Modern staples: Creatures or Instants or Sorceries or Artifacts, Counterspells or Burn or Recursion or Graveyard hate

70 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 (49)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
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	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
6	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
7	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
8	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
9	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	1.0
10	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	10.0%	3.7
11	Glaring Fleshraker Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	9.4%	2.5
12	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
13	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
14	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
15	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
16	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
17	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	7.7%	3.0
18	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
19	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
20	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	2.3
21	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
22	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
23	Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog Creature — Goblin // Land	Creature — Goblin // Land	6.1%	1.7
24	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
25	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
26	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
27	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
28	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
29	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
30	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
31	Agatha's Soul Cauldron Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	3.9%	2.0
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	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
34	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
35	Territorial Kavu Creature — Kavu	Creature — Kavu	3.0%	4.0
36	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
37	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
38	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.6
39	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
40	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
41	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
42	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
43	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
44	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0
45	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
46	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
47	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
48	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
49	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	Surgical Extraction Instant	Instant	22.9%	1.5
5	Grafdigger's Cage Artifact	Artifact	22.7%	1.5
6	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
7	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	13.0%	1.5
8	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.3
9	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
10	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.7%	1.6
11	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
12	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.7
13	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
14	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
15	Soulless Jailer Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	5.4%	1.2
16	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
17	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
18	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
19	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
20	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
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	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
25	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
26	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
27	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	3.1%	1.3
28	Keen-Eyed Curator Creature — Raccoon Scout	Creature — Raccoon Scout	3.1%	1.0
29	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
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	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
35	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
36	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