Modern staples: Instants or Artifacts

99 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: Lightning Bolt (21% of decks).

Main deck (70)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
2	Kozilek's Command Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	19.5%	4.0
3	Mishra's Bauble Artifact	Artifact	19.4%	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	Ephemerate Instant	Instant	13.4%	3.3
8	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
9	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
10	Dismember Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.0
11	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	12.3%	1.0
12	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
13	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
14	Springleaf Drum Artifact	Artifact	10.6%	1.1
15	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	1.0
16	Blade of the Bloodchief Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	10.2%	2.8
17	Cori-Steel Cutter Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	8.7%	4.0
18	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.3%	3.9
19	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.0%	3.1
20	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
21	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.2
22	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	7.7%	3.0
23	Mox Opal Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	7.6%	4.0
24	Pithing Needle Artifact	Artifact	7.6%	1.0
25	Mutagenic Growth Instant	Instant	6.8%	3.3
26	Skateboard Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	6.7%	1.0
27	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
28	Shadowspear Legendary Artifact — Equipment	Legendary Artifact — Equipment	5.9%	1.0
29	Faithful Mending Instant	Instant	5.9%	3.0
30	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.8%	4.0
31	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
32	Summoner's Pact Instant	Instant	5.5%	2.7
33	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	5.4%	3.8
34	Kappa Cannoneer Artifact Creature — Turtle Warrior	Artifact Creature — Turtle Warrior	5.2%	4.0
35	Pinnacle Emissary Artifact Creature — Robot	Artifact Creature — Robot	5.2%	4.0
36	Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge Instant // Land	Instant // Land	5.2%	1.6
37	Expedition Map Artifact	Artifact	4.8%	3.9
38	Welding Jar Artifact	Artifact	4.8%	1.7
39	Violent Urge Instant	Instant	4.8%	1.7
40	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
41	Claws of Gix Artifact	Artifact	4.5%	2.9
42	Talisman of Resilience Artifact	Artifact	4.3%	2.3
43	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
44	Orim's Chant Instant	Instant	3.9%	3.9
45	Agatha's Soul Cauldron Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	3.9%	2.0
46	Erode Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.3
47	Shardless Agent Artifact Creature — Human Rogue	Artifact Creature — Human Rogue	3.7%	4.0
48	Consult the Star Charts Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.1
49	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
50	Desperate Ritual Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	3.6%	4.0
51	Pyretic Ritual Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
52	Ruby Medallion Artifact	Artifact	3.4%	4.0
53	Scion of Draco Artifact Creature — Dragon	Artifact Creature — Dragon	3.2%	4.0
54	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
55	Trinisphere Artifact	Artifact	3.1%	1.8
56	Isochron Scepter Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	1.4
57	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.6
58	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
59	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.7
60	Mind Stone Artifact	Artifact	2.6%	3.9
61	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
62	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
63	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0
64	Amulet of Vigor Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	4.0
65	Mox Amber Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.3%	3.1
66	Hollow One Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.3%	4.0
67	Violent Outburst Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
68	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
69	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5
70	Otherworldly Gaze Instant	Instant	2.0%	2.1

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Sideboard (48)

#	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	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	31.4%	1.5
4	Surgical Extraction Instant	Instant	22.9%	1.5
5	Grafdigger's Cage Artifact	Artifact	22.7%	1.5
6	Trinisphere Artifact	Artifact	16.9%	2.1
7	Wear // Tear Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	15.9%	1.9
8	Damping Sphere Artifact	Artifact	15.6%	1.8
9	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
10	Nature's Claim Instant	Instant	13.9%	2.1
11	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	13.0%	1.5
12	Dismember Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.5
13	Force of Vigor Instant	Instant	11.2%	1.9
14	Pithing Needle Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.0
15	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.3
16	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
17	Disruptor Flute Artifact	Artifact	9.2%	1.6
18	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.7
19	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
20	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
21	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.8
22	Celestial Purge Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.3
23	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
24	Soulless Jailer Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	5.4%	1.2
25	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
26	Torpor Orb Artifact	Artifact	4.8%	1.3
27	Ensnaring Bridge Artifact	Artifact	4.8%	1.0
28	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
29	Orim's Chant Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.3
30	Liquimetal Coating Artifact	Artifact	4.7%	1.0
31	Cursed Totem Artifact	Artifact	4.5%	1.5
32	The Stone Brain Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	4.3%	1.2
33	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
34	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.3
35	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
36	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
37	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	3.2%	1.3
38	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
39	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.2
40	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	2.9%	2.0
41	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
42	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
43	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
44	Crystal Barricade Artifact Creature — Wall	Artifact Creature — Wall	2.5%	1.3
45	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	2.3%	1.0
46	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
47	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
48	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