Modern staples: Creature removal or Counterspells or Burn or Discard or Recursion

95 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: Thoughtseize (23% of decks).

Main deck (71)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	23.0%	3.6
2	Solitude Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	21.6%	3.7
3	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
4	Kozilek's Command Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	19.5%	4.0
5	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
6	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.3
7	Prismatic Ending Sorcery	Sorcery	16.1%	2.0
8	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	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	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
12	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
13	Dismember Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.0
14	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
15	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
16	Otawara, Soaring City Legendary Land	Legendary Land	10.9%	1.1
17	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	10.0%	3.7
18	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.6%	1.0
19	Glaring Fleshraker Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	9.4%	2.5
20	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
21	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
22	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
23	Ugin, Eye of the Storms Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	8.2%	2.9
24	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
25	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
26	Wrath of the Skies Sorcery	Sorcery	7.8%	3.0
27	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.2
28	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
29	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	7.2%	3.2
30	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
31	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	2.3
32	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
33	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
34	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
35	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
36	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
37	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	5.4%	3.8
38	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
39	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
40	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
41	Weapons Manufacturing Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	3.9
42	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
43	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	4.2%	4.0
44	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
45	Leyline Binding Enchantment	Enchantment	4.0%	4.0
46	Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	3.9%	1.8
47	Erode Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.3
48	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.6%	2.3
49	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
50	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
51	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
52	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
53	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
54	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	1.2
55	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
56	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.7%	3.2
57	Geier Reach Sanitarium Legendary Land	Legendary Land	2.7%	1.0
58	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.7
59	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
60	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
61	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
62	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
63	Burning Inquiry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
64	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
65	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
66	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
67	All Is Dust Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi	Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi	2.2%	1.0
68	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
69	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
70	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
71	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5

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Sideboard (45)

#	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	Wrath of the Skies Sorcery	Sorcery	22.4%	2.3
5	High Noon Enchantment	Enchantment	19.7%	2.2
6	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
7	Dismember Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.5
8	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
9	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	2.1
10	Teferi, Time Raveler Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	9.4%	1.4
11	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.7
12	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.7%	1.6
13	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
14	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.7
15	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
16	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.8
17	Celestial Purge Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.3
18	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
19	Prismatic Ending Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	2.4
20	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
21	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
22	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
23	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
24	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
25	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
26	Toxic Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.4
27	Grist, the Hunger Tide Legendary Planeswalker — Grist	Legendary Planeswalker — Grist	3.6%	1.0
28	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
29	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
30	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
31	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
32	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
33	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
34	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.4
35	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.0
36	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.3
37	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
38	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.0
39	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
40	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
41	Glistening Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.9
42	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
43	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
44	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	2.1%	1.1
45	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0

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