Modern staples: Instants or Artifacts, Removal or Counterspells or Mana rocks or Recursion

50 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 (33)

#	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	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	17.9%	3.3
5	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
6	Vexing Bauble Artifact	Artifact	12.9%	1.4
7	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
8	Dismember Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.0
9	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	12.3%	1.0
10	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
11	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
12	Springleaf Drum Artifact	Artifact	10.6%	1.1
13	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
14	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
15	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
16	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.2
17	Mox Opal Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	7.6%	4.0
18	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
19	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
20	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
21	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	5.4%	3.8
22	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
23	Talisman of Resilience Artifact	Artifact	4.3%	2.3
24	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
25	Erode Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.3
26	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
27	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.7
28	Mind Stone Artifact	Artifact	2.6%	3.9
29	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	2.5%	2.2
30	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
31	Mox Amber Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.3%	3.1
32	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
33	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	Wear // Tear Instant // Instant	Instant // Instant	15.8%	1.9
5	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
6	Nature's Claim Instant	Instant	13.9%	2.1
7	Dismember Instant	Instant	13.0%	1.5
8	Force of Vigor Instant	Instant	11.2%	1.9
9	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
10	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.7
11	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
12	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
13	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.8
14	Celestial Purge Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.3
15	Chalice of the Void Artifact	Artifact	6.1%	2.0
16	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
17	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
18	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
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	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
22	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.0
23	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.3
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