Modern staples: Counterspells or Burn or Ramp or Recursion or Graveyard hate

115 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: Lightning Bolt (21% of decks).

Main deck (89)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
2	Kozilek's Command Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	19.5%	4.0
3	Eldrazi Temple Land	Land	19.1%	4.0
4	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
5	Malevolent Rumble Sorcery	Sorcery	17.4%	3.9
6	Ugin's Labyrinth Land	Land	16.0%	3.7
7	Sowing Mycospawn Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	14.9%	3.9
8	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
9	Gemstone Caverns Legendary Land	Legendary Land	13.8%	1.2
10	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
11	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
12	Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer Legendary Creature — Monkey Pirate	Legendary Creature — Monkey Pirate	12.0%	3.8
13	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
14	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
15	Springleaf Drum Artifact	Artifact	10.6%	1.1
16	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	1.0
17	Basking Broodscale Creature — Eldrazi Lizard	Creature — Eldrazi Lizard	10.2%	4.0
18	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	10.0%	3.7
19	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.6%	1.0
20	Glaring Fleshraker Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	9.4%	2.5
21	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
22	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
23	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
24	Ugin, Eye of the Storms Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	8.2%	2.9
25	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
26	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
27	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	7.7%	3.0
28	Mox Opal Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	7.6%	4.0
29	Delighted Halfling Creature — Halfling Citizen	Creature — Halfling Citizen	7.3%	3.5
30	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
31	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	7.2%	3.2
32	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
33	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	2.3
34	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
35	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
36	Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog Creature — Goblin // Land	Creature — Goblin // Land	6.1%	1.7
37	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
38	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
39	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
40	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
41	Badgermole Cub Creature — Badger Mole	Creature — Badger Mole	5.3%	3.9
42	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
43	Urza's Tower Land — Urza's Tower	Land — Urza's Tower	4.7%	4.0
44	Urza's Mine Land — Urza's Mine	Land — Urza's Mine	4.7%	4.0
45	Urza's Power Plant Land — Urza's Power-Plant	Land — Urza's Power-Plant	4.7%	4.0
46	Weapons Manufacturing Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	3.9
47	Birds of Paradise Creature — Bird	Creature — Bird	4.4%	2.0
48	Talisman of Resilience Artifact	Artifact	4.3%	2.3
49	Leyline of Abundance Enchantment	Enchantment	4.3%	4.0
50	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
51	Devoted Druid Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.3%	4.0
52	Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Hero	4.3%	1.2
53	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	4.2%	4.0
54	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
55	Agatha's Soul Cauldron Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	3.9%	2.0
56	Erode Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.3
57	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
58	Desperate Ritual Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	3.6%	4.0
59	Pyretic Ritual Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
60	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
61	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
62	The Legend of Roku // Avatar Roku Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar	Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar	3.2%	1.2
63	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
64	Territorial Kavu Creature — Kavu	Creature — Kavu	3.0%	4.0
65	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
66	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
67	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.6
68	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
69	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
70	Arboreal Grazer Creature — Sloth Beast	Creature — Sloth Beast	2.7%	3.9
71	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.7
72	Primeval Titan Creature — Giant	Creature — Giant	2.6%	3.3
73	Mind Stone Artifact	Artifact	2.6%	3.9
74	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
75	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
76	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
77	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
78	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0
79	Spelunking Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	4.0
80	Cultivator Colossus Creature — Plant Beast	Creature — Plant Beast	2.3%	1.0
81	Mox Amber Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.3%	3.1
82	Sunken Citadel Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	3.2
83	Fanatic of Rhonas Creature — Snake Druid	Creature — Snake Druid	2.3%	4.0
84	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
85	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
86	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
87	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
88	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
89	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5

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Sideboard (43)

#	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	Rest in Peace Enchantment	Enchantment	9.5%	1.8
12	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.7%	1.6
13	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
14	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.7
15	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
16	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
17	Soulless Jailer Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	5.4%	1.2
18	Gemstone Caverns Legendary Land	Legendary Land	5.3%	1.1
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	The Legend of Roku // Avatar Roku Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar	Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar	4.1%	1.1
25	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
26	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
27	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
28	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
29	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
30	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
31	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
32	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	3.1%	1.3
33	Keen-Eyed Curator Creature — Raccoon Scout	Creature — Raccoon Scout	3.1%	1.0
34	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
35	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
36	Bojuka Bog Land	Land	2.8%	1.0
37	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.0
38	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
39	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
40	Sanctifier en-Vec Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	2.4%	1.9
41	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
42	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
43	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0

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