Modern staples: Black or Red, Burn or Discard or Recursion

26 cards played in at least 2% of the 12618 Modern decks of the last 120 days, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Thoughtseize (23% of decks).

Main deck (21)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	23.0%	3.6
2	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
3	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
4	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
5	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
6	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
7	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
8	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	7.2%	3.2
9	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
10	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
11	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
12	Weapons Manufacturing Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	3.9
13	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
14	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.6%	2.3
15	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
16	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
17	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
18	Burning Inquiry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
19	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
20	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
21	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (10)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
2	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	2.1
3	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.7
4	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
5	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
6	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
7	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
8	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
9	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
10	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.4

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it