Modern staples: Creatures or Instants or Artifacts, Removal or Counterspells or Card draw or Recursion

95 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: Solitude (22% of decks).

Main deck (69)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Solitude Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	21.6%	3.7
2	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
3	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	20.0%	3.5
4	Kozilek's Command Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	19.5%	4.0
5	Mishra's Bauble Artifact	Artifact	19.4%	4.0
6	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
7	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.3
8	Sowing Mycospawn Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	14.8%	3.9
9	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.8%	1.8
10	Psychic Frog Creature — Frog	Creature — Frog	13.8%	4.0
11	Devourer of Destiny Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	13.5%	3.0
12	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
13	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
14	Dismember Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.0
15	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	12.3%	1.0
16	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
17	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
18	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	1.0
19	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
20	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
21	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.3%	3.9
22	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.0%	3.1
23	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
24	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.2
25	Street Wraith Creature — Wraith	Creature — Wraith	7.6%	3.9
26	Griselbrand Legendary Creature — Demon	Legendary Creature — Demon	7.3%	1.3
27	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
28	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
29	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.9%	2.3
30	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
31	Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow Creature — Human Warlock // Land	Creature — Human Warlock // Land	6.4%	3.3
32	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
33	Faithful Mending Instant	Instant	5.9%	3.0
34	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
35	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.8%	4.0
36	Seasoned Pyromancer Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	5.7%	3.1
37	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
38	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	5.4%	3.8
39	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
40	Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge Instant // Land	Instant // Land	5.2%	1.6
41	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
42	Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise Creature — Elf Druid // Land	Creature — Elf Druid // Land	5.0%	2.9
43	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
44	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
45	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
46	Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	3.9%	1.8
47	Erode Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.3
48	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
49	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
50	Wistfulness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.3%	3.4
51	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
52	Territorial Kavu Creature — Kavu	Creature — Kavu	3.0%	4.0
53	Fear of Missing Out Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	3.0%	3.8
54	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
55	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.6
56	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
57	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.7
58	Mind Stone Artifact	Artifact	2.6%	3.9
59	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
60	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
61	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
62	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
63	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0
64	Cultivator Colossus Creature — Plant Beast	Creature — Plant Beast	2.4%	1.0
65	Hollow One Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.3%	4.0
66	Marauding Mako Creature — Shark Pirate	Creature — Shark Pirate	2.3%	4.0
67	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
68	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5
69	Haliya, Guided by Light Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	2.0%	1.4

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Sideboard (43)

#	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	Obsidian Charmaw Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	16.9%	2.6
5	Wear // Tear Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	15.9%	1.9
6	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
7	Nature's Claim Instant	Instant	13.9%	2.1
8	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	13.0%	1.5
9	Dismember Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.5
10	Force of Vigor Instant	Instant	11.2%	1.9
11	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
12	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.7
13	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.6%	1.6
14	Thief of Existence Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	7.8%	1.5
15	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
16	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
17	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.8
18	Celestial Purge Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.3
19	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
20	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
21	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
22	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
23	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.3
24	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
25	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
26	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
27	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
28	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	3.2%	1.3
29	White Orchid Phantom Creature — Spirit Knight	Creature — Spirit Knight	3.1%	2.2
30	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
31	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.2
32	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	2.9%	2.0
33	Guerrilla Gorilla Creature — Ape Soldier Hero	Creature — Ape Soldier Hero	2.9%	1.0
34	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
35	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
36	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
37	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	2.3%	1.0
38	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
39	Elder Gargaroth Creature — Beast	Creature — Beast	2.2%	1.0
40	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	2.2%	1.7
41	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
42	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
43	Ingot Chewer Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	2.0%	1.0

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