Modern staples: Creatures or Instants or Artifacts or Enchantments, Counterspells or Burn or Recursion or Graveyard hate

65 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: Lightning Bolt (21% of decks).

Main deck (45)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
2	Kozilek's Command Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	19.5%	4.0
3	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
4	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
5	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
6	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
7	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
8	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
9	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	1.0
10	Glaring Fleshraker Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	9.4%	2.5
11	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
12	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
13	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
14	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
15	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
16	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	7.7%	3.0
17	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
18	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	7.2%	3.2
19	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
20	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	2.3
21	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
22	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
23	Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog Creature — Goblin // Land	Creature — Goblin // Land	6.1%	1.7
24	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
25	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
26	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
27	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
28	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
29	Weapons Manufacturing Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	3.9
30	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
31	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
32	Agatha's Soul Cauldron Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	3.9%	2.0
33	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
34	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
35	Territorial Kavu Creature — Kavu	Creature — Kavu	3.0%	4.0
36	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
37	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.6
38	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
39	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
40	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
41	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
42	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
43	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0
44	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
45	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (33)

#	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	Surgical Extraction Instant	Instant	22.9%	1.5
5	Grafdigger's Cage Artifact	Artifact	22.7%	1.5
6	High Noon Enchantment	Enchantment	19.7%	2.2
7	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
8	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	13.0%	1.5
9	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.3
10	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
11	Rest in Peace Enchantment	Enchantment	9.5%	1.8
12	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.7%	1.6
13	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
14	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
15	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
16	Soulless Jailer Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	5.4%	1.2
17	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
18	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
19	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
20	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
21	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
22	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
23	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
24	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	3.1%	1.3
25	Keen-Eyed Curator Creature — Raccoon Scout	Creature — Raccoon Scout	3.1%	1.0
26	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
27	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
28	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
29	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
30	Sanctifier en-Vec Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	2.4%	1.9
31	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
32	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
33	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it