Modern staples: Counterspells or Burn or Discard or Graveyard hate

66 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	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
3	Kozilek's Command Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	19.5%	4.0
4	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
5	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
6	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
7	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
8	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
9	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
10	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	1.0
11	Glaring Fleshraker Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	9.4%	2.5
12	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
13	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
14	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
15	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
16	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
17	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	7.7%	3.0
18	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
19	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	7.2%	3.2
20	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
21	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	2.3
22	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
23	Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog Creature — Goblin // Land	Creature — Goblin // Land	6.1%	1.7
24	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
25	Weapons Manufacturing Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	3.9
26	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
27	Agatha's Soul Cauldron Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	3.9%	2.0
28	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.6%	2.3
29	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
30	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
31	Territorial Kavu Creature — Kavu	Creature — Kavu	3.0%	4.0
32	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.6
33	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
34	Geier Reach Sanitarium Legendary Land	Legendary Land	2.7%	1.0
35	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
36	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
37	Burning Inquiry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
38	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
39	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0
40	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
41	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
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 (39)

#	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	High Noon Enchantment	Enchantment	19.7%	2.2
7	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
8	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	13.0%	1.5
9	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.3
10	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
11	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	2.1
12	Rest in Peace Enchantment	Enchantment	9.5%	1.8
13	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.7%	1.6
14	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
15	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.7
16	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
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	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
23	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
24	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
25	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
26	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
27	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
28	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	3.1%	1.3
29	Keen-Eyed Curator Creature — Raccoon Scout	Creature — Raccoon Scout	3.1%	1.0
30	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
31	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.4
32	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
33	Bojuka Bog Land	Land	2.8%	1.0
34	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
35	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
36	Sanctifier en-Vec Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	2.4%	1.9
37	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
38	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
39	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