Modern staples: Counterspells or Cantrips or Burn or Recursion

74 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 (56)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
2	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	20.1%	3.5
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	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	15.1%	3.2
6	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
7	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
8	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
9	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
10	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
11	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	10.0%	3.7
12	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.6%	1.0
13	Glaring Fleshraker Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	9.4%	2.5
14	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
15	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
16	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
17	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
18	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
19	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
20	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	7.2%	3.2
21	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
22	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	2.3
23	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
24	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
25	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
26	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
27	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
28	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
29	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
30	Weapons Manufacturing Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	3.9
31	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
32	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	4.2%	4.0
33	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
34	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
35	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
36	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
37	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
38	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
39	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
40	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
41	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
42	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.7%	3.2
43	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
44	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
45	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
46	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.5%	4.0
47	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
48	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
49	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
50	Spelunking Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	4.0
51	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
52	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
53	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
54	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
55	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
56	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	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.3
17	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
18	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
19	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
20	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	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	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	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
29	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	2.2%	1.7
30	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
31	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0

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