Modern staples: Counterspells or Cantrips or Recursion or Lifegain

69 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: Solitude (22% of decks).

Main deck (58)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Solitude Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	21.6%	3.7
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	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	12.3%	1.0
10	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
11	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	10.0%	3.7
12	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.6%	1.0
13	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
14	Ugin, Eye of the Storms Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	8.2%	2.9
15	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
16	Guide of Souls Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	7.7%	4.0
17	Ocelot Pride Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	7.7%	4.0
18	Atraxa, Grand Unifier Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Angel	Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Angel	7.5%	3.3
19	Griselbrand Legendary Creature — Demon	Legendary Creature — Demon	7.3%	1.3
20	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
21	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	2.3
22	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
23	Sire of Seven Deaths Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	5.9%	1.5
24	Shadowspear Legendary Artifact — Equipment	Legendary Artifact — Equipment	5.9%	1.0
25	Faithful Mending Instant	Instant	5.9%	3.0
26	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
27	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
28	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
29	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
30	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
31	Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise Creature — Elf Druid // Land	Creature — Elf Druid // Land	5.0%	2.9
32	Claws of Gix Artifact	Artifact	4.5%	2.9
33	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	4.4%	3.1
34	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
35	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	4.2%	4.0
36	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
37	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
38	Scion of Draco Artifact Creature — Dragon	Artifact Creature — Dragon	3.2%	4.0
39	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
40	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
41	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
42	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
43	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
44	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.7%	3.2
45	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
46	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
47	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
48	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.5%	4.0
49	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
50	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
51	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
52	Spelunking Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	4.0
53	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
54	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
55	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
56	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5
57	Practiced Offense Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9
58	Haliya, Guided by Light Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	2.0%	1.4

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Sideboard (23)

#	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	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
5	Nature's Claim Instant	Instant	13.9%	2.1
6	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.7%	1.6
7	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
8	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
9	Sire of Seven Deaths Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	6.5%	1.2
10	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
11	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
12	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.3
13	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
14	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
15	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
16	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
17	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
18	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	2.3%	1.0
19	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
20	Elder Gargaroth Creature — Beast	Creature — Beast	2.2%	1.0
21	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	2.2%	1.7
22	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
23	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0

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