Pauper staples: Black or Red

73 cards played in at least 2% of the 8898 Pauper decks of the last 120 days, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Lightning Bolt (25% of decks).

Main deck (54)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.9%	3.0
3	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	17.4%	4.0
4	Faithless Looting Sorcery	Sorcery	15.5%	3.3
5	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
6	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.2%	4.0
7	Highway Robbery Sorcery	Sorcery	14.2%	3.9
8	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
9	Grab the Prize Sorcery	Sorcery	14.0%	4.0
10	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
11	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
12	Guttersnipe Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	12.7%	3.4
13	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
14	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
15	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
16	Kessig Flamebreather Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	10.4%	3.8
17	Eviscerator's Insight Instant	Instant	10.1%	2.6
18	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
19	Fanatical Offering Instant	Instant	8.6%	3.6
20	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
21	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.8%	3.6
22	Thorn of the Black Rose Creature — Human Assassin	Creature — Human Assassin	7.3%	2.1
23	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
24	Melded Moxite Artifact	Artifact	6.0%	3.1
25	Clockwork Percussionist Artifact Creature — Monkey Toy	Artifact Creature — Monkey Toy	5.7%	4.0
26	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
27	Troll of Khazad-dûm Creature — Troll	Creature — Troll	5.6%	2.2
28	Goblin Tomb Raider Creature — Goblin Pirate	Creature — Goblin Pirate	5.5%	4.0
29	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	4.0
30	Goblin Bushwhacker Creature — Goblin Warrior	Creature — Goblin Warrior	5.2%	3.9
31	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
32	Reckless Impulse Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	3.1
33	Rally at the Hornburg Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	4.0
34	Experimental Synthesizer Artifact	Artifact	4.7%	3.3
35	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
36	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
37	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
38	Lotleth Giant Creature — Zombie Giant	Creature — Zombie Giant	4.4%	2.1
39	Balustrade Spy Creature — Vampire Rogue	Creature — Vampire Rogue	4.3%	3.9
40	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
41	Wrenn's Resolve Sorcery	Sorcery	3.8%	3.1
42	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	3.8%	1.1
43	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
44	Boarding Party Creature — Human Pirate	Creature — Human Pirate	3.5%	3.9
45	Black Mage's Rod Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	3.4%	2.4
46	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
47	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
48	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
49	Gixian Infiltrator Creature — Phyrexian Human	Creature — Phyrexian Human	2.4%	2.9
50	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
51	Gurmag Angler Creature — Zombie Fish	Creature — Zombie Fish	2.4%	1.9
52	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
53	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9
54	Glimpse the Impossible Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	3.9

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Sideboard (27)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	33.4%	3.3
2	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	25.4%	2.6
3	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	20.4%	2.3
4	Faerie Macabre Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	18.4%	2.2
5	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
6	Flaring Pain Instant	Instant	12.2%	1.2
7	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.7%	2.0
8	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	11.1%	2.6
9	Arms of Hadar Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.4
10	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	10.4%	1.8
11	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
12	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
13	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
14	Vandalblast Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.0
15	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
16	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
17	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
18	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
19	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.4
20	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
21	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
22	Unexpected Fangs Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.1
23	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
24	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	2.6%	1.2
25	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
26	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9
27	Okiba-Gang Shinobi Creature — Rat Ninja	Creature — Rat Ninja	2.0%	1.0

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