Modern staples: Black or Red, Removal or Discard or Recursion or Graveyard hate

40 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 (28)

#	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	Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog Creature — Goblin // Land	Creature — Goblin // Land	6.1%	1.7
12	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
13	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
14	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
15	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
16	Weapons Manufacturing Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	3.9
17	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
18	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.6%	2.3
19	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
20	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
21	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
22	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.5%	4.0
23	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
24	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
25	Burning Inquiry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
26	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
27	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
28	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 (19)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Surgical Extraction Instant	Instant	22.9%	1.5
2	Obsidian Charmaw Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	16.9%	2.6
3	Meltdown Sorcery	Sorcery	14.9%	1.9
4	Dismember Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.5
5	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
6	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	2.1
7	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.7
8	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.7
9	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
10	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
11	Break the Ice Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.5
12	Toxic Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.4
13	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
14	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
15	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
16	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
17	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.4
18	Glistening Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.9
19	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