Pauper staples: Black or Red, Removal or Counterspells or Recursion or Graveyard hate

40 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 (25)

#	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	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
4	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
5	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
6	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
7	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
8	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
9	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
10	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
11	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
12	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
13	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	4.0
14	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
15	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
16	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
17	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
18	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
19	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
20	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
21	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
22	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
23	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
24	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
25	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (22)

#	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	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.7%	2.0
7	Arms of Hadar Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.4
8	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	10.4%	1.8
9	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
10	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
11	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
12	Vandalblast Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.0
13	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
14	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
15	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
16	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
17	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.4
18	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
19	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
20	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
21	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
22	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it