Modern staples: Board wipes or Discard or Recursion

43 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: Thoughtseize (23% of decks).

Main deck (30)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	23.0%	3.6
2	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	10.0%	3.7
3	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.6%	1.0
4	Wrath of the Skies Sorcery	Sorcery	7.8%	3.0
5	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
6	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
7	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	2.3
8	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
9	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
10	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
11	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	5.4%	3.8
12	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
13	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
14	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
15	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	4.2%	4.0
16	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.6%	2.3
17	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
18	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
19	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
20	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	1.2
21	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
22	Geier Reach Sanitarium Legendary Land	Legendary Land	2.7%	1.0
23	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
24	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
25	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
26	Burning Inquiry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
27	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
28	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
29	All Is Dust Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi	Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi	2.2%	1.0
30	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (20)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Wrath of the Skies Sorcery	Sorcery	22.4%	2.3
2	Meltdown Sorcery	Sorcery	14.9%	1.9
3	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	2.1
4	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.7%	1.6
5	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.7
6	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.8
7	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
8	Break the Ice Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.5
9	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
10	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
11	Toxic Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.4
12	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
13	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
14	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
15	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
16	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.4
17	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
18	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.0
19	Glistening Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.9
20	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	2.1%	1.1

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it