Modern staples: Creatures or Instants, Creature removal or Counterspells

45 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 (32)

#	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	Kozilek's Command Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	19.5%	4.0
4	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
5	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.3
6	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.8%	1.8
7	Devourer of Destiny Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	13.5%	3.0
8	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
9	Dismember Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.0
10	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
11	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
12	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
13	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
14	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.3%	3.9
15	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.0%	3.1
16	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
17	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.2
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	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
20	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
21	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
22	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
23	Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	3.9%	1.8
24	Erode Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.3
25	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
26	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
27	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.7
28	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
29	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
30	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
31	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
32	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 (22)

#	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	Dismember Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.5
5	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
6	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.7
7	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
8	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
9	Celestial Purge Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.3
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	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
14	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
15	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
16	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.2
17	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	2.9%	2.0
18	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
19	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
20	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
21	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
22	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