Modern staples: Creatures or Instants, Creature removal or Recursion or Graveyard hate or Lifegain

61 cards played in at least 2% of the 12618 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 (46)

#	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	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.3
5	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
6	Devourer of Destiny Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	13.5%	3.0
7	Dismember Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.0
8	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	12.3%	1.0
9	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
10	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
11	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
12	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
13	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.2
14	Guide of Souls Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	7.7%	4.0
15	Ocelot Pride Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	7.7%	4.0
16	Atraxa, Grand Unifier Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Angel	Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Angel	7.5%	3.3
17	Griselbrand Legendary Creature — Demon	Legendary Creature — Demon	7.3%	1.3
18	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
19	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
20	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	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	Sire of Seven Deaths Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	5.9%	1.5
25	Faithful Mending Instant	Instant	5.9%	3.0
26	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
27	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
28	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
29	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
30	Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise Creature — Elf Druid // Land	Creature — Elf Druid // Land	5.0%	2.9
31	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
32	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	4.4%	3.1
33	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
34	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
35	Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	3.9%	1.8
36	Erode Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.3
37	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
38	Scion of Draco Artifact Creature — Dragon	Artifact Creature — Dragon	3.2%	4.0
39	Territorial Kavu Creature — Kavu	Creature — Kavu	3.0%	4.0
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	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5
46	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 (22)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Surgical Extraction Instant	Instant	22.9%	1.5
2	Nature's Claim Instant	Instant	13.9%	2.1
3	Dismember Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.5
4	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
5	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.7
6	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.7%	1.6
7	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
8	Sire of Seven Deaths Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	6.5%	1.2
9	Celestial Purge Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.3
10	Soulless Jailer Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	5.4%	1.2
11	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
12	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
13	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
14	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
15	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
16	Keen-Eyed Curator Creature — Raccoon Scout	Creature — Raccoon Scout	3.1%	1.0
17	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
18	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.0
19	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.3
20	Sanctifier en-Vec Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	2.4%	1.9
21	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	2.3%	1.0
22	Elder Gargaroth Creature — Beast	Creature — Beast	2.2%	1.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it