Modern staples: Creatures or Artifacts, Counterspells or Recursion or Graveyard hate or Artifact removal

37 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: Devourer of Destiny (13% of decks).

Main deck (26)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Devourer of Destiny Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	13.5%	3.0
2	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
3	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	12.3%	1.0
4	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	1.0
5	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
6	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	7.7%	3.0
7	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
8	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
9	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.9%	2.3
10	Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow Creature — Human Warlock // Land	Creature — Human Warlock // Land	6.4%	3.3
11	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
12	Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog Creature — Goblin // Land	Creature — Goblin // Land	6.1%	1.7
13	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
14	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	5.4%	3.8
15	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
16	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
17	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
18	Agatha's Soul Cauldron Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	3.9%	2.0
19	Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	3.9%	1.8
20	Wistfulness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.3%	3.4
21	Territorial Kavu Creature — Kavu	Creature — Kavu	3.0%	4.0
22	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
23	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.6
24	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
25	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
26	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (19)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	31.4%	1.5
2	Grafdigger's Cage Artifact	Artifact	22.7%	1.5
3	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	13.0%	1.5
4	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.3
5	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.6%	1.6
6	Thief of Existence Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	7.8%	1.5
7	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.8
8	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
9	Soulless Jailer Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	5.4%	1.2
10	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
11	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
12	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
13	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	3.2%	1.3
14	Keen-Eyed Curator Creature — Raccoon Scout	Creature — Raccoon Scout	3.1%	1.0
15	Guerrilla Gorilla Creature — Ape Soldier Hero	Creature — Ape Soldier Hero	2.9%	1.0
16	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
17	Sanctifier en-Vec Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	2.5%	1.9
18	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	2.3%	1.0
19	Ingot Chewer Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	2.0%	1.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it