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Most Popular MTG Cards This Week 
Modern

1

Rank #

Counterspell

Uncommon

Instant

Counterspell gives Modern blue decks a nostalgic, no-nonsense hard answer to almost any spell.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

73.74

2

Rank #

Explore

Common

Sorcery

Explore quietly supports Modern land-based strategies by combining ramp with a low-risk cantrip.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

68.91

3

Rank #

Murder

Common

Instant

Murder is a straightforward, budget-friendly kill spell that appeals more to casual Modern tables than top tiers.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

68.72

4

Rank #

Unearth

Common

Sorcery

Unearth is popular in Modern as a cheap way to rebuy low-cost threats while never being dead thanks to cycling.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

68.58

5

Rank #

Fog

Common

Instant

Fog hangs around Modern as a niche tool for turbo-fog brews that want to buy just one more turn.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

67.73

6

Rank #

Arcane Signet

Common

Artifact

Arcane Signet owes its presence in Modern collections to Commander popularity rather than competitive demand.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

66.77

7

Rank #

Shock

Common

Instant

Shock clings to Modern as a budget-friendly burn spell that mirrors Lightning Bolt on a smaller scale.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

66.74

8

Rank #

Red Dragon

Uncommon

Creature - Dragon

Red Dragon finds a home in casual Modern games where players enjoy big flying finishers over raw efficiency.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

65.97

9

Rank #

Lightning Bolt

Uncommon

Instant

Lightning Bolt remains a premier Modern staple, combining hyper-efficient removal with lethal reach in red decks.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

65.58

10

Rank #

Propaganda

Uncommon

Enchantment

Propaganda shows up in casual Modern blue shells as a pillow-fort enchantment that discourages attacks.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

65.41

11

Rank #

Farewell

Rare

Sorcery

Farewell intrigues Modern brewers as a powerful but expensive sweeper that can surgically reset multiple zones.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

65.27

12

Rank #

Six

Rare

Legendary Creature - Treefolk

Six appeals to Modern value players as a grindy green engine that turns graveyards and lands into constant resources.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

65.07

13

Rank #

Panharmonicon

Rare

Artifact

Panharmonicon fuels Modern brews that try to win by doubling powerful ETB triggers into overwhelming value.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

65.07

14

Rank #

Birds of Paradise

Rare

Creature - Bird

Birds of Paradise continues to see Modern play as a flexible one-mana fixer for multicolour creature decks.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

64.93

15

Rank #

Sheoldred

Mythic

Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Praetor // Enchantment - Saga

Sheoldred attracts Modern midrange fans as a punishing four-drop that can swing life totals rapidly in grindy games.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

64.62

16

Rank #

Roaming Throne

Rare

Artifact Creature - Golem

Roaming Throne tempts Modern tribal brewers with the promise of doubling their most important creature abilities.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

64.48

17

Rank #

Lightning Greaves

Uncommon

Artifact - Equipment

Lightning Greaves pops up in Modern creature-combo decks that need to protect and immediately use key threats.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

64.08

18

Rank #

Wonder

Uncommon

Creature - Incarnation

Wonder occasionally sneaks into Modern graveyard decks as a surprise way to give an army evasive wings.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

64.06

19

Rank #

Heroic Intervention

Rare

Instant

Heroic Intervention is valued in Modern green shells as a surprise shield against sweepers and spot removal.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

63.22

20

Rank #

Spellbook

Uncommon

Artifact

Spellbook shows up in casual Modern brews where players want unlimited hand size for big draw turns.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

62.53

21

Rank #

Blasphemous Act

Rare

Sorcery

Blasphemous Act lingers on the Modern fringes as a one-mana board wipe in creature-heavy matchups.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

62.43

22

Rank #

Curiosity

Uncommon

Enchantment - Aura

Curiosity keeps appearing in Modern combo lists that turn repeatable damage into a card-draw engine.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

62.2

23

Rank #

Persist

Rare

Sorcery

Persist supports Modern reanimation and combo shells by cheaply returning creatures for another round of value.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

62.1

24

Rank #

Blood Artist

Uncommon

Creature - Vampire

Blood Artist fuels Modern aristocrats builds by turning constant creature deaths into steady life drain.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

61.81

25

Rank #

Silence

Rare

Instant

Silence sees Modern play as a one-mana way for combo decks to lock out interaction on their critical turn.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

61.46

26

Rank #

All Will Be One

Mythic

Enchantment

All Will Be One entices Modern combo players by turning counter synergies into direct damage win conditions.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

