Modern staples: Blue or Black, Creatures or Instants

42 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: Quantum Riddler (20% of decks).

Main deck (34)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	20.1%	3.5
2	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
3	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.3
4	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
5	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
6	Dismember Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.0
7	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
8	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
9	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
10	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
11	Street Wraith Creature — Wraith	Creature — Wraith	7.6%	3.9
12	Griselbrand Legendary Creature — Demon	Legendary Creature — Demon	7.3%	1.3
13	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
14	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
15	Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog Creature — Goblin // Land	Creature — Goblin // Land	6.1%	1.7
16	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
17	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
18	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
19	Kappa Cannoneer Artifact Creature — Turtle Warrior	Artifact Creature — Turtle Warrior	5.2%	4.0
20	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
21	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
22	Moonshadow Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	4.0%	4.0
23	Consult the Star Charts Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.1
24	Murktide Regent Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	3.1%	1.5
25	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
26	Dark Matter Manipulator Creature — Human Warlock	Creature — Human Warlock	3.0%	3.9
27	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
28	Troll of Khazad-dûm Creature — Troll	Creature — Troll	2.7%	1.9
29	Abhorrent Oculus Creature — Eye	Creature — Eye	2.6%	3.6
30	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
31	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
32	Fallaji Archaeologist Creature — Human Scout	Creature — Human Scout	2.4%	3.1
33	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
34	Otherworldly Gaze Instant	Instant	2.0%	2.1

% 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	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	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
5	Dismember Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.5
6	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.7
7	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
8	Harbinger of the Seas Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Creature — Merfolk Wizard	5.1%	1.9
9	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
10	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.3
11	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
12	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
13	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
14	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	2.2%	1.7
15	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
16	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it