Pauper staples: Blue or Black or Red, Creature removal or Recursion
37 cards played in at least 2% of the 8834 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 | 24.6% | 3.8 |
| 2 |
Cast Down
|
Instant | 18.8% | 3.0 |
| 3 |
Fireblast
|
Instant | 14.4% | 3.1 |
| 4 |
Fiery Temper
|
Instant | 14.1% | 4.0 |
| 5 |
Galvanic Blast
|
Instant | 13.1% | 3.9 |
| 6 |
Lava Dart
|
Instant | 12.9% | 4.0 |
| 7 |
Snuff Out
|
Instant | 12.4% | 3.1 |
| 8 |
Makeshift Munitions
|
Enchantment | 10.5% | 1.0 |
| 9 |
Blood Fountain
|
Artifact | 10.4% | 1.8 |
| 10 |
Krark-Clan Shaman
|
Creature — Goblin Shaman | 9.0% | 2.9 |
| 11 |
Suffocating Fumes
|
Instant | 7.8% | 1.1 |
| 12 |
Deem Inferior
|
Sorcery | 6.4% | 2.7 |
| 13 |
Extract a Confession
|
Sorcery | 5.6% | 1.0 |
| 14 |
Archaeomancer
|
Creature — Human Wizard | 5.2% | 2.6 |
| 15 |
Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher
|
Artifact // Artifact | 5.1% | 2.1 |
| 16 |
Skred
|
Instant | 4.6% | 3.8 |
| 17 |
Chain Lightning
|
Sorcery | 4.5% | 2.1 |
| 18 |
Dread Return
|
Sorcery | 4.5% | 2.1 |
| 19 |
Breath Weapon
|
Instant | 3.6% | 1.7 |
| 20 |
Snap
|
Instant | 3.3% | 3.3 |
| 21 |
Cut Down
|
Instant | 3.3% | 2.0 |
| 22 |
End the Festivities
|
Sorcery | 3.1% | 1.2 |
| 23 |
Accursed Marauder
|
Creature — Zombie Warrior | 2.5% | 1.3 |
| 24 |
Crypt Rats
|
Creature — Rat | 2.4% | 2.8 |
| 25 |
Defile
|
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 (17)
| # | Card | Type | % of decks | Avg. copies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hydroblast
|
Instant | 34.2% | 3.3 |
| 2 |
Pyroblast
|
Instant | 33.3% | 3.3 |
| 3 |
Blue Elemental Blast
|
Instant | 29.0% | 2.8 |
| 4 |
Red Elemental Blast
|
Instant | 25.3% | 2.6 |
| 5 |
Breath Weapon
|
Instant | 20.4% | 2.3 |
| 6 |
Cast into the Fire
|
Instant | 17.1% | 2.6 |
| 7 |
End the Festivities
|
Sorcery | 11.6% | 2.0 |
| 8 |
Arms of Hadar
|
Sorcery | 10.8% | 1.4 |
| 9 |
Extract a Confession
|
Sorcery | 10.3% | 1.8 |
| 10 |
Searing Blaze
|
Instant | 9.2% | 2.1 |
| 11 |
Gut Shot
|
Instant | 7.7% | 2.8 |
| 12 |
Suplex
|
Sorcery | 5.2% | 2.3 |
| 13 |
Krark-Clan Shaman
|
Creature — Goblin Shaman | 4.8% | 1.4 |
| 14 |
Drown in Sorrow
|
Sorcery | 3.7% | 1.9 |
| 15 |
Electrickery
|
Instant | 3.6% | 2.1 |
| 16 |
Fiery Cannonade
|
Instant | 2.3% | 2.0 |
| 17 |
Cast Down
|
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