Modern staples: Creatures or Instants or Sorceries or Artifacts, Removal or Recursion

78 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 (51)

#	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	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.3
5	Prismatic Ending Sorcery	Sorcery	16.1%	2.0
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	Dismember Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.0
10	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	12.3%	1.0
11	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
12	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	10.0%	3.7
13	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
14	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
15	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
16	Wrath of the Skies Sorcery	Sorcery	7.8%	3.0
17	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.2
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	Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow Creature — Human Warlock // Land	Creature — Human Warlock // Land	6.4%	3.3
23	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
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	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	5.4%	3.8
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	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
30	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
31	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
32	Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	3.9%	1.8
33	Erode Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.3
34	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
35	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
36	Wistfulness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.3%	3.4
37	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
38	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
39	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	1.2
40	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
41	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.7%	3.2
42	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.7
43	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
44	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.5%	4.0
45	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
46	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
47	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
48	All Is Dust Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi	Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi	2.2%	1.0
49	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0
50	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0
51	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5

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Sideboard (39)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Wrath of the Skies Sorcery	Sorcery	22.4%	2.3
2	Obsidian Charmaw Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	16.9%	2.6
3	Wear // Tear Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	15.8%	1.9
4	Meltdown Sorcery	Sorcery	14.9%	1.9
5	Nature's Claim Instant	Instant	13.9%	2.1
6	Dismember Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.5
7	Force of Vigor Instant	Instant	11.2%	1.9
8	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
9	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.7
10	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.7%	1.6
11	Thief of Existence Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	7.8%	1.5
12	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.7
13	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
14	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.8
15	Celestial Purge Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.3
16	Prismatic Ending Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	2.4
17	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
18	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
19	Break the Ice Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.5
20	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
21	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
22	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
23	Toxic Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	1.4
24	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
25	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
26	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
27	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
28	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
29	White Orchid Phantom Creature — Spirit Knight	Creature — Spirit Knight	3.1%	2.2
30	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
31	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.0
32	Guerrilla Gorilla Creature — Ape Soldier Hero	Creature — Ape Soldier Hero	3.0%	1.0
33	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.3
34	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
35	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.0
36	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	2.3%	1.0
37	Glistening Deluge Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.9
38	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	2.1%	1.1
39	Ingot Chewer Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	2.0%	1.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

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among the decks that play it