/134

31%

Iron Apprentice

14/134

31%

Blessed Hippogriff // Tyr's Blessing

44/134

31%

Ainok Bond-Kin

24/134

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Instants (166)

19–50 cards (avg 33)

RateNameTagsCostCMCDecksQty

62%

Interjection

18/138

54%

Oblivion's Hunger

Card Draw

27/137

54%

Fleeting Flight

17/137

54%

Rapier Wit

Card Draw

27/137

54%

Sugar Rush

Card Draw

27/137

54%

Undying Malice

17/137

46%

Maximum Overdrive

26/136

46%

Masterful Flourish

16/136

46%

Spectacular Tactics

Removal

26/136

46%

Go for the Throat

Removal

26/136

46%

Cast Down

Removal

26/136

46%

Crumb and Get It

16/136

38%

Angelic Intervention

25/135

38%

Niveous Wisps

Card Draw

15/135

38%

Guided Strike

Card Draw

25/135

38%

Feign Death

15/135

38%

Aphotic Wisps

Card Draw

15/135

38%

Doom Blade

Removal

25/135

38%

Wing It

25/135

38%

Feat of Resistance

25/135

38%

Ajani's Response

Removal

55/135

31%

Beaming Defiance

24/134

31%

Make Your Move

Removal

34/134

31%

Professor's Warning

14/134

31%

Unexpected Fangs

Lifegain

24/134

31%

Dark Endurance

24/134

31%

Loran's Escape

Protection

14/134

31%

Fake Your Own Death

Ramp

24/134

31%

Mirrodin Avenged

Card DrawRemoval

14/134

31%

Not Dead After All

14/134

31%

You Are Already Dead

Card DrawRemoval

14/134

31%

Unbounded Potential

24/134

31%

Bladebrand

Card Draw

24/134

31%

Thraben Charm

Graveyard HateBurn+1

24/134

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Sorceries (40)

3–12 cards (avg 7)

RateNameTagsCostCMCDecksQty

31%

Pull from the Grave

RecursionLifegain

34/134

31%

Render Speechless

44/134

31%

Night's Whisper

Card Draw

24/134

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Artifacts (33)

0–11 cards (avg 4)

RateNameTagsCostCMCDecksQty

46%

Arcane Signet

Ramp

26/136

31%

Bender's Waterskin

Ramp

34/134

31%

Mind Stone

RampCard Draw

24/134

31%

Orzhov Signet

Ramp

24/134

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