Modern staples: Creature removal or Discard or Ramp or Recursion

110 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 (91)

#	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	Eldrazi Temple Land	Land	19.1%	4.0
6	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.3
7	Malevolent Rumble Sorcery	Sorcery	17.4%	3.9
8	Prismatic Ending Sorcery	Sorcery	16.1%	2.0
9	Ugin's Labyrinth Land	Land	16.0%	3.7
10	Sowing Mycospawn Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	14.9%	3.9
11	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
12	Gemstone Caverns Legendary Land	Legendary Land	13.8%	1.2
13	Devourer of Destiny Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	13.5%	3.0
14	Teferi, Time Raveler Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	13.0%	2.2
15	Dismember Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.0
16	Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer Legendary Creature — Monkey Pirate	Legendary Creature — Monkey Pirate	12.0%	3.8
17	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
18	Otawara, Soaring City Legendary Land	Legendary Land	10.9%	1.1
19	Springleaf Drum Artifact	Artifact	10.6%	1.1
20	Basking Broodscale Creature — Eldrazi Lizard	Creature — Eldrazi Lizard	10.2%	4.0
21	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	10.0%	3.7
22	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.6%	1.0
23	Glaring Fleshraker Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	9.4%	2.5
24	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
25	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
26	Ugin, Eye of the Storms Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	8.2%	2.9
27	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
28	Wrath of the Skies Sorcery	Sorcery	7.8%	3.0
29	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.2
30	Mox Opal Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	7.6%	4.0
31	Delighted Halfling Creature — Halfling Citizen	Creature — Halfling Citizen	7.3%	3.5
32	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
33	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	7.2%	3.2
34	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
35	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	2.3
36	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
37	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
38	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
39	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
40	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	5.4%	3.8
41	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
42	Badgermole Cub Creature — Badger Mole	Creature — Badger Mole	5.3%	3.9
43	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
44	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
45	Urza's Tower Land — Urza's Tower	Land — Urza's Tower	4.7%	4.0
46	Urza's Mine Land — Urza's Mine	Land — Urza's Mine	4.7%	4.0
47	Urza's Power Plant Land — Urza's Power-Plant	Land — Urza's Power-Plant	4.7%	4.0
48	Weapons Manufacturing Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	3.9
49	Birds of Paradise Creature — Bird	Creature — Bird	4.4%	2.0
50	Talisman of Resilience Artifact	Artifact	4.3%	2.3
51	Leyline of Abundance Enchantment	Enchantment	4.3%	4.0
52	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
53	Devoted Druid Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.3%	4.0
54	Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Hero	4.3%	1.2
55	Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	Legendary Planeswalker — Tyvar	4.2%	4.0
56	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
57	Leyline Binding Enchantment	Enchantment	4.0%	4.0
58	Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	3.9%	1.8
59	Erode Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.3
60	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
61	Desperate Ritual Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	3.6%	4.0
62	Pyretic Ritual Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
63	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.6%	2.3
64	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
65	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
66	The Legend of Roku // Avatar Roku Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar	Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar	3.2%	1.2
67	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
68	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
69	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	1.2
70	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
71	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.7%	3.2
72	Geier Reach Sanitarium Legendary Land	Legendary Land	2.7%	1.0
73	Arboreal Grazer Creature — Sloth Beast	Creature — Sloth Beast	2.7%	3.9
74	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.7
75	Primeval Titan Creature — Giant	Creature — Giant	2.6%	3.3
76	Mind Stone Artifact	Artifact	2.6%	3.9
77	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
78	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
79	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
80	Burning Inquiry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
81	Spelunking Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	4.0
82	Cultivator Colossus Creature — Plant Beast	Creature — Plant Beast	2.3%	1.0
83	Mox Amber Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.3%	3.1
84	Sunken Citadel Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	3.2
85	Fanatic of Rhonas Creature — Snake Druid	Creature — Snake Druid	2.3%	4.0
86	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
87	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
88	All Is Dust Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi	Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi	2.2%	1.0
89	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
90	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
91	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5

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Sideboard (35)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Wrath of the Skies Sorcery	Sorcery	22.4%	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	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	2.1
6	Teferi, Time Raveler Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	9.4%	1.4
7	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.7
8	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.7%	1.6
9	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.7
10	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
11	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.8
12	Celestial Purge Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.3
13	Prismatic Ending Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	2.4
14	Gemstone Caverns Legendary Land	Legendary Land	5.3%	1.1
15	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
16	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
17	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
18	The Legend of Roku // Avatar Roku Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar	Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar	4.1%	1.1
19	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
20	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
21	Toxic Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.4
22	Grist, the Hunger Tide Legendary Planeswalker — Grist	Legendary Planeswalker — Grist	3.6%	1.0
23	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
24	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
25	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
26	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
27	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
28	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
29	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.4
30	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.0
31	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.3
32	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
33	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.0
34	Glistening Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.9
35	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	2.1%	1.1

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