Modern staples: Instants or Artifacts, Counterspells or Burn

28 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 (18)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
2	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
3	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
4	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
5	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
6	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
7	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
8	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
9	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
10	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
11	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
12	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
13	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
14	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
15	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
16	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
17	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
18	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 (19)

#	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	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
5	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
6	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
7	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
8	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
9	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
10	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
11	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
12	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
13	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
14	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
15	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
16	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
17	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
18	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
19	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