Modern staples: Creatures or Sorceries or Artifacts, Counterspells or Discard or Recursion

23 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: Thoughtseize (23% of decks).

Main deck (21)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	23.0%	3.6
2	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
3	Green Sun's Zenith Sorcery	Sorcery	9.9%	3.7
4	Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.5%	3.2
5	Emperor of Bones Creature — Skeleton Noble	Creature — Skeleton Noble	7.2%	2.8
6	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.9%	2.3
7	Emry, Lurker of the Loch Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard	6.1%	2.9
8	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo	5.8%	2.8
9	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
10	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
11	Nethergoyf Creature — Lhurgoyf	Creature — Lhurgoyf	4.3%	3.9
12	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.5%	2.3
13	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
14	Superior Spider-Man Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero	3.0%	1.2
15	Day's Undoing Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	2.2
16	Living End Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	3.0
17	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
18	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
19	Archon of Cruelty Creature — Archon	Creature — Archon	2.5%	3.7
20	Burning Inquiry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
21	Persist Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	4.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (8)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	31.4%	1.5
2	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	2.1
3	Endurance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	8.6%	1.6
4	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
5	Six Legendary Creature — Treefolk	Legendary Creature — Treefolk	3.9%	1.2
6	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
7	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
8	Inquisition of Kozilek Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.4

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it