Written by CMA-Flippi on September 04, 2011

Magic-League holds A LOT of tournaments, and we have A LOT of data gathered on decks, players and formats. As a courtesy to our members and remembering our retired staff member Laplie; I'm thinking publishing collations of the data (or similar data) on a semi-regular basis.

Without further ado, I present to you the card statistics from all MODERN tournaments run on magic-league:
1. Maindeck nonland cards
2. Maindeck land cards
3. Sideboard cards

maindeck nonlands	total	percentage
Tarmogoyf	1540	6,93
Path to Exile	1432	6,44
Lightning Bolt	1405	6,32
Preordain	986	4,44
Knight of the Reliq.	927	4,17
Noble Hierarch	831	3,74
Bloodbraid Elf	734	3,3
Mana Leak	733	3,3
Lightning Helix	710	3,19
Remand	705	3,17
Cryptic Command	702	3,16
Green Sun's Zenith	699	3,14
Wild Nacatl	669	3,01
Primeval Titan	628	2,82
Ponder	621	2,79
Kitchen Finks	590	2,65
Thoughtseize	578	2,6
Dark Confidant	560	2,52
Explore	530	2,38
Expedition Map	528	2,38
Punishing Fire	522	2,35
Qasali Pridemage	463	2,08
Birds of Paradise	448	2,02
Seething Song	445	2
Rite of Flame	439	1,97
Simian Spirit Guide	438	1,97
Vendilion Clique	425	1,91
Lotus Bloom	391	1,76
Goblin Guide	389	1,75
Grim Lavamancer	381	1,71
AEther Vial	363	1,63
Kird Ape	360	1,62
Emrakul, the Aeon..	360	1,62
Ancient Stirrings	360	1,62
Spell Snare	339	1,52

maindeck lands	total	percentage
Island	2693	10,65
Forest	2264	8,95
Mountain	2073	8,2
Misty Rainforest	1923	7,61
Scalding Tarn	1558	6,16
Plains	1484	5,87
Arid Mesa	1431	5,66
Verdant Catac.	1387	5,49
Temple Garden	908	3,59
Stomping Ground	880	3,48
Swamp	842	3,33
Hallowed Fountain	783	3,1
Marsh Flats	771	3,05
Glimmerpost	684	2,71
Cloudpost	684	2,71
Steam Vents	657	2,6
Vesuva	647	2,56
Sacred Foundry	637	2,52
Grove of the Burnw.	562	2,22
Tectonic Edge	539	2,13
Mutavault	495	1,96
Breeding Pool	493	1,95
Overgrown Tomb	477	1,89
Watery Grave	412	1,63

Sideboard cards	total	percentage
Ethersworn Canonist	801	8,02
Chalice of the Void	735	7,36
Relic of Progenitus	582	5,83
Firespout	568	5,69
Kitchen Finks	516	5,17
Nature's Claim	421	4,22
Blood Moon	411	4,11
Ancient Grudge	374	3,74
Meddling Mage	355	3,55
Krosan Grip	337	3,37
Spell Pierce	324	3,24
Path to Exile	313	3,13
Thoughtseize	311	3,11
Leyline of Sanctity	302	3,02
Pithing Needle	296	2,96
Obstinate Baloth	275	2,75
Tormod's Crypt	268	2,68
Dismember	264	2,64
Gaddock Teeg	253	2,53
Threads of Disloyalty	248	2,48
Volcanic Fallout	232	2,32
Mental Misstep	218	2,18
Negate	216	2,16
Beast Within	210	2,1
Burrenton Forge-Tender	210	2,1
Duress	208	2,08
Flashfreeze	202	2,02
Qasali Pridemage	186	1,86
Surgical Extraction	176	1,76
Spellskite	176	1,76

About the statistics: The percentages for that card in the respective top30 NOT the percentage the card is played in modern as a whole. The counts are taken from all tournaments (minis, trials, masters) played since the first modern mini was created.

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by ignoredSTEAM on 2011-09-04 02:32 CET

stupid tarmogoyf ^_^

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by Stucco on 2011-09-04 04:42 CET

Surprised to see that Tec Edge is that low.

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by platinum1 on 2011-09-04 09:32 CET

Isn't mental misstep banned? How is it in top sideboard cards?

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by sgt_pepper on 2011-09-04 10:23 CET

Yeah but i think he took ALL modern minis, trials etc. And we had quite a few before the bannings were announced, so misstep was still legal there and probably a highly used sb card.

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by CMA-Flippi on 2011-09-04 12:01 CET

what sgtpepper said.

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by DAUBE on 2011-09-10 05:12 CET

Mental Misstep is banned! but why peoble still play!

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by AxiomBlurr on 2011-10-02 05:06 CET

Stupid islands ^_^

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