Modern staples: Counterspells or Lifegain

40 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: Solitude (22% of decks).

Main deck (32)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Solitude Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	21.6%	3.7
2	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
3	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.8%	1.8
4	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
5	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
6	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	12.3%	1.0
7	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
8	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
9	Ugin, Eye of the Storms Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	8.2%	2.9
10	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.0%	3.1
11	Guide of Souls Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	7.8%	4.0
12	Ocelot Pride Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	7.7%	4.0
13	Atraxa, Grand Unifier Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Angel	Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Angel	7.5%	3.3
14	Griselbrand Legendary Creature — Demon	Legendary Creature — Demon	7.3%	1.3
15	Sire of Seven Deaths Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	5.9%	1.5
16	Shadowspear Legendary Artifact — Equipment	Legendary Artifact — Equipment	5.9%	1.0
17	Faithful Mending Instant	Instant	5.9%	3.0
18	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
19	Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise Creature — Elf Druid // Land	Creature — Elf Druid // Land	5.0%	2.9
20	Claws of Gix Artifact	Artifact	4.5%	2.9
21	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	4.4%	3.1
22	Scion of Draco Artifact Creature — Dragon	Artifact Creature — Dragon	3.2%	4.0
23	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
24	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
25	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
26	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
27	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
28	Spelunking Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	4.0
29	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
30	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5
31	Practiced Offense Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9
32	Haliya, Guided by Light Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	2.0%	1.4

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (17)

#	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	Nature's Claim Instant	Instant	13.9%	2.1
6	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
7	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
8	Sire of Seven Deaths Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	6.5%	1.2
9	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
10	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
11	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
12	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
13	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	2.3%	1.0
14	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
15	Elder Gargaroth Creature — Beast	Creature — Beast	2.2%	1.0
16	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
17	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