Modern staples: Counterspells or Burn 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 (51)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	23.0%	3.6
2	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
3	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
4	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.8%	1.8
5	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
6	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
7	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
8	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
9	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	9.9%	3.7
10	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.6%	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	8.3%	3.9
15	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.0%	3.1
16	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
17	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	7.3%	3.2
18	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
19	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
20	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.9%	2.3
21	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
22	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
23	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
24	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.8%	4.0
25	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
26	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
27	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
28	Weapons Manufacturing Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	3.9
29	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
30	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	4.2%	4.0
31	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
32	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.5%	2.3
33	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
34	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
35	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
36	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
37	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
38	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
39	Geier Reach Sanitarium Legendary Land	Legendary Land	2.7%	1.0
40	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
41	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
42	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
43	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
44	Burning Inquiry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
45	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
46	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
47	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
48	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
49	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
50	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
51	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5

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Sideboard (31)

#	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	High Noon Enchantment	Enchantment	19.7%	2.2
5	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
6	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
7	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	2.1
8	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.6%	1.6
9	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
10	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.7%	1.7
11	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
12	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
13	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
14	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
15	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
16	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
17	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
18	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
19	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
20	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
21	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
22	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
23	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
24	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
25	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.4
26	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
27	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
28	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
29	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
30	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
31	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0

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