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

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: Lightning Bolt (21% of decks).

Main deck (27)

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

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Obsidian Charmaw Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	16.9%	2.6
2	Wear // Tear Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	15.8%	1.9
3	Meltdown Sorcery	Sorcery	14.9%	1.9
4	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
5	Teferi, Time Raveler Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	9.4%	1.4
6	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.7
7	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
8	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
9	Grist, the Hunger Tide Legendary Planeswalker — Grist	Legendary Planeswalker — Grist	3.6%	1.0
10	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
11	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
12	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
13	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
14	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.0
15	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.3
16	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.0
17	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	2.1%	1.1
18	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