Modern staples: Counterspells or Discard or Tutors or Recursion

80 cards played in at least 2% of the 12650 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 (70)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Flooded Strand Land	Land	32.5%	3.3
2	Arid Mesa Land	Land	30.0%	2.9
3	Marsh Flats Land	Land	25.4%	3.1
4	Polluted Delta Land	Land	25.2%	2.9
5	Scalding Tarn Land	Land	24.3%	2.4
6	Wooded Foothills Land	Land	24.0%	2.4
7	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	23.0%	3.6
8	Bloodstained Mire Land	Land	22.8%	3.0
9	Urza's Saga Enchantment Land — Urza's Saga	Enchantment Land — Urza's Saga	21.3%	3.9
10	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
11	Misty Rainforest Land	Land	15.9%	2.5
12	Sowing Mycospawn Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	14.8%	3.9
13	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.8%	1.8
14	Windswept Heath Land	Land	13.2%	2.4
15	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
16	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
17	Verdant Catacombs Land	Land	12.4%	2.3
18	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
19	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	9.9%	3.7
20	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.6%	1.0
21	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
22	Ugin, Eye of the Storms Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	8.2%	2.9
23	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.0%	3.1
24	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
25	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.9%	2.3
26	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
27	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
28	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.8%	4.0
29	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
30	Summoner's Pact Instant	Instant	5.5%	2.7
31	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
32	Ranger-Captain of Eos Creature — Human Soldier Ranger	Creature — Human Soldier Ranger	5.2%	2.3
33	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
34	Expedition Map Artifact	Artifact	4.8%	3.9
35	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	4.4%	3.1
36	Formidable Speaker Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.4%	1.2
37	Nature's Rhythm Sorcery	Sorcery	4.3%	4.0
38	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
39	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	4.2%	4.0
40	Fiend Artisan Creature — Nightmare	Creature — Nightmare	4.1%	1.1
41	Erode Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.3
42	Field of Ruin Land	Land	3.6%	3.8
43	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.5%	2.3
44	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
45	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
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	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
49	Troll of Khazad-dûm Creature — Troll	Creature — Troll	2.7%	1.9
50	Geier Reach Sanitarium Legendary Land	Legendary Land	2.7%	1.0
51	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.7
52	Primeval Titan Creature — Giant	Creature — Giant	2.6%	3.3
53	Demolition Field Land	Land	2.6%	3.9
54	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
55	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.5%	4.0
56	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
57	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
58	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
59	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
60	Burning Inquiry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
61	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
62	Scapeshift Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	3.8
63	Oliphaunt Creature — Elephant	Creature — Elephant	2.3%	3.1
64	Tolaria West Land	Land	2.3%	1.0
65	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
66	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
67	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
68	Ghost Quarter Land	Land	2.2%	1.1
69	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
70	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5

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Sideboard (21)

#	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	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	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	6.7%	1.5
9	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
10	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
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	White Orchid Phantom Creature — Spirit Knight	Creature — Spirit Knight	3.1%	2.2
15	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.4
16	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
17	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
18	Inevitable Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	2.6%	2.1
19	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
20	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
21	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0

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