Modern staples: Blue or Red or Multicolor, Removal or Counterspells or Recursion

54 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 (36)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
2	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
3	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
4	Teferi, Time Raveler Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	13.0%	2.2
5	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
6	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
7	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
8	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
9	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
10	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
11	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
12	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	7.2%	3.2
13	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
14	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
15	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
16	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
17	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
18	Weapons Manufacturing Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	3.9
19	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	4.2%	4.0
20	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
21	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
22	Wistfulness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.3%	3.4
23	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
24	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
25	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
26	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	1.2
27	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.7%	3.2
28	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
29	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
30	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.5%	4.0
31	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
32	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
33	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
34	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
35	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
36	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (28)

#	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	Obsidian Charmaw Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	16.9%	2.6
4	Wear // Tear Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	15.8%	1.9
5	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
6	Meltdown Sorcery	Sorcery	14.9%	1.9
7	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
8	Teferi, Time Raveler Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	9.4%	1.4
9	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
10	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.7
11	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
12	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
13	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
14	Grist, the Hunger Tide Legendary Planeswalker — Grist	Legendary Planeswalker — Grist	3.6%	1.0
15	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
16	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
17	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
18	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
19	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.0
20	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.3
21	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.0
22	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
23	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
24	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
25	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
26	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	2.1%	1.1
27	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
28	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