Modern staples: Card draw or Discard or Recursion

68 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: Thoughtseize (23% of decks).

Main deck (64)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	23.0%	3.6
2	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	20.0%	3.5
3	Kozilek's Command Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	19.5%	4.0
4	Mishra's Bauble Artifact	Artifact	19.4%	4.0
5	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	15.1%	3.2
6	Psychic Frog Creature — Frog	Creature — Frog	13.8%	4.0
7	Teferi, Time Raveler Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	13.0%	2.2
8	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
9	Fiery Islet Land	Land	12.6%	2.4
10	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	1.0
11	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	9.9%	3.7
12	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.6%	1.0
13	Ugin, Eye of the Storms Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	8.2%	2.9
14	Street Wraith Creature — Wraith	Creature — Wraith	7.6%	3.9
15	Griselbrand Legendary Creature — Demon	Legendary Creature — Demon	7.3%	1.3
16	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
17	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.9%	2.3
18	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
19	Faithful Mending Instant	Instant	5.9%	3.0
20	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
21	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.8%	4.0
22	Seasoned Pyromancer Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	5.7%	3.1
23	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
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	Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise Creature — Elf Druid // Land	Creature — Elf Druid // Land	5.0%	2.9
27	Faithless Looting Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	4.0
28	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
29	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	4.2%	4.0
30	Nurturing Peatland Land	Land	3.7%	1.1
31	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
32	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.5%	2.3
33	Hex Magic Sorcery — Arcane	Sorcery — Arcane	3.4%	3.9
34	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
35	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
36	Artist's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	3.4%	1.6
37	Wistfulness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.3%	3.4
38	Territorial Kavu Creature — Kavu	Creature — Kavu	3.0%	4.0
39	Fear of Missing Out Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	3.0%	3.8
40	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
41	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
42	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.6
43	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
44	Kaito, Bane of Nightmares Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito	Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito	2.8%	1.3
45	Sunbaked Canyon Land	Land	2.8%	1.6
46	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
47	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.7%	3.2
48	Geier Reach Sanitarium Legendary Land	Legendary Land	2.7%	1.0
49	Indatha Triome Land — Plains Swamp Forest	Land — Plains Swamp Forest	2.6%	1.0
50	Mind Stone Artifact	Artifact	2.6%	3.9
51	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.5%	4.0
52	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
53	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
54	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
55	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
56	Burning Inquiry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
57	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0
58	Spelunking Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	4.0
59	Cultivator Colossus Creature — Plant Beast	Creature — Plant Beast	2.4%	1.0
60	Hollow One Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.3%	4.0
61	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
62	Marauding Mako Creature — Shark Pirate	Creature — Shark Pirate	2.3%	4.0
63	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
64	Haliya, Guided by Light Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	2.0%	1.4

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Sideboard (13)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	31.4%	1.5
2	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	13.0%	1.5
3	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	2.1
4	Teferi, Time Raveler Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	9.5%	1.4
5	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.6%	1.6
6	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.3
7	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
8	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
9	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
10	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	3.2%	1.3
11	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.4
12	Elder Gargaroth Creature — Beast	Creature — Beast	2.2%	1.0
13	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	2.2%	1.7

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