Modern staples: Counterspells or Card draw or Tutors or Recursion

116 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: Flooded Strand (32% of decks).

Main deck (104)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Flooded Strand Land	Land	32.4%	3.3
2	Arid Mesa Land	Land	29.9%	2.9
3	Marsh Flats Land	Land	25.4%	3.1
4	Polluted Delta Land	Land	25.3%	2.9
5	Scalding Tarn Land	Land	24.3%	2.4
6	Wooded Foothills Land	Land	24.0%	2.4
7	Bloodstained Mire Land	Land	22.8%	3.0
8	Urza's Saga Enchantment Land — Urza's Saga	Enchantment Land — Urza's Saga	21.3%	3.9
9	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	20.1%	3.5
10	Kozilek's Command Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	19.5%	4.0
11	Mishra's Bauble Artifact	Artifact	19.4%	4.0
12	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
13	Misty Rainforest Land	Land	16.0%	2.5
14	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	15.1%	3.2
15	Sowing Mycospawn Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	14.9%	3.9
16	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
17	Psychic Frog Creature — Frog	Creature — Frog	13.8%	4.0
18	Windswept Heath Land	Land	13.2%	2.4
19	Teferi, Time Raveler Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	13.0%	2.2
20	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
21	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
22	Fiery Islet Land	Land	12.6%	2.4
23	Verdant Catacombs Land	Land	12.5%	2.3
24	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
25	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	1.0
26	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	10.0%	3.7
27	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.6%	1.0
28	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
29	Ugin, Eye of the Storms Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	8.2%	2.9
30	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
31	Street Wraith Creature — Wraith	Creature — Wraith	7.6%	3.9
32	Griselbrand Legendary Creature — Demon	Legendary Creature — Demon	7.3%	1.3
33	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
34	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	2.3
35	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
36	Faithful Mending Instant	Instant	5.9%	3.0
37	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
38	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
39	Seasoned Pyromancer Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	5.7%	3.1
40	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
41	Summoner's Pact Instant	Instant	5.5%	2.7
42	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
43	Ranger-Captain of Eos Creature — Human Soldier Ranger	Creature — Human Soldier Ranger	5.2%	2.3
44	Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge Instant // Land	Instant // Land	5.2%	1.6
45	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
46	Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise Creature — Elf Druid // Land	Creature — Elf Druid // Land	5.0%	2.9
47	Expedition Map Artifact	Artifact	4.9%	3.9
48	Faithless Looting Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	4.0
49	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	4.4%	3.1
50	Formidable Speaker Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.4%	1.2
51	Nature's Rhythm Sorcery	Sorcery	4.3%	4.0
52	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
53	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	4.2%	4.0
54	Fiend Artisan Creature — Nightmare	Creature — Nightmare	4.1%	1.1
55	Nurturing Peatland Land	Land	3.7%	1.1
56	Erode Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.3
57	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
58	Field of Ruin Land	Land	3.6%	3.8
59	Hex Magic Sorcery — Arcane	Sorcery — Arcane	3.4%	3.9
60	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
61	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
62	Artist's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	3.4%	1.6
63	Wistfulness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.3%	3.4
64	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
65	Territorial Kavu Creature — Kavu	Creature — Kavu	3.0%	4.0
66	Fear of Missing Out Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	3.0%	3.8
67	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
68	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
69	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.6
70	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
71	Kaito, Bane of Nightmares Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito	Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito	2.9%	1.3
72	Sunbaked Canyon Land	Land	2.8%	1.6
73	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
74	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.7%	3.2
75	Troll of Khazad-dûm Creature — Troll	Creature — Troll	2.7%	1.9
76	Geier Reach Sanitarium Legendary Land	Legendary Land	2.7%	1.0
77	Indatha Triome Land — Plains Swamp Forest	Land — Plains Swamp Forest	2.6%	1.0
78	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.7
79	Primeval Titan Creature — Giant	Creature — Giant	2.6%	3.3
80	Mind Stone Artifact	Artifact	2.6%	3.9
81	Demolition Field Land	Land	2.5%	3.9
82	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
83	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
84	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
85	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.5%	4.0
86	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
87	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
88	Burning Inquiry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
89	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
90	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0
91	Scapeshift Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	3.8
92	Spelunking Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	4.0
93	Cultivator Colossus Creature — Plant Beast	Creature — Plant Beast	2.3%	1.0
94	Oliphaunt Creature — Elephant	Creature — Elephant	2.3%	3.1
95	Tolaria West Land	Land	2.3%	1.0
96	Hollow One Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.3%	4.0
97	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
98	Marauding Mako Creature — Shark Pirate	Creature — Shark Pirate	2.3%	4.0
99	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
100	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
101	Ghost Quarter Land	Land	2.2%	1.1
102	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
103	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5
104	Haliya, Guided by Light Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	2.0%	1.4

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Sideboard (25)

#	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	White Orchid Phantom Creature — Spirit Knight	Creature — Spirit Knight	3.1%	2.2
18	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
19	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
20	Inevitable Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	2.6%	2.1
21	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
22	Elder Gargaroth Creature — Beast	Creature — Beast	2.2%	1.0
23	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	2.2%	1.7
24	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
25	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