Modern staples: Instants or Artifacts, Counterspells or Card draw or Burn or Recursion

42 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 (30)

#	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	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.8%	1.8
6	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
7	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
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	8.3%	3.9
12	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.0%	3.1
13	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
14	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
15	Faithful Mending Instant	Instant	5.9%	3.0
16	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.8%	4.0
17	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
18	Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge Instant // Land	Instant // Land	5.2%	1.6
19	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
20	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
21	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
22	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.6
23	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
24	Mind Stone Artifact	Artifact	2.6%	3.9
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	Hollow One Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.3%	4.0
29	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
30	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 (23)

#	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	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	13.0%	1.5
6	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
7	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
8	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
9	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
10	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
11	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
12	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
13	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.3
14	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
15	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
16	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	3.2%	1.3
17	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
18	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
19	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
20	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
21	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
22	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
23	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