Modern staples: Counterspells or Cantrips or Recursion

51 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: Quantum Riddler (20% of decks).

Main deck (42)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	20.1%	3.5
2	Kozilek's Command Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	19.5%	4.0
3	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
4	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	15.1%	3.2
5	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
6	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
7	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
8	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
9	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	10.0%	3.7
10	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.6%	1.0
11	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
12	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
13	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
14	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	2.3
15	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
16	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
17	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
18	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
19	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
20	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
21	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
22	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	4.2%	4.0
23	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
24	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
25	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
26	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
27	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
28	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
29	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
30	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.7%	3.2
31	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
32	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
33	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
34	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.5%	4.0
35	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
36	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
37	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
38	Spelunking Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	4.0
39	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
40	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
41	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
42	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (19)

#	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	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.7%	1.6
6	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
7	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
8	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
9	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
10	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.3
11	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
12	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
13	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
14	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
15	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
16	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
17	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	2.2%	1.7
18	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
19	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it