Modern staples: Creatures or Instants or Artifacts, Counterspells or Burn or Discard

35 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: Lightning Bolt (21% of decks).

Main deck (24)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
2	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
3	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.8%	1.8
4	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
5	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
6	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
7	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
8	Glaring Fleshraker Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	9.4%	2.5
9	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
10	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
11	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.3%	3.9
12	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.0%	3.1
13	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
14	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
15	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
16	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
17	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
18	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
19	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
20	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
21	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
22	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
23	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
24	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 (20)

#	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	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
5	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
6	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
7	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
8	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
9	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
10	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
11	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
12	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
13	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
14	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
15	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
16	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
17	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
18	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
19	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
20	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