Modern staples: Creatures or Instants, Removal or Discard or Graveyard hate

52 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 (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	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.3
5	Sowing Mycospawn Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	14.9%	3.9
6	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
7	Devourer of Destiny Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	13.5%	3.0
8	Dismember Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.0
9	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	12.3%	1.0
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	8.2%	3.9
13	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
14	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.2
15	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
16	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani	7.2%	4.0
17	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	7.0%	2.3
18	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
19	Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow Creature — Human Warlock // Land	Creature — Human Warlock // Land	6.4%	3.3
20	Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog Creature — Goblin // Land	Creature — Goblin // Land	6.1%	1.7
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	Wistfulness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	3.3%	3.4
27	Territorial Kavu Creature — Kavu	Creature — Kavu	3.0%	4.0
28	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
29	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.7
30	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
31	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
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 (26)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Surgical Extraction Instant	Instant	22.9%	1.5
2	Obsidian Charmaw Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	16.9%	2.6
3	Wear // Tear Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	15.8%	1.9
4	Nature's Claim Instant	Instant	13.9%	2.1
5	Dismember Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.5
6	Force of Vigor Instant	Instant	11.2%	1.9
7	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
8	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.7
9	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.7%	1.6
10	Thief of Existence Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	7.8%	1.5
11	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
12	Celestial Purge Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.3
13	Soulless Jailer Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	5.4%	1.2
14	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
15	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
16	Kraul Harpooner Creature — Insect Warrior	Creature — Insect Warrior	3.5%	1.0
17	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
18	White Orchid Phantom Creature — Spirit Knight	Creature — Spirit Knight	3.1%	2.2
19	Keen-Eyed Curator Creature — Raccoon Scout	Creature — Raccoon Scout	3.1%	1.0
20	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
21	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.0
22	Guerrilla Gorilla Creature — Ape Soldier Hero	Creature — Ape Soldier Hero	3.0%	1.0
23	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.3
24	Sanctifier en-Vec Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	2.4%	1.9
25	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	2.3%	1.0
26	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