Modern staples: Creatures or Instants, Counterspells or Burn or Mana rocks or Recursion or Graveyard hate

50 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: Lightning Bolt (21% of decks).

Main deck (35)

#	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	13.8%	1.8
5	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
6	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
7	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
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	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
11	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.3%	3.9
12	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.0%	3.1
13	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
14	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
15	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
16	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.9%	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	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
21	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.8%	4.0
22	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
23	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
24	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
25	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
26	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
27	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
28	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
29	Territorial Kavu Creature — Kavu	Creature — Kavu	3.0%	4.0
30	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
31	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
32	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
33	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
34	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
35	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 (23)

#	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	Surgical Extraction Instant	Instant	22.9%	1.5
4	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
5	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
6	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.6%	1.6
7	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
8	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
9	Soulless Jailer Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	5.4%	1.2
10	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
11	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
12	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
13	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
14	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
15	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
16	Keen-Eyed Curator Creature — Raccoon Scout	Creature — Raccoon Scout	3.1%	1.0
17	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
18	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
19	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
20	Sanctifier en-Vec Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	2.5%	1.9
21	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
22	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
23	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