Modern Staples

The most-played cards in Modern on Magic Online, ranked by how often they show up in decklists (main deck and sideboard combined), plus share-over-time charts to compare any cards across Challenges and Leagues. Back to Modern metagame.

Most-played Modern cards

Main + sideboard · last 30 days

Top Cards Overall

Non-lands

Top Cards Overall

#	Card	Cost	% of Decks	# Played
1	Consign to Memory		44%	3.7
2	Grafdigger's Cage		33%	1.5
3	Mystical Dispute		33%	2.5
4	Lightning Bolt		32%	3.4
5	Obsidian Charmaw		31%	2.7
6	Vexing Bauble		31%	1.8
7	Thoughtseize		30%	3.5
8	Mishra's Bauble		27%	4.0
9	Surgical Extraction		25%	1.3
10	Fatal Push		25%	2.6

Top Creatures

Top Creatures

#	Card	Cost	% of Decks	# Played
1	Obsidian Charmaw		31%	2.7
2	Solitude		17%	3.8
3	Devourer of Destiny		17%	2.7
4	Quantum Riddler		16%	3.3
5	Sowing Mycospawn		16%	3.9
6	Haywire Mite		15%	1.0
7	Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer		15%	3.8
8	Emrakul, the Promised End		14%	3.7
9	Sire of Seven Deaths		13%	1.7
10	Street Wraith		12%	4.0

Top Spells

Top Spells

#	Card	Cost	% of Decks	# Played
1	Consign to Memory		44%	3.7
2	Grafdigger's Cage		33%	1.5
3	Mystical Dispute		33%	2.5
4	Lightning Bolt		32%	3.4
5	Vexing Bauble		31%	1.8
6	Thoughtseize		30%	3.5
7	Mishra's Bauble		27%	4.0
8	Surgical Extraction		25%	1.3
9	Fatal Push		25%	2.6
10	Spell Snare		23%	2.1

Top Lands

Top Lands

#	Card	Cost	% of Decks	# Played
1	Arid Mesa	—	37%	2.7
2	Steam Vents	—	30%	1.9
3	Flooded Strand	—	28%	3.4
4	Bloodstained Mire	—	28%	3.2
5	Boseiju, Who Endures	—	27%	1.9
6	Marsh Flats	—	25%	2.8
7	Polluted Delta	—	25%	2.6
8	Scalding Tarn	—	25%	2.5
9	Wooded Foothills	—	24%	2.6
10	Thundering Falls	—	24%	1.0

Adoption is each card's fraction of every Modern decklist ingested from MTGO Challenges and Leagues, counting main-deck and sideboard copies together. Top Cards Overall excludes lands. The ranking tables use the last 30 days; the chart follows the window selected above. Up to 8 cards can be compared at once.