Modern staples: Black or Red, Creature removal or Discard or Recursion

31 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 (24)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	23.0%	3.6
2	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
3	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.3
4	Dismember Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.0
5	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
6	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
7	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
8	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
9	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
10	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	7.2%	3.2
11	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
12	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
13	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
14	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
15	Weapons Manufacturing Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	3.9
16	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
17	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.6%	2.3
18	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
19	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
20	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
21	Burning Inquiry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
22	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
23	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
24	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 (14)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Dismember Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.5
2	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
3	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	2.1
4	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.7
5	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.7
6	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
7	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
8	Toxic Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.4
9	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
10	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
11	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
12	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
13	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.4
14	Glistening Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.9

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it