Modern staples: Instants or Enchantments, Counterspells or Recursion

21 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 (15)

#	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	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
4	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
5	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.0%	3.1
6	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.8%	4.0
7	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
8	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	5.4%	3.9
9	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
10	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
11	Colossal Skyturtle Enchantment Creature — Turtle	Enchantment Creature — Turtle	2.5%	1.1
12	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.5%	2.6
13	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
14	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
15	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 (11)

#	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	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	15.4%	1.6
4	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
5	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
6	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
7	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
8	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
9	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
10	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
11	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