Swords to Plowshares

Instant · Fourth Edition

Swords to Plowshares is a white card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Fourth Edition printing.

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How often Swords to Plowshares is played

Swords to Plowshares is maindecked in 12 of 39 tournament decks in this archive (31%), averaging 4.0 copies; used by 7 of 17 tracked archetypes.

Counting only the 18 decks that can cast white cards, 12 of them play it (67%).

See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.

Premodern archetypes that play Swords to Plowshares

Enchantress (4x)
Landstill (4x)
Replenish (4x)
Oath of Druids: The clean answer to Phyrexian Dreadnought, a flipped Exalted Angel or a reanimated fatty. Use it carefully, since removing the opponent's last creature switches off your own Oath.
Tron: One-mana unconditional exile: the clean answer to Phyrexian Dreadnought, a flipped Exalted Angel and any reanimated fatty, cheap enough to double-spell with the lands online.
The Solution: One mana to exile anything permanently: the clean answer to Phyrexian Dreadnought, a flipped Exalted Angel or a reanimated fatty, cheap enough to double-spell.
Dromar Control: One mana to exile anything: the clean answer to Phyrexian Dreadnought, an opposing Exalted Angel and every reanimated fatty.

Tournament decks with Swords to Plowshares

Rector Decree: 3rd Place at Fight Club - Monthly #7 (4× mainboard)
UW Landstill: 1st Place at New England Summer Regional (4× mainboard)
Domain Control: 6th Place at Damnation Community Cup (4× mainboard)
Mono W Tron: 2nd Place at Premodern at the Port (4× mainboard)
Deadguy Angels: 1st Place at Lega Premodern La Contea (4× mainboard)
Dromar Control: 1st Place at Monthly Premodern Beagá (4× mainboard)
Super Wayfarer: 1st Place at Premodern Online Monthly (4× mainboard)
Dromar Solution: 3rd Place at Side Event Final Pudraiser (4× mainboard)
BW Control: 5th Place at LWPP Maio/2026 Top8 (4× mainboard)
UW Control: 1st Place at Moxforge League May 2026 (4× mainboard)
5 Color White Weenie: 4th Place at Grand Pre Louisville (4× mainboard)
The Solution: 2nd Place at Monthly Italiano Maggio (4× mainboard)

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The Format

What is Premodern?

Premodern is a Magic: The Gathering format played with cards from Fourth Edition through Scourge (1995–2003), the game's golden era. It captures the feel of early competitive Magic: iconic old-border cards, meaningful decisions and a rich, interactive metagame, free of the power creep of later sets.

How it plays

Premodern is an eternal, non-rotating format. Games reward tight play, deckbuilding skill and knowledge of the metagame rather than raw speed. Combo, control, aggro and midrange all have a home, from Goblins and Stiflenought to Landstill, Replenish and The Rock.

Deck construction

Minimum 60-card main deck.
Up to a 15-card sideboard.
At most 4 copies of any single card (basic lands excepted).

A card is legal as long as its name appears in one of these sets. (Reprints in newer sets are legal too, but on Premodern Chronicles we always show the period-correct old-frame printing.)

Legal Sets