Modern staples: Creature removal or Cantrips or Recursion

82 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 (62)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Solitude Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	21.6%	3.7
2	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
3	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	20.0%	3.5
4	Kozilek's Command Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	19.5%	4.0
5	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.3
6	Prismatic Ending Sorcery	Sorcery	16.1%	2.0
7	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	15.1%	3.2
8	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.8%	1.8
9	Devourer of Destiny Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	13.5%	3.0
10	Teferi, Time Raveler Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	13.0%	2.2
11	Dismember Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.0
12	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
13	Otawara, Soaring City Legendary Land	Legendary Land	10.9%	1.1
14	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	9.9%	3.7
15	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.6%	1.0
16	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
17	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.3%	3.9
18	Ugin, Eye of the Storms Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	8.2%	2.9
19	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
20	Wrath of the Skies Sorcery	Sorcery	7.8%	3.0
21	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.2
22	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	7.3%	3.2
23	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
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	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
27	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
28	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
29	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.8%	4.0
30	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	5.4%	3.8
31	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
32	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
33	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
34	Weapons Manufacturing Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	3.9
35	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
36	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	4.2%	4.0
37	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
38	Leyline Binding Enchantment	Enchantment	4.0%	4.0
39	Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	3.9%	1.8
40	Erode Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.3
41	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
42	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
43	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
44	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
45	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
46	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
47	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	1.2
48	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
49	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.7%	3.2
50	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.7
51	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.5%	4.0
52	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
53	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
54	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
55	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
56	Spelunking Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	4.0
57	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
58	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
59	All Is Dust Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi	Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi	2.2%	1.0
60	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
61	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
62	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5

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Sideboard (33)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Wrath of the Skies Sorcery	Sorcery	22.5%	2.3
2	High Noon Enchantment	Enchantment	19.7%	2.2
3	Dismember Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.5
4	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
5	Teferi, Time Raveler Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	9.5%	1.4
6	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.7
7	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.6%	1.6
8	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.7%	1.7
9	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
10	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.8
11	Celestial Purge Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.3
12	Prismatic Ending Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	2.4
13	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
14	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
15	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
16	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.3
17	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
18	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
19	Toxic Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.4
20	Grist, the Hunger Tide Legendary Planeswalker — Grist	Legendary Planeswalker — Grist	3.6%	1.0
21	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
22	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
23	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
24	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
25	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
26	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
27	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.2
28	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	2.9%	2.0
29	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
30	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.0
31	Glistening Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.9
32	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	2.2%	1.7
33	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	2.1%	1.1

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