Modern staples: Red, Creature removal or Counterspells or Card draw or Recursion

25 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 (20)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	21.1%	3.4
2	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
3	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
4	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
5	Goblin Bombardment Enchantment	Enchantment	7.2%	3.2
6	Seasoned Pyromancer Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	5.7%	3.1
7	Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge Instant // Land	Instant // Land	5.2%	1.6
8	Detective's Phoenix Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	Enchantment Creature — Phoenix	5.0%	3.9
9	Weapons Manufacturing Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	3.9
10	Faithless Looting Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	4.0
11	Hex Magic Sorcery — Arcane	Sorcery — Arcane	3.4%	3.9
12	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	3.0
13	Artist's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	3.4%	1.6
14	Fear of Missing Out Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	3.0%	3.8
15	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.5%	4.0
16	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
17	Burning Inquiry Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
18	Avengers Disassembled Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.9
19	Marauding Mako Creature — Shark Pirate	Creature — Shark Pirate	2.3%	4.0
20	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 (8)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	10.3%	2.6
2	Brotherhood's End Sorcery	Sorcery	6.8%	1.7
3	Whipflare Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.5
4	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.5
5	Past in Flames Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
6	Grapeshot Sorcery	Sorcery	3.4%	1.0
7	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	3.3%	1.7
8	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it