Pauper staples: Black or Red, Creatures or Instants or Artifacts

54 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 (40)

#	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	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
5	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.2%	4.0
6	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
7	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
8	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
9	Guttersnipe Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	12.7%	3.4
10	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
11	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
12	Kessig Flamebreather Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	10.4%	3.8
13	Eviscerator's Insight Instant	Instant	10.1%	2.6
14	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
15	Fanatical Offering Instant	Instant	8.6%	3.6
16	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
17	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.8%	3.6
18	Thorn of the Black Rose Creature — Human Assassin	Creature — Human Assassin	7.3%	2.1
19	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
20	Melded Moxite Artifact	Artifact	6.0%	3.1
21	Clockwork Percussionist Artifact Creature — Monkey Toy	Artifact Creature — Monkey Toy	5.7%	4.0
22	Troll of Khazad-dûm Creature — Troll	Creature — Troll	5.6%	2.2
23	Goblin Tomb Raider Creature — Goblin Pirate	Creature — Goblin Pirate	5.5%	4.0
24	Goblin Bushwhacker Creature — Goblin Warrior	Creature — Goblin Warrior	5.2%	3.9
25	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
26	Experimental Synthesizer Artifact	Artifact	4.7%	3.3
27	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
28	Lotleth Giant Creature — Zombie Giant	Creature — Zombie Giant	4.4%	2.1
29	Balustrade Spy Creature — Vampire Rogue	Creature — Vampire Rogue	4.3%	3.9
30	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
31	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	3.8%	1.1
32	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
33	Boarding Party Creature — Human Pirate	Creature — Human Pirate	3.5%	3.9
34	Black Mage's Rod Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	3.4%	2.4
35	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
36	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
37	Gixian Infiltrator Creature — Phyrexian Human	Creature — Phyrexian Human	2.4%	2.9
38	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
39	Gurmag Angler Creature — Zombie Fish	Creature — Zombie Fish	2.4%	1.9
40	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (19)

#	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	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
8	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
9	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
10	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
11	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
12	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
13	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.4
14	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
15	Unexpected Fangs Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.1
16	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	2.6%	1.2
17	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
18	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9
19	Okiba-Gang Shinobi Creature — Rat Ninja	Creature — Rat Ninja	2.0%	1.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it