Modern staples: Creatures or Instants or Lands, Card draw or Burn or Recursion or Graveyard hate

59 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 (47)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
2	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	20.1%	3.5
3	Kozilek's Command Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	19.5%	4.0
4	Psychic Frog Creature — Frog	Creature — Frog	13.8%	4.0
5	Fiery Islet Land	Land	12.6%	2.4
6	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
7	Shifting Woodland Land	Land	9.6%	1.0
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	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
11	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
12	Street Wraith Creature — Wraith	Creature — Wraith	7.6%	3.9
13	Griselbrand Legendary Creature — Demon	Legendary Creature — Demon	7.3%	1.3
14	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
15	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
16	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	2.3
17	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
18	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
19	Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog Creature — Goblin // Land	Creature — Goblin // Land	6.1%	1.7
20	Faithful Mending Instant	Instant	5.9%	3.0
21	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
22	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
23	Seasoned Pyromancer Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	5.7%	3.1
24	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
25	Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge Instant // Land	Instant // Land	5.2%	1.6
26	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
27	Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise Creature — Elf Druid // Land	Creature — Elf Druid // Land	5.0%	2.9
28	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
29	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
30	Nurturing Peatland Land	Land	3.7%	1.1
31	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
32	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
33	Wistfulness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.3%	3.4
34	Territorial Kavu Creature — Kavu	Creature — Kavu	3.0%	4.0
35	Fear of Missing Out Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	3.0%	3.8
36	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
37	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
38	Sunbaked Canyon Land	Land	2.8%	1.6
39	Geier Reach Sanitarium Legendary Land	Legendary Land	2.7%	1.0
40	Indatha Triome Land — Plains Swamp Forest	Land — Plains Swamp Forest	2.6%	1.0
41	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
42	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
43	Cultivator Colossus Creature — Plant Beast	Creature — Plant Beast	2.3%	1.0
44	Hollow One Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.3%	4.0
45	Marauding Mako Creature — Shark Pirate	Creature — Shark Pirate	2.3%	4.0
46	Echoing Deeps Land — Cave	Land — Cave	2.3%	1.0
47	Haliya, Guided by Light Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	2.0%	1.4

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (16)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Surgical Extraction Instant	Instant	22.9%	1.5
2	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
3	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.7%	1.6
4	Soulless Jailer Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	5.4%	1.2
5	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
6	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
7	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.3
8	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
9	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
10	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
11	Keen-Eyed Curator Creature — Raccoon Scout	Creature — Raccoon Scout	3.1%	1.0
12	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
13	Bojuka Bog Land	Land	2.8%	1.0
14	Sanctifier en-Vec Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	2.4%	1.9
15	Elder Gargaroth Creature — Beast	Creature — Beast	2.2%	1.0
16	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	2.2%	1.7

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it