Modern Staples

These are the most prevalent and influential cards in the Modern format, crucial for any serious Modern player.

Card
Set
Rarity
Average
Market
Card
Set
Rarity
Average
Market
Past in Flames Innistrad Mythic $2.24 N/A
Dismember New Phyrexia Uncommon $5.51 N/A
Surgical Extraction New Phyrexia Rare $4.00 N/A
Hallowed Fountain Return to Ravnica Rare $12.30 N/A
Steam Vents Return to Ravnica Rare $17.13 N/A
Faithless Looting Dark Ascension Common $0.38 N/A
Grafdigger's Cage Dark Ascension Rare $2.42 N/A
Green Sun's Zenith Mirrodin Besieged Rare $23.99 N/A
Galvanic Blast Scars of Mirrodin Common $1.72 N/A
Memnite Scars of Mirrodin Uncommon $1.90 N/A
Mox Opal Scars of Mirrodin Mythic $196.42 N/A
Eldrazi Temple Rise of the Eldrazi Rare $5.49 N/A
Nature's Claim Worldwake Common $0.92 N/A
Arid Mesa Zendikar Rare $29.57 N/A
Expedition Map Zendikar Common $1.29 N/A
Marsh Flats Zendikar Rare $29.97 N/A
Misty Rainforest Zendikar Rare $30.87 N/A
Scalding Tarn Zendikar Rare $30.92 N/A
Verdant Catacombs Zendikar Rare $27.59 N/A
Celestial Purge Conflux Uncommon $0.38 N/A
Manamorphose Shadowmoor Common $4.82 N/A
Thoughtseize Lorwyn Rare $17.97 N/A
Summoner's Pact Future Sight Rare $7.00 N/A
Claws of Gix Timeshifted Uncommon $1.24 N/A
Tormod's Crypt Timeshifted Uncommon $4.46 N/A
Grapeshot Time Spiral Common $0.47 N/A
Mishra's Bauble Coldsnap Uncommon $3.71 N/A
Breeding Pool Dissension Rare $24.04 N/A
Hallowed Fountain Dissension Rare $22.22 N/A
Spell Snare Dissension Uncommon $4.13 N/A
Steam Vents Guildpact Rare $22.29 N/A
Sacred Foundry Ravnica Rare $19.95 N/A
Watery Grave Ravnica Rare $17.20 N/A
Pithing Needle Saviors of Kamigawa Rare $3.99 N/A
Desperate Ritual Champions of Kamigawa Common $4.29 N/A
Engineered Explosives Fifth Dawn Rare $6.79 N/A
Trinisphere Darksteel Rare $21.18 N/A
Chalice of the Void Mirrodin Rare $15.74 N/A
Talisman of Impulse Mirrodin Uncommon $0.85 N/A
Thoughtcast Mirrodin Common $1.86 N/A
Bloodstained Mire Onslaught Rare $70.00 N/A
Flooded Strand Onslaught Rare $115.28 N/A
Polluted Delta Onslaught Rare $129.52 N/A
Windswept Heath Onslaught Rare $84.91 N/A
Wooded Foothills Onslaught Rare $95.00 N/A
Lava Dart Judgment Common $1.43 N/A
Orim's Chant Planeshift Rare $38.16 N/A
Counterspell Mercadian Masques Common $2.20 N/A
Claws of Gix Urza's Saga Uncommon $8.59 N/A
Meltdown Urza's Saga Uncommon $3.15 N/A