Modern staples: Instants or Artifacts, Counterspells or Burn or Recursion or Graveyard hate or Artifact removal

49 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: Lightning Bolt (21% of decks).

Main deck (29)

#	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	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
4	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
5	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
6	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
7	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	12.3%	1.0
8	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
9	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
10	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	1.0
11	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
12	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
13	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
14	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.2
15	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	7.7%	3.0
16	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
17	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
18	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
19	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	5.4%	3.8
20	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
21	Agatha's Soul Cauldron Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	3.9%	2.0
22	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
23	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.6
24	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
25	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
26	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
27	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0
28	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
29	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 (34)

#	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	Wear // Tear Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	15.8%	1.9
7	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
8	Nature's Claim Instant	Instant	13.9%	2.1
9	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	13.0%	1.5
10	Force of Vigor Instant	Instant	11.2%	1.9
11	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.3
12	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
13	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
14	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
15	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.8
16	Celestial Purge Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.3
17	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
18	Soulless Jailer Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	5.4%	1.2
19	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
20	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
21	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
22	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
23	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
24	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	3.1%	1.3
25	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
26	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.0
27	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.3
28	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
29	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
30	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
31	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	2.3%	1.0
32	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
33	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
34	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