Modern staples: Instants or Artifacts, Counterspells or Recursion or Lifegain

27 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: Force of Negation (18% of decks).

Main deck (19)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	18.5%	2.5
2	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.8%	1.8
3	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
4	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
5	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	12.3%	1.0
6	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
7	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.0%	3.1
8	Shadowspear Legendary Artifact — Equipment	Legendary Artifact — Equipment	5.9%	1.0
9	Faithful Mending Instant	Instant	5.9%	3.0
10	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.8%	4.0
11	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
12	Claws of Gix Artifact	Artifact	4.5%	2.9
13	Scion of Draco Artifact Creature — Dragon	Artifact Creature — Dragon	3.2%	4.0
14	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
15	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
16	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
17	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
18	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
19	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 (16)

#	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	Nature's Claim Instant	Instant	13.9%	2.1
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	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
11	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
12	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
13	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	2.3%	1.0
14	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
15	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
16	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