Modern staples: Blue or Red

74 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 (57)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
2	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	20.0%	3.5
3	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
4	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	15.1%	3.2
5	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.8%	1.8
6	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
7	Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer Legendary Creature — Monkey Pirate	Legendary Creature — Monkey Pirate	12.0%	3.8
8	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
9	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
10	Dragon's Rage Channeler Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	8.8%	4.0
11	Cori-Steel Cutter Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	8.7%	4.0
12	Monastery Swiftspear Creature — Human Monk	Creature — Human Monk	8.6%	4.0
13	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
14	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.3%	3.9
15	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.0%	3.1
16	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
17	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	7.3%	3.2
18	Slickshot Show-Off Creature — Bird Wizard	Creature — Bird Wizard	6.8%	3.7
19	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
20	Blood Moon Enchantment	Enchantment	5.8%	1.3
21	Seasoned Pyromancer Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	5.7%	3.1
22	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
23	Kappa Cannoneer Artifact Creature — Turtle Warrior	Artifact Creature — Turtle Warrior	5.2%	4.0
24	Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge Instant // Land	Instant // Land	5.2%	1.6
25	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
26	Violent Urge Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.7
27	Weapons Manufacturing Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	3.9
28	Faithless Looting Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	4.0
29	Consult the Star Charts Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.1
30	Desperate Ritual Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	3.6%	4.0
31	Pyretic Ritual Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
32	Hex Magic Sorcery — Arcane	Sorcery — Arcane	3.4%	3.9
33	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
34	Artist's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	3.4%	1.6
35	Wrenn's Resolve Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.9
36	Wish Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	2.0
37	Reckless Impulse Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.9
38	The Legend of Roku // Avatar Roku Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar	Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar	3.2%	1.2
39	Murktide Regent Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	3.1%	1.5
40	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
41	Fear of Missing Out Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	3.0%	3.8
42	Narset, Parter of Veils Legendary Planeswalker — Narset	Legendary Planeswalker — Narset	3.0%	3.7
43	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
44	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.7%	3.2
45	Abhorrent Oculus Creature — Eye	Creature — Eye	2.6%	3.6
46	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.5%	4.0
47	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
48	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
49	Burning Inquiry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
50	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
51	Fallaji Archaeologist Creature — Human Scout	Creature — Human Scout	2.4%	3.1
52	Oliphaunt Creature — Elephant	Creature — Elephant	2.3%	3.1
53	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
54	Marauding Mako Creature — Shark Pirate	Creature — Shark Pirate	2.3%	4.0
55	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
56	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
57	Otherworldly Gaze Instant	Instant	2.0%	2.1

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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	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
5	Meltdown Sorcery	Sorcery	14.9%	1.9
6	Blood Moon Enchantment	Enchantment	11.4%	1.4
7	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
8	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
9	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.7%	1.7
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	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
13	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
14	The Legend of Roku // Avatar Roku Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar	Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar	4.1%	1.1
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	Empty the Warrens Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.0
20	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.2
21	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
22	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
23	Inevitable Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	2.6%	2.1
24	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
25	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	2.2%	1.7
26	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
27	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
28	Ingot Chewer Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	2.0%	1.0

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