Modern staples: Counterspells or Burn or Tutors or Recursion

97 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: Flooded Strand (32% of decks).

Main deck (78)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Flooded Strand Land	Land	32.4%	3.3
2	Arid Mesa Land	Land	29.9%	2.9
3	Marsh Flats Land	Land	25.4%	3.1
4	Polluted Delta Land	Land	25.3%	2.9
5	Scalding Tarn Land	Land	24.3%	2.4
6	Wooded Foothills Land	Land	24.0%	2.4
7	Bloodstained Mire Land	Land	22.8%	3.0
8	Urza's Saga Enchantment Land — Urza's Saga	Enchantment Land — Urza's Saga	21.3%	3.9
9	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
10	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
11	Misty Rainforest Land	Land	16.0%	2.5
12	Sowing Mycospawn Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	14.9%	3.9
13	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
14	Windswept Heath Land	Land	13.2%	2.4
15	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
16	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
17	Verdant Catacombs Land	Land	12.5%	2.3
18	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
19	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
20	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	10.0%	3.7
21	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.6%	1.0
22	Glaring Fleshraker Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	9.4%	2.5
23	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
24	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
25	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
26	Ugin, Eye of the Storms Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	8.2%	2.9
27	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
28	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
29	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
30	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	7.2%	3.2
31	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
32	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	2.3
33	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
34	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
35	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
36	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
37	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
38	Summoner's Pact Instant	Instant	5.5%	2.7
39	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
40	Ranger-Captain of Eos Creature — Human Soldier Ranger	Creature — Human Soldier Ranger	5.2%	2.3
41	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
42	Expedition Map Artifact	Artifact	4.9%	3.9
43	Weapons Manufacturing Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	3.9
44	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	4.4%	3.1
45	Formidable Speaker Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.4%	1.2
46	Nature's Rhythm Sorcery	Sorcery	4.3%	4.0
47	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
48	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	4.2%	4.0
49	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
50	Fiend Artisan Creature — Nightmare	Creature — Nightmare	4.1%	1.1
51	Erode Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.3
52	Field of Ruin Land	Land	3.6%	3.8
53	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
54	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
55	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
56	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
57	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
58	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
59	Troll of Khazad-dûm Creature — Troll	Creature — Troll	2.7%	1.9
60	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.7
61	Primeval Titan Creature — Giant	Creature — Giant	2.6%	3.3
62	Demolition Field Land	Land	2.5%	3.9
63	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
64	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
65	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
66	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.5%	4.0
67	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
68	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
69	Scapeshift Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	3.8
70	Oliphaunt Creature — Elephant	Creature — Elephant	2.3%	3.1
71	Tolaria West Land	Land	2.3%	1.0
72	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
73	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
74	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
75	Ghost Quarter Land	Land	2.2%	1.1
76	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
77	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
78	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	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.7%	1.6
8	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
9	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.7
10	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
11	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
12	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
13	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
14	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
15	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
16	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
17	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
18	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
19	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
20	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
21	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
22	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
23	White Orchid Phantom Creature — Spirit Knight	Creature — Spirit Knight	3.1%	2.2
24	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
25	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
26	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
27	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
28	Inevitable Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	2.6%	2.1
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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