Modern staples: Creatures or Instants, Counterspells or Tutors

29 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: Force of Negation (18% of decks).

Main deck (22)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
2	Sowing Mycospawn Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	14.8%	3.9
3	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.8%	1.8
4	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
5	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
6	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
7	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.0%	3.1
8	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
9	Summoner's Pact Instant	Instant	5.5%	2.7
10	Ranger-Captain of Eos Creature — Human Soldier Ranger	Creature — Human Soldier Ranger	5.2%	2.3
11	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	4.4%	3.1
12	Formidable Speaker Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.4%	1.2
13	Fiend Artisan Creature — Nightmare	Creature — Nightmare	4.1%	1.1
14	Erode Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.3
15	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
16	Troll of Khazad-dûm Creature — Troll	Creature — Troll	2.7%	1.9
17	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.7
18	Primeval Titan Creature — Giant	Creature — Giant	2.6%	3.3
19	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
20	Oliphaunt Creature — Elephant	Creature — Elephant	2.3%	3.1
21	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
22	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 (12)

#	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	15.4%	1.6
4	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
5	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
6	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
7	White Orchid Phantom Creature — Spirit Knight	Creature — Spirit Knight	3.1%	2.2
8	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
9	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
10	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
11	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
12	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