Modern staples: Black or Red, Removal or Recursion

34 cards played in at least 2% of the 12650 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 (23)

#	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	8.3%	3.9
7	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
8	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	7.3%	3.2
9	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
10	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.8%	4.0
11	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
12	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
13	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
14	Weapons Manufacturing Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	3.9
15	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
16	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
17	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
18	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.5%	4.0
19	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
20	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
21	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
22	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
23	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 (16)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Obsidian Charmaw Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	16.9%	2.6
2	Meltdown Sorcery	Sorcery	14.9%	1.9
3	Dismember Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.5
4	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
5	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.7
6	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.7%	1.7
7	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
8	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
9	Break the Ice Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.5
10	Toxic Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.4
11	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
12	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
13	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
14	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
15	Glistening Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.9
16	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