Modern staples: Creatures or Instants, Counterspells or Recursion

29 cards played in at least 2% of the 12838 Modern decks of the last 120 days, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Force of Negation (19% of decks).

Main deck (21)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
2	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.9
3	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.6%	2.1
4	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
5	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
6	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
7	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.3%	2.9
8	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.9%	2.3
9	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.2%	2.9
10	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
11	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.8%	4.0
12	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
13	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
14	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	4.9%	3.9
15	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.2%	3.9
16	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
17	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
18	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
19	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.4
20	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.6
21	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (14)

#	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	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.3%	1.6
4	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	1.6
5	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
6	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.6%	1.5
7	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	5.0%	1.6
8	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
9	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.6%	1.0
10	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
11	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.6%	2.0
12	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
13	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
14	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