Modern staples: Blue or Red, Instants or Artifacts

29 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 (21)

#	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	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
5	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
6	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
7	Cori-Steel Cutter Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	8.7%	4.0
8	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
9	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
10	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
11	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
12	Kappa Cannoneer Artifact Creature — Turtle Warrior	Artifact Creature — Turtle Warrior	5.2%	4.0
13	Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge Instant // Land	Instant // Land	5.2%	1.6
14	Violent Urge Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.7
15	Consult the Star Charts Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.1
16	Desperate Ritual Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	3.6%	4.0
17	Pyretic Ritual Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
18	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
19	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
20	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
21	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 (14)

#	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	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
4	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
5	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
6	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
7	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
8	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
9	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.3
10	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
11	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
12	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
13	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
14	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