Modern staples: Creatures or Instants, Removal or Counterspells or Cantrips or Recursion

71 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 (48)

#	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	20.1%	3.5
4	Kozilek's Command Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	19.5%	4.0
5	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
6	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.3
7	Sowing Mycospawn Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	14.9%	3.9
8	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
9	Devourer of Destiny Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	13.5%	3.0
10	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
11	Dismember Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.0
12	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	12.3%	1.0
13	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
14	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
15	Orcish Bowmasters Creature — Orc Archer	Creature — Orc Archer	8.6%	2.9
16	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
17	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
18	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
19	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
20	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.2
21	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
22	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
23	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	2.3
24	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
25	Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow Creature — Human Warlock // Land	Creature — Human Warlock // Land	6.4%	3.3
26	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
27	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
28	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
29	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
30	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
31	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
32	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
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	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
38	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	4.0
39	Wistfulness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.3%	3.4
40	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
41	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
42	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
43	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.7
44	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
45	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
46	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
47	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
48	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 (35)

#	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	Obsidian Charmaw Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	16.9%	2.6
4	Wear // Tear Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	15.8%	1.9
5	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
6	Nature's Claim Instant	Instant	13.9%	2.1
7	Dismember Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.5
8	Force of Vigor Instant	Instant	11.2%	1.9
9	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
10	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.7
11	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.7%	1.6
12	Thief of Existence Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	7.8%	1.5
13	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
14	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
15	Celestial Purge Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.3
16	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
17	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
18	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
19	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.3
20	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
21	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
22	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
23	White Orchid Phantom Creature — Spirit Knight	Creature — Spirit Knight	3.1%	2.2
24	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
25	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.0
26	Guerrilla Gorilla Creature — Ape Soldier Hero	Creature — Ape Soldier Hero	3.0%	1.0
27	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.3
28	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
29	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
30	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	2.3%	1.0
31	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
32	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	2.2%	1.7
33	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
34	Flusterstorm Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
35	Ingot Chewer Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	2.0%	1.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it