Modern staples: Counterspells or Discard or Recursion

45 cards played in at least 2% of the 12908 Modern decks of the last 120 days, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Thoughtseize (23% of decks).

Main deck (37)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	22.9%	3.6
2	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
3	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	14.0%	1.8
4	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.8%	1.4
5	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.6%	2.1
6	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
7	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	9.9%	3.7
8	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.5%	1.0
9	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.4%	3.2
10	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
11	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.9
12	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.9%	2.3
13	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.2%	2.9
14	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
15	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.8%	4.0
16	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.7%	2.9
17	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
18	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	4.9%	3.9
19	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.2%	3.9
20	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	4.2%	4.0
21	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.6%	2.3
22	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.5%	3.0
23	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
24	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
25	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
26	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
27	Geier Reach Sanitarium Legendary Land	Legendary Land	2.7%	1.0
28	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
29	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
30	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
31	Burning Inquiry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
32	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.4
33	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.4%	2.6
34	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
35	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
36	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.6
37	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1

% 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	31.5%	1.5
4	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.3%	1.6
5	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	9.7%	2.1
6	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.6%	1.6
7	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
8	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.6%	1.5
9	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.0%	2.0
10	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	5.0%	1.7
11	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
12	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.6%	1.0
13	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.5%	1.0
14	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	1.4
15	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
16	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
17	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
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