Modern staples: Creature removal or Counterspells or Tutors or Recursion

121 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: Flooded Strand (32% of decks).

Main deck (95)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Flooded Strand Land	Land	32.4%	3.3
2	Arid Mesa Land	Land	29.9%	2.9
3	Marsh Flats Land	Land	25.4%	3.1
4	Polluted Delta Land	Land	25.3%	2.9
5	Scalding Tarn Land	Land	24.3%	2.4
6	Wooded Foothills Land	Land	24.0%	2.4
7	Bloodstained Mire Land	Land	22.8%	3.0
8	Solitude Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	21.6%	3.7
9	Urza's Saga Enchantment Land — Urza's Saga	Enchantment Land — Urza's Saga	21.3%	3.9
10	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
11	Kozilek's Command Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	19.5%	4.0
12	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
13	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.3
14	Prismatic Ending Sorcery	Sorcery	16.1%	2.0
15	Misty Rainforest Land	Land	16.0%	2.5
16	Sowing Mycospawn Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	14.9%	3.9
17	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
18	Devourer of Destiny Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	13.5%	3.0
19	Windswept Heath Land	Land	13.2%	2.4
20	Teferi, Time Raveler Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	13.0%	2.2
21	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
22	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
23	Verdant Catacombs Land	Land	12.5%	2.3
24	Dismember Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.0
25	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
26	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
27	Otawara, Soaring City Legendary Land	Legendary Land	10.9%	1.1
28	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	10.0%	3.7
29	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.6%	1.0
30	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
31	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
32	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
33	Ugin, Eye of the Storms Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	8.2%	2.9
34	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
35	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
36	Wrath of the Skies Sorcery	Sorcery	7.8%	3.0
37	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.2
38	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
39	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	7.2%	3.2
40	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
41	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	2.3
42	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
43	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
44	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
45	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
46	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
47	Summoner's Pact Instant	Instant	5.5%	2.7
48	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	5.4%	3.8
49	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
50	Ranger-Captain of Eos Creature — Human Soldier Ranger	Creature — Human Soldier Ranger	5.2%	2.3
51	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
52	Expedition Map Artifact	Artifact	4.9%	3.9
53	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
54	Weapons Manufacturing Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	3.9
55	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	4.4%	3.1
56	Formidable Speaker Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.4%	1.2
57	Nature's Rhythm Sorcery	Sorcery	4.3%	4.0
58	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
59	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	4.2%	4.0
60	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
61	Fiend Artisan Creature — Nightmare	Creature — Nightmare	4.1%	1.1
62	Leyline Binding Enchantment	Enchantment	4.0%	4.0
63	Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	3.9%	1.8
64	Erode Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.3
65	Field of Ruin Land	Land	3.6%	3.8
66	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
67	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
68	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
69	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
70	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
71	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	1.2
72	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
73	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.7%	3.2
74	Troll of Khazad-dûm Creature — Troll	Creature — Troll	2.7%	1.9
75	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.7
76	Primeval Titan Creature — Giant	Creature — Giant	2.6%	3.3
77	Demolition Field Land	Land	2.5%	3.9
78	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
79	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
80	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
81	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.5%	4.0
82	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
83	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
84	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
85	Scapeshift Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	3.8
86	Oliphaunt Creature — Elephant	Creature — Elephant	2.3%	3.1
87	Tolaria West Land	Land	2.3%	1.0
88	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
89	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
90	All Is Dust Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi	Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi	2.2%	1.0
91	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
92	Ghost Quarter Land	Land	2.2%	1.1
93	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
94	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
95	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	Teferi, Time Raveler Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	9.4%	1.4
10	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.7
11	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.7%	1.6
12	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
13	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.7
14	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
15	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.8
16	Celestial Purge Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.3
17	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
18	Prismatic Ending Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	2.4
19	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
20	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
21	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
22	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
23	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
24	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
25	Toxic Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.4
26	Grist, the Hunger Tide Legendary Planeswalker — Grist	Legendary Planeswalker — Grist	3.6%	1.0
27	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
28	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
29	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
30	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
31	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
32	White Orchid Phantom Creature — Spirit Knight	Creature — Spirit Knight	3.1%	2.2
33	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
34	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.0
35	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.3
36	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
37	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.0
38	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
39	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
40	Inevitable Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	2.6%	2.1
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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