Instants staples in Modern

53 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 (37)

#	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	Ephemerate Instant	Instant	13.4%	3.3
7	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	12.7%	2.1
8	Dismember Instant	Instant	12.4%	2.0
9	Consign to Memory Instant	Instant	11.4%	2.0
10	Galvanic Discharge Instant	Instant	11.3%	3.7
11	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	8.2%	3.9
12	Counterspell Instant	Instant	8.1%	3.1
13	Unholy Heat Instant	Instant	7.9%	2.1
14	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.2
15	Mutagenic Growth Instant	Instant	6.8%	3.3
16	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
17	Faithful Mending Instant	Instant	5.9%	3.0
18	Goryo's Vengeance Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	5.7%	4.0
19	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	5.6%	2.9
20	Summoner's Pact Instant	Instant	5.5%	2.7
21	Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge Instant // Land	Instant // Land	5.2%	1.6
22	Violent Urge Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.7
23	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	4.7%	1.6
24	Orim's Chant Instant	Instant	3.9%	3.9
25	Erode Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.3
26	Consult the Star Charts Instant	Instant	3.7%	3.1
27	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
28	Desperate Ritual Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	3.6%	4.0
29	Pyretic Ritual Instant	Instant	3.6%	4.0
30	Stubborn Denial Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.0
31	Cling to Dust Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
32	Path to Exile Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.7
33	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
34	Violent Outburst Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
35	Pact of Negation Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.1
36	Drown in the Loch Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5
37	Otherworldly Gaze Instant	Instant	2.0%	2.1

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (25)

#	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	Orim's Chant Instant	Instant	4.7%	2.3
17	Veil of Summer Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.3
18	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	3.1%	1.5
19	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.0
20	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.3
21	Swan Song Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
22	Metallic Rebuke Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.0
23	Stern Scolding Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.4
24	Strix Serenade Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
25	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