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

69 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: Quantum Riddler (20% of decks).

Main deck (44)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	20.1%	3.5
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	Devourer of Destiny Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	13.5%	3.0
6	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
7	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
8	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	12.3%	1.0
9	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
10	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	1.0
11	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
12	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
13	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.2
14	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	7.7%	3.0
15	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
16	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
17	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	2.3
18	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
19	Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow Creature — Human Warlock // Land	Creature — Human Warlock // Land	6.4%	3.3
20	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
21	Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog Creature — Goblin // Land	Creature — Goblin // Land	6.1%	1.7
22	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
23	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
24	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
25	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	5.4%	3.8
26	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
27	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
28	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
29	Agatha's Soul Cauldron Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	3.9%	2.0
30	Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	3.9%	1.8
31	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
32	Wistfulness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.3%	3.4
33	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
34	Territorial Kavu Creature — Kavu	Creature — Kavu	3.0%	4.0
35	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
36	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.6
37	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
38	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
39	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
40	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
41	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
42	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0
43	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
44	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 (39)

#	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	Wear // Tear Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	15.8%	1.9
7	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
8	Nature's Claim Instant	Instant	13.9%	2.1
9	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	13.0%	1.5
10	Force of Vigor Instant	Instant	11.2%	1.9
11	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.3
12	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.7%	1.6
13	Thief of Existence Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	7.8%	1.5
14	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
15	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
16	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.8
17	Celestial Purge Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.3
18	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
19	Soulless Jailer Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	5.4%	1.2
20	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
21	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.3
22	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
23	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
24	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
25	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	3.1%	1.3
26	Keen-Eyed Curator Creature — Raccoon Scout	Creature — Raccoon Scout	3.1%	1.0
27	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.0
28	Guerrilla Gorilla Creature — Ape Soldier Hero	Creature — Ape Soldier Hero	3.0%	1.0
29	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.3
30	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
31	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
32	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
33	Sanctifier en-Vec Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	2.4%	1.9
34	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	2.3%	1.0
35	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
36	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	2.2%	1.7
37	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
38	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
39	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