Pauper staples: Blue or Black

72 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: Counterspell (25% of decks).

Main deck (60)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.5%	4.0
2	Lórien Revealed Sorcery	Sorcery	24.3%	3.9
3	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.9%	3.0
4	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
5	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
6	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.2%	4.0
7	Murmuