Modern staples: Blue or Red, Creatures or Instants

47 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 (36)

#	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	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.8%	1.8
5	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
6	Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer Legendary Creature — Monkey Pirate	Legendary Creature — Monkey Pirate	12.0%	3.8
7	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
8	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
9	Dragon's Rage Channeler Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	8.8%	4.0
10	Monastery Swiftspear Creature — Human Monk	Creature — Human Monk	8.6%	4.0
11	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
12	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.3%	3.9
13	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.0%	3.1
14	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
15	Slickshot Show-Off Creature — Bird Wizard	Creature — Bird Wizard	6.8%	3.7
16	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
17	Seasoned Pyromancer Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	5.7%	3.1
18	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
19	Kappa Cannoneer Artifact Creature — Turtle Warrior	Artifact Creature — Turtle Warrior	5.2%	4.0
20	Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge Instant // Land	Instant // Land	5.2%	1.6
21	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
22	Violent Urge Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.7
23	Consult the Star Charts Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.1
24	Desperate Ritual Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	3.6%	4.0
25	Pyretic Ritual Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
26	The Legend of Roku // Avatar Roku Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar	Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar	3.2%	1.2
27	Murktide Regent Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	3.1%	1.5
28	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
29	Fear of Missing Out Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	3.0%	3.8
30	Abhorrent Oculus Creature — Eye	Creature — Eye	2.6%	3.6
31	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
32	Fallaji Archaeologist Creature — Human Scout	Creature — Human Scout	2.4%	3.1
33	Oliphaunt Creature — Elephant	Creature — Elephant	2.3%	3.1
34	Marauding Mako Creature — Shark Pirate	Creature — Shark Pirate	2.3%	4.0
35	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
36	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 (19)

#	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	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
6	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
7	Harbinger of the Seas Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Creature — Merfolk Wizard	5.1%	1.9
8	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
9	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
10	The Legend of Roku // Avatar Roku Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar	Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar	4.1%	1.1
11	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
12	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.2
13	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
14	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
15	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
16	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	2.2%	1.7
17	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
18	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
19	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