Modern staples: Counterspells or Board wipes or Recursion or Graveyard hate

75 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: Kozilek's Command (19% of decks).

Main deck (48)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Kozilek's Command Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	19.5%	4.0
2	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
3	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.8%	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	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	1.0
8	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	9.9%	3.7
9	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.6%	1.0
10	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
11	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.0%	3.1
12	Wrath of the Skies Sorcery	Sorcery	7.8%	3.0
13	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	7.7%	3.0
14	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
15	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
16	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.9%	2.3
17	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
18	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
19	Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog Creature — Goblin // Land	Creature — Goblin // Land	6.1%	1.7
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	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
23	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	5.4%	3.8
24	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
25	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
26	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
27	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	4.2%	4.0
28	Agatha's Soul Cauldron Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	3.9%	2.0
29	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
30	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
31	Territorial Kavu Creature — Kavu	Creature — Kavu	3.0%	4.0
32	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
33	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
34	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.6
35	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
36	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	1.2
37	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
38	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
39	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
40	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
41	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
42	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0
43	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
44	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
45	All Is Dust Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi	Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi	2.2%	1.0
46	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
47	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
48	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 (42)

#	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	Surgical Extraction Instant	Instant	22.9%	1.5
5	Grafdigger's Cage Artifact	Artifact	22.7%	1.5
6	Wrath of the Skies Sorcery	Sorcery	22.5%	2.3
7	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
8	Meltdown Sorcery	Sorcery	14.9%	1.9
9	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	13.0%	1.5
10	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.3
11	Rest in Peace Enchantment	Enchantment	9.5%	1.8
12	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.6%	1.6
13	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
14	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.7%	1.7
15	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
16	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.8
17	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
18	Soulless Jailer Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	5.4%	1.2
19	Ashiok, Dream Render Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok	Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok	5.1%	1.2
20	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
21	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
22	Break the Ice Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.5
23	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
24	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
25	Toxic Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.4
26	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
27	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
28	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
29	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	3.2%	1.3
30	Keen-Eyed Curator Creature — Raccoon Scout	Creature — Raccoon Scout	3.1%	1.0
31	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
32	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
33	Bojuka Bog Land	Land	2.8%	1.0
34	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.0
35	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
36	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
37	Sanctifier en-Vec Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	2.5%	1.9
38	Glistening Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.9
39	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
40	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
41	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	2.1%	1.1
42	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