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

68 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 (51)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
2	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	20.0%	3.5
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	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.8%	1.8
6	Psychic Frog Creature — Frog	Creature — Frog	13.8%	4.0
7	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
8	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
9	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
10	Glaring Fleshraker Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	9.4%	2.5
11	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
12	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
13	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.3%	3.9
14	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.0%	3.1
15	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
16	Street Wraith Creature — Wraith	Creature — Wraith	7.6%	3.9
17	Griselbrand Legendary Creature — Demon	Legendary Creature — Demon	7.3%	1.3
18	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
19	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
20	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.9%	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	Faithful Mending Instant	Instant	5.9%	3.0
25	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
26	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.8%	4.0
27	Seasoned Pyromancer Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	5.7%	3.1
28	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
29	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
30	Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge Instant // Land	Instant // Land	5.2%	1.6
31	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
32	Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise Creature — Elf Druid // Land	Creature — Elf Druid // Land	5.0%	2.9
33	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
34	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
35	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
36	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
37	Wistfulness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.3%	3.4
38	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
39	Territorial Kavu Creature — Kavu	Creature — Kavu	3.0%	4.0
40	Fear of Missing Out Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	3.0%	3.8
41	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
42	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
43	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
44	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
45	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
46	Cultivator Colossus Creature — Plant Beast	Creature — Plant Beast	2.4%	1.0
47	Hollow One Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.3%	4.0
48	Marauding Mako Creature — Shark Pirate	Creature — Shark Pirate	2.3%	4.0
49	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
50	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5
51	Haliya, Guided by Light Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	2.0%	1.4

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Sideboard (26)

#	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	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.3
14	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
15	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
16	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
17	Keen-Eyed Curator Creature — Raccoon Scout	Creature — Raccoon Scout	3.1%	1.0
18	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
19	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
20	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
21	Sanctifier en-Vec Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	2.5%	1.9
22	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
23	Elder Gargaroth Creature — Beast	Creature — Beast	2.2%	1.0
24	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	2.2%	1.7
25	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
26	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0

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