Modern staples: Blue or Black or Red, Creatures or Instants or Artifacts

65 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 (53)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
2	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	20.1%	3.5
3	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
4	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.3
5	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
6	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
7	Dismember Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.0
8	Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer Legendary Creature — Monkey Pirate	Legendary Creature — Monkey Pirate	12.0%	3.8
9	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
10	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
11	Dragon's Rage Channeler Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	8.8%	4.0
12	Cori-Steel Cutter Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	8.7%	4.0
13	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
14	Monastery Swiftspear Creature — Human Monk	Creature — Human Monk	8.6%	4.0
15	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
16	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
17	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
18	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
19	Street Wraith Creature — Wraith	Creature — Wraith	7.6%	3.9
20	Griselbrand Legendary Creature — Demon	Legendary Creature — Demon	7.3%	1.3
21	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
22	Slickshot Show-Off Creature — Bird Wizard	Creature — Bird Wizard	6.8%	3.7
23	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
24	Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog Creature — Goblin // Land	Creature — Goblin // Land	6.1%	1.7
25	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
26	Seasoned Pyromancer Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	5.7%	3.1
27	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
28	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
29	Kappa Cannoneer Artifact Creature — Turtle Warrior	Artifact Creature — Turtle Warrior	5.2%	4.0
30	Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge Instant // Land	Instant // Land	5.2%	1.6
31	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
32	Violent Urge Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.7
33	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
34	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
35	Moonshadow Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	4.0%	4.0
36	Consult the Star Charts Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.1
37	Desperate Ritual Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	3.6%	4.0
38	Pyretic Ritual Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
39	The Legend of Roku // Avatar Roku Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar	Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar	3.2%	1.2
40	Murktide Regent Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	3.1%	1.5
41	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
42	Dark Matter Manipulator Creature — Human Warlock	Creature — Human Warlock	3.0%	3.9
43	Fear of Missing Out Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	3.0%	3.8
44	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
45	Troll of Khazad-dûm Creature — Troll	Creature — Troll	2.7%	1.9
46	Abhorrent Oculus Creature — Eye	Creature — Eye	2.6%	3.6
47	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
48	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
49	Fallaji Archaeologist Creature — Human Scout	Creature — Human Scout	2.4%	3.1
50	Oliphaunt Creature — Elephant	Creature — Elephant	2.3%	3.1
51	Marauding Mako Creature — Shark Pirate	Creature — Shark Pirate	2.3%	4.0
52	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
53	Otherworldly Gaze Instant	Instant	2.0%	2.1

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Sideboard (22)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	44.5%	3.3
2	Mystical Dispute Instant	Instant	36.1%	2.5
3	Surgical Extraction Instant	Instant	22.9%	1.5
4	Obsidian Charmaw Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	16.9%	2.6
5	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
6	Dismember Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.5
7	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
8	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.7
9	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
10	Harbinger of the Seas Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Creature — Merfolk Wizard	5.1%	1.9
11	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
12	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
13	The Legend of Roku // Avatar Roku Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar	Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar	4.1%	1.1
14	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
15	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.3
16	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
17	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
18	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
19	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	2.2%	1.7
20	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
21	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
22	Ingot Chewer Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	2.0%	1.0

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