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
Dismember New Phyrexia Uncommon $5.75 $5.21
Mutagenic Growth New Phyrexia Common $2.04 $1.95
Surgical Extraction New Phyrexia Rare $4.15 $3.79
Whipflare New Phyrexia Uncommon $0.40 $0.33
Hallowed Fountain Return to Ravnica Rare $12.49 $11.40
Steam Vents Return to Ravnica Rare $18.93 $16.70
Grafdigger's Cage Dark Ascension Rare $2.49 $2.25
Green Sun's Zenith Mirrodin Besieged Rare $17.99 $15.46
Galvanic Blast Scars of Mirrodin Common $1.90 $1.72
Memnite Scars of Mirrodin Uncommon $1.99 $1.87
Mox Opal Scars of Mirrodin Mythic $183.35 $178.25
Ancient Stirrings Rise of the Eldrazi Common $0.40 $0.34
Eldrazi Temple Rise of the Eldrazi Rare $5.87 $6.18
Amulet of Vigor Worldwake Rare $55.99 $43.25
Arid Mesa Zendikar Rare $28.99 $25.89
Expedition Map Zendikar Common $1.31 $1.35
Marsh Flats Zendikar Rare $25.24 $21.79
Misty Rainforest Zendikar Rare $28.69 $26.89
Scalding Tarn Zendikar Rare $30.00 $25.98
Spell Pierce Zendikar Common $0.40 $0.39
Verdant Catacombs Zendikar Rare $24.30 $23.80
Celestial Purge Conflux Uncommon $0.40 $0.36
Springleaf Drum Lorwyn Common $1.10 $1.12
Thoughtseize Lorwyn Rare $17.43 $14.74
Tormod's Crypt Timeshifted Uncommon $4.46 $6.33
Mishra's Bauble Coldsnap Uncommon $3.28 $3.10
Hallowed Fountain Dissension Rare $22.11 $22.00
Simic Growth Chamber Dissension Common $0.40 $0.39
Spell Snare Dissension Uncommon $4.25 $4.20
Godless Shrine Guildpact Rare $15.09 $14.04
Steam Vents Guildpact Rare $25.15 $21.48
Sacred Foundry Ravnica Rare $20.25 $22.30
Watery Grave Ravnica Rare $17.95 $17.94
Pithing Needle Saviors of Kamigawa Rare $4.19 $4.18
Goryo's Vengeance Betrayers of Kamigawa Rare $24.99 $15.61
Engineered Explosives Fifth Dawn Rare $6.63 $5.79
Trinisphere Darksteel Rare $22.47 $20.59
Ornithopter Mirrodin Uncommon $0.99 $1.13
Thoughtcast Mirrodin Common $1.48 $1.57
Bloodstained Mire Onslaught Rare $67.99 $63.29
Flooded Strand Onslaught Rare $71.59 $71.47
Polluted Delta Onslaught Rare $88.67 $79.51
Windswept Heath Onslaught Rare $48.86 $46.61
Wooded Foothills Onslaught Rare $86.31 $73.30
Lava Dart Judgment Common $1.72 $1.76
Orim's Chant Planeshift Rare $17.13 $15.64
Counterspell Mercadian Masques Common $2.17 $2.01
Meltdown Urza's Saga Uncommon $3.12 $2.86
Counterspell Tempest Common $1.99 $2.38
Goblin Bombardment Tempest Uncommon $4.62 $4.42