Modern staples: Blue or Red, Removal or Counterspells

35 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	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
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	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	7.2%	3.2
12	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
13	Weapons Manufacturing Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	3.9
14	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
15	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.7%	3.2
16	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.5%	4.0
17	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
18	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
19	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
20	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
21	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (21)

#	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	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
7	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
8	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.7
9	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
10	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
11	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
12	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
13	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
14	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
15	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.3
16	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
17	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
18	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
19	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
20	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
21	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