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

30 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 (21)

#	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	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land	Instant // Land	13.9%	1.8
5	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
6	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
7	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
8	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
9	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
10	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
11	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
12	Faithful Mending Instant	Instant	5.9%	3.0
13	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
14	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
15	Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge Instant // Land	Instant // Land	5.2%	1.6
16	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
17	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
18	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
19	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
20	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
21	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 (15)

#	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	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
5	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.1%	1.6
6	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
7	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
8	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
9	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.3
10	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
11	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
12	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
13	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
14	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
15	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