Modern staples: Counterspells or Card draw or Burn or Recursion

106 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 (87)

#	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	Mishra's Bauble Artifact	Artifact	19.4%	4.0
5	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
6	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	15.1%	3.2
7	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
8	Psychic Frog Creature — Frog	Creature — Frog	13.8%	4.0
9	Teferi, Time Raveler Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	13.0%	2.2
10	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
11	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
12	Fiery Islet Land	Land	12.6%	2.4
13	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
14	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
15	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	1.0
16	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	10.0%	3.7
17	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.6%	1.0
18	Glaring Fleshraker Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	9.4%	2.5
19	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
20	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
21	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
22	Ugin, Eye of the Storms Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	8.2%	2.9
23	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
24	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
25	Street Wraith Creature — Wraith	Creature — Wraith	7.6%	3.9
26	Griselbrand Legendary Creature — Demon	Legendary Creature — Demon	7.3%	1.3
27	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
28	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	7.2%	3.2
29	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
30	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	2.3
31	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
32	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
33	Faithful Mending Instant	Instant	5.9%	3.0
34	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
35	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
36	Seasoned Pyromancer Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	5.7%	3.1
37	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
38	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
39	Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge Instant // Land	Instant // Land	5.2%	1.6
40	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
41	Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise Creature — Elf Druid // Land	Creature — Elf Druid // Land	5.0%	2.9
42	Weapons Manufacturing Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	3.9
43	Faithless Looting Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	4.0
44	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
45	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	4.2%	4.0
46	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
47	Nurturing Peatland Land	Land	3.7%	1.1
48	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
49	Hex Magic Sorcery — Arcane	Sorcery — Arcane	3.4%	3.9
50	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
51	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
52	Artist's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	3.4%	1.6
53	Wistfulness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.3%	3.4
54	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
55	Territorial Kavu Creature — Kavu	Creature — Kavu	3.0%	4.0
56	Fear of Missing Out Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	3.0%	3.8
57	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
58	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
59	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.6
60	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
61	Kaito, Bane of Nightmares Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito	Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito	2.9%	1.3
62	Sunbaked Canyon Land	Land	2.8%	1.6
63	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
64	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.7%	3.2
65	Geier Reach Sanitarium Legendary Land	Legendary Land	2.7%	1.0
66	Indatha Triome Land — Plains Swamp Forest	Land — Plains Swamp Forest	2.6%	1.0
67	Mind Stone Artifact	Artifact	2.6%	3.9
68	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
69	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
70	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
71	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.5%	4.0
72	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
73	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
74	Burning Inquiry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
75	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
76	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0
77	Spelunking Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	4.0
78	Cultivator Colossus Creature — Plant Beast	Creature — Plant Beast	2.3%	1.0
79	Hollow One Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.3%	4.0
80	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
81	Marauding Mako Creature — Shark Pirate	Creature — Shark Pirate	2.3%	4.0
82	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
83	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
84	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
85	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
86	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5
87	Haliya, Guided by Light Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	2.0%	1.4

Show all 87 cardsShow the first 50

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (35)

#	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	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	13.0%	1.5
7	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
8	Teferi, Time Raveler Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	9.4%	1.4
9	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.7%	1.6
10	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
11	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.7
12	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
13	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
14	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
15	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
16	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
17	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
18	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.3
19	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
20	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
21	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
22	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
23	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
24	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
25	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
26	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	3.1%	1.3
27	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
28	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
29	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
30	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
31	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
32	Elder Gargaroth Creature — Beast	Creature — Beast	2.2%	1.0
33	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	2.2%	1.7
34	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
35	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