Modern staples: Counterspells or Cantrips or Discard or Recursion or Graveyard hate

71 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 (54)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	23.0%	3.6
2	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	20.0%	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	13.8%	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	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	1.0
11	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	9.9%	3.7
12	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.6%	1.0
13	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
14	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.0%	3.1
15	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	7.7%	3.0
16	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
17	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.9%	2.3
18	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
19	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
20	Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog Creature — Goblin // Land	Creature — Goblin // Land	6.1%	1.7
21	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
22	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.8%	4.0
23	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
24	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
25	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
26	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
27	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	4.2%	4.0
28	Agatha's Soul Cauldron Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	3.9%	2.0
29	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
30	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.5%	2.3
31	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
32	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
33	Territorial Kavu Creature — Kavu	Creature — Kavu	3.0%	4.0
34	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
35	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
36	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.6
37	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
38	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
39	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.7%	3.2
40	Geier Reach Sanitarium Legendary Land	Legendary Land	2.7%	1.0
41	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
42	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.5%	4.0
43	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
44	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
45	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
46	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
47	Burning Inquiry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
48	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
49	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0
50	Spelunking Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	4.0
51	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
52	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
53	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
54	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5

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Sideboard (32)

#	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	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
7	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	13.0%	1.5
8	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.3
9	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	2.1
10	Rest in Peace Enchantment	Enchantment	9.5%	1.8
11	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.6%	1.6
12	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
13	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
14	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
15	Soulless Jailer Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	5.4%	1.2
16	Ashiok, Dream Render Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok	Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok	5.1%	1.2
17	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
18	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.3
19	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
20	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
21	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
22	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	3.2%	1.3
23	Keen-Eyed Curator Creature — Raccoon Scout	Creature — Raccoon Scout	3.1%	1.0
24	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.4
25	Bojuka Bog Land	Land	2.8%	1.0
26	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
27	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
28	Sanctifier en-Vec Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	2.5%	1.9
29	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
30	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	2.2%	1.7
31	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
32	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0

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decks of the format that play it in this part

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among the decks that play it