Modern staples: Black or Red, Creatures or Instants, Removal or Discard or Recursion

18 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: Lightning Bolt (21% of decks).

Main deck (14)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
2	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.3
3	Dismember Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.0
4	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
5	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
6	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
7	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
8	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
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	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
13	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
14	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (7)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Obsidian Charmaw Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	16.9%	2.6
2	Dismember Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.5
3	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
4	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.7
5	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
6	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
7	Ingot Chewer Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	2.0%	1.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it