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

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: Kozilek's Command (19% of decks).

Main deck (24)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Kozilek's Command Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	Kindred Instant — Eldrazi	19.5%	4.0
2	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
3	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.8%	1.8
4	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
5	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
6	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	12.3%	1.0
7	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
8	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	10.3%	1.0
9	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.0%	3.1
10	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.2
11	Tormod's Crypt Artifact	Artifact	7.7%	3.0
12	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
13	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.8%	4.0
14	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
15	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	5.4%	3.8
16	Agatha's Soul Cauldron Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	3.9%	2.0
17	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
18	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.6
19	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
20	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
21	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
22	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	2.4%	1.0
23	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
24	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 (30)

#	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	15.9%	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	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
13	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
14	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.8
15	Celestial Purge Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.3
16	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
17	Soulless Jailer Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem	5.4%	1.2
18	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
19	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
20	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
21	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	3.2%	1.3
22	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.2
23	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	2.9%	2.0
24	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
25	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
26	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
27	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	2.3%	1.0
28	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
29	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
30	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