Modern staples: Instants, Removal or Counterspells or Recursion or Graveyard hate

39 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 (24)

#	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	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
7	Dismember Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.0
8	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
9	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
10	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
11	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
12	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
13	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.2
14	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
15	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
16	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
17	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
18	Erode Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.3
19	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
20	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
21	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.7
22	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
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 (23)

#	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	Surgical Extraction Instant	Instant	22.9%	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	Celestial Purge Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.3
14	Force of Negation Instant	Instant	4.9%	1.7
15	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
16	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
17	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.0
18	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.3
19	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
20	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
21	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
22	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
23	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