Modern staples: Creatures or Instants or Artifacts, Removal or Counterspells

62 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: Solitude (22% of decks).

Main deck (39)

#	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	Kozilek's Command Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	19.5%	4.0
4	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
5	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.3
6	Sowing Mycospawn Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	14.9%	3.9
7	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
8	Devourer of Destiny Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	13.5%	3.0
9	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
10	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
11	Dismember Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.0
12	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	12.3%	1.0
13	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
14	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
15	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
16	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
17	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
18	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
19	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
20	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.2
21	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
22	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
23	Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow Creature — Human Warlock // Land	Creature — Human Warlock // Land	6.4%	3.3
24	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
25	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	5.4%	3.8
26	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
27	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
28	Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	3.9%	1.8
29	Erode Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.3
30	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
31	Wistfulness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.3%	3.4
32	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
33	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.7
34	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
35	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
36	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
37	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
38	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
39	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 (36)

#	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	15.8%	1.9
6	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
7	Nature's Claim Instant	Instant	13.9%	2.1
8	Dismember Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.5
9	Force of Vigor Instant	Instant	11.2%	1.9
10	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
11	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.7
12	Thief of Existence Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	7.8%	1.5
13	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
14	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
15	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.8
16	Celestial Purge Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.3
17	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
18	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
19	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
20	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
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	White Orchid Phantom Creature — Spirit Knight	Creature — Spirit Knight	3.1%	2.2
25	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
26	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.0
27	Guerrilla Gorilla Creature — Ape Soldier Hero	Creature — Ape Soldier Hero	3.0%	1.0
28	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.3
29	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
30	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
31	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
32	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	2.3%	1.0
33	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
34	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
35	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
36	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