Modern staples: Counterspells or Card draw or Cantrips or Recursion

84 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 (74)

#	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	Mishra's Bauble Artifact	Artifact	19.4%	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	Psychic Frog Creature — Frog	Creature — Frog	13.8%	4.0
8	Teferi, Time Raveler Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	13.0%	2.2
9	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
10	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
11	Fiery Islet Land	Land	12.6%	2.4
12	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
13	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	1.0
14	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	10.0%	3.7
15	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.6%	1.0
16	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
17	Ugin, Eye of the Storms Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	8.2%	2.9
18	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
19	Street Wraith Creature — Wraith	Creature — Wraith	7.6%	3.9
20	Griselbrand Legendary Creature — Demon	Legendary Creature — Demon	7.3%	1.3
21	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
22	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	2.3
23	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
24	Faithful Mending Instant	Instant	5.9%	3.0
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	Seasoned Pyromancer Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	5.7%	3.1
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	Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge Instant // Land	Instant // Land	5.2%	1.6
31	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
32	Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise Creature — Elf Druid // Land	Creature — Elf Druid // Land	5.0%	2.9
33	Faithless Looting Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	4.0
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	Nurturing Peatland Land	Land	3.7%	1.1
37	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
38	Hex Magic Sorcery — Arcane	Sorcery — Arcane	3.4%	3.9
39	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
40	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
41	Artist's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	3.4%	1.6
42	Wistfulness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.3%	3.4
43	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
44	Territorial Kavu Creature — Kavu	Creature — Kavu	3.0%	4.0
45	Fear of Missing Out Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	3.0%	3.8
46	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
47	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
48	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.6
49	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
50	Kaito, Bane of Nightmares Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito	Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito	2.9%	1.3
51	Sunbaked Canyon Land	Land	2.8%	1.6
52	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
53	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.7%	3.2
54	Geier Reach Sanitarium Legendary Land	Legendary Land	2.7%	1.0
55	Indatha Triome Land — Plains Swamp Forest	Land — Plains Swamp Forest	2.6%	1.0
56	Mind Stone Artifact	Artifact	2.6%	3.9
57	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
58	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
59	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
60	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.5%	4.0
61	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
62	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
63	Burning Inquiry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
64	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
65	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0
66	Spelunking Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	4.0
67	Cultivator Colossus Creature — Plant Beast	Creature — Plant Beast	2.3%	1.0
68	Hollow One Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.3%	4.0
69	Marauding Mako Creature — Shark Pirate	Creature — Shark Pirate	2.3%	4.0
70	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
71	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
72	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
73	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5
74	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	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	13.0%	1.5
6	Teferi, Time Raveler Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	9.4%	1.4
7	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.7%	1.6
8	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
9	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
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	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	3.1%	1.3
17	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
18	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
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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