Modern staples: Creatures or Instants, Creature removal or Card draw or Recursion

60 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: Solitude (22% of decks).

Main deck (49)

#	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	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	20.0%	3.5
4	Kozilek's Command Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	19.5%	4.0
5	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.3
6	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.8%	1.8
7	Psychic Frog Creature — Frog	Creature — Frog	13.8%	4.0
8	Devourer of Destiny Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	13.5%	3.0
9	Dismember Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.0
10	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
11	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
12	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.3%	3.9
13	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
14	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.2
15	Street Wraith Creature — Wraith	Creature — Wraith	7.6%	3.9
16	Griselbrand Legendary Creature — Demon	Legendary Creature — Demon	7.3%	1.3
17	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
18	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
19	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.9%	2.3
20	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
21	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
22	Faithful Mending Instant	Instant	5.9%	3.0
23	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
24	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.8%	4.0
25	Seasoned Pyromancer Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	5.7%	3.1
26	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
27	Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge Instant // Land	Instant // Land	5.2%	1.6
28	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
29	Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise Creature — Elf Druid // Land	Creature — Elf Druid // Land	5.0%	2.9
30	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
31	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
32	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
33	Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	3.9%	1.8
34	Erode Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.3
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	Territorial Kavu Creature — Kavu	Creature — Kavu	3.0%	4.0
39	Fear of Missing Out Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	3.0%	3.8
40	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
41	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
42	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.7
43	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
44	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
45	Cultivator Colossus Creature — Plant Beast	Creature — Plant Beast	2.4%	1.0
46	Hollow One Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.3%	4.0
47	Marauding Mako Creature — Shark Pirate	Creature — Shark Pirate	2.3%	4.0
48	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5
49	Haliya, Guided by Light Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	2.0%	1.4

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (17)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Dismember Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.5
2	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
3	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.7
4	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.6%	1.6
5	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
6	Celestial Purge Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.3
7	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
8	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
9	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.3
10	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
11	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
12	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
13	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
14	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.2
15	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	2.9%	2.0
16	Elder Gargaroth Creature — Beast	Creature — Beast	2.2%	1.0
17	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	2.2%	1.7

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it