Modern staples: Counterspells or Board wipes or Discard or Recursion

62 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 (43)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	23.0%	3.6
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	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
5	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
6	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
7	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	10.0%	3.7
8	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.6%	1.0
9	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
10	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
11	Wrath of the Skies Sorcery	Sorcery	7.8%	3.0
12	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
13	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
14	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	2.3
15	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
16	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
17	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
18	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
19	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	5.4%	3.8
20	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
21	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
22	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
23	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	4.2%	4.0
24	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.6%	2.3
25	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
26	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
27	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
28	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
29	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	1.2
30	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
31	Geier Reach Sanitarium Legendary Land	Legendary Land	2.7%	1.0
32	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
33	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
34	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
35	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
36	Burning Inquiry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
37	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
38	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
39	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
40	All Is Dust Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi	Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi	2.2%	1.0
41	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
42	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
43	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (33)

#	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	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	31.4%	1.5
4	Wrath of the Skies Sorcery	Sorcery	22.4%	2.3
5	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
6	Meltdown Sorcery	Sorcery	14.9%	1.9
7	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	2.1
8	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.7%	1.6
9	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
10	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.7
11	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
12	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.8
13	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
14	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
15	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
16	Break the Ice Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.5
17	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
18	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
19	Toxic Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.4
20	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
21	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
22	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
23	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
24	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.4
25	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
26	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.0
27	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
28	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
29	Glistening Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.9
30	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
31	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
32	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	2.1%	1.1
33	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