61.19

27

Rank #

Coat of Arms

Rare

Artifact

Coat of Arms shows up in Modern tribal brews that want a single card to turn a board into lethal damage.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

60.73

28

Rank #

Damnation

Rare

Sorcery

Damnation continues to anchor Modern black control as a clean, efficient four-mana board wipe.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

60.72

29

Rank #

Desert

Uncommon

Land - Desert

Desert appears in casual Modern land brews as an old-school utility land that can pick off weakened creatures.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

60.64

30

Rank #

Blood Moon

Rare

Enchantment

Blood Moon stays highly relevant in Modern by turning complex manabases into vulnerable piles of Mountains.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

60.51

31

Rank #

Esper Sentinel

Rare

Artifact Creature - Human Soldier

Esper Sentinel is a Modern all-star in Hammer-style decks, taxing interaction while fuelling your hand.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

60.46

32

Rank #

Cyclonic Rift

Mythic

Instant

Cyclonic Rift is remembered by Modern players as a Commander powerhouse that would be far too swingy for the format.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

60.36

33

Rank #

Reconnaissance

Uncommon

Enchantment

Reconnaissance earns a niche Modern following as an enchantment that turns every combat step into a safe probe.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

60.1

34

Rank #

Parallel Lives

Rare

Enchantment

Parallel Lives powers up Modern token brews by doubling every token-making effect into explosive boards.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

59.87

35

Rank #

Massacre Girl

Rare

Legendary Creature - Human Assassin

Massacre Girl tempts Modern toolbox decks as a tutorable creature that can wipe away entire small boards.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

59.82

36

Rank #

Urza's Saga

Rare

Enchantment Land - Urza's Saga

Urza's Saga is a Modern powerhouse land that both makes giant Constructs and tutors key one-mana artifacts.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

59.71

37

Rank #

Weatherlight

Mythic

Legendary Artifact - Vehicle

Weatherlight sails through casual Modern pods as a historic-flavoured value vehicle for lore fans.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

59.63

38

Rank #

Gandalf the White

Mythic

Legendary Creature - Avatar Wizard

Gandalf the White finds a niche in Modern value decks that want to double ETB triggers at instant speed.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

59.54

39

Rank #

Smothering Tithe

Mythic

Enchantment

Smothering Tithe occasionally appears in slow Modern brews that try to snowball Treasures off opponents' draws.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

59.31

40

Rank #

Teysa Karlov

Rare

Legendary Creature - Human Advisor

Teysa Karlov appeals to Modern Orzhov brewers who want to double up on death triggers in aristocrats shells.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

59.22

41

Rank #

Pariah

Rare

Enchantment - Aura

Pariah lives on the Modern fringes as a combo aura that can redirect all damage to a single resilient creature.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

59.17

42

Rank #

Endurance

Mythic

Creature - Elemental Incarnation

Endurance is a top-tier Modern staple, combining free graveyard hate with a solid green body when you need it.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

58.93

43

Rank #

Path to Exile

Uncommon

Instant

Path to Exile remains a respected Modern removal spell, even as newer options edge into its traditional slots.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

58.55

44

Rank #

Fabricate

Uncommon

Sorcery

Fabricate serves Modern artifact decks as a reliable tutor for critical combo or toolbox pieces.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

58.36

45

Rank #

Delay

Uncommon

Instant

Delay tempts Modern tempo mages as a cheap counter that often turns opposing spells into delayed non-issues.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

58.14

46

Rank #

Terror of the Peaks

Mythic

Creature - Dragon

Terror of the Peaks attracts Modern big-mana brewers as a dragon that turns every follow-up creature into burn.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

57.47

47

Rank #

Scapeshift

Mythic

Sorcery

Scapeshift remains iconic in Modern as the heart of Valakut combo decks that win in a single explosive turn.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

57.32

48

Rank #

Doubling Season

Mythic

Enchantment

Doubling Season fuels Modern superfriends and token brews with outrageous counter and token multiplication.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

57.31

49

Rank #

Helm of the Host

Rare

Legendary Artifact - Equipment

Helm of the Host pops up in Modern combo brews that want to copy a single powerful creature into inevitability.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

57.06

50

Rank #

Ad Nauseam

Rare

Instant

Ad Nauseam endures in Modern as a deep, puzzle-like combo deck that wins by drawing virtually the entire library.

MTGBC Popularity Score:

56.83

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