Modern staples: Red or Colorless, Removal or Recursion

34 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: 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	Sowing Mycospawn Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	Creature — Eldrazi Fungus	14.8%	3.9
4	Devourer of Destiny Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	13.5%	3.0
5	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	12.3%	1.0
6	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
7	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.3%	3.9
8	Ugin, Eye of the Storms Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin	8.2%	2.9
9	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
10	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	7.3%	3.2
11	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	5.4%	3.8
12	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
13	Weapons Manufacturing Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	3.9
14	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.2%	1.4
15	Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	Legendary Creature — Eldrazi	3.9%	1.8
16	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
17	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.5%	4.0
18	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
19	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
20	All Is Dust Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi	Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi	2.2%	1.0
21	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	2.2%	1.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (19)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Obsidian Charmaw Creature — Dragon	Creature — Dragon	16.9%	2.6
2	Meltdown Sorcery	Sorcery	14.9%	1.9
3	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
4	Thief of Existence Creature — Eldrazi	Creature — Eldrazi	7.8%	1.5
5	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.7%	1.7
6	Warping Wail Instant	Instant	6.7%	1.5
7	Engineered Explosives Artifact	Artifact	6.6%	1.8
8	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
9	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
10	Walking Ballista Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	4.1%	1.1
11	Extinguisher Battleship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.8%	1.0
12	Cityscape Leveler Artifact Creature — Construct	Artifact Creature — Construct	3.5%	1.0
13	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
14	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
15	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
16	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
17	The Filigree Sylex Legendary Artifact	Legendary Artifact	2.9%	1.0
18	Haywire Mite Artifact Creature — Insect	Artifact Creature — Insect	2.3%	1.0
19	Ingot Chewer Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	2.0%	1.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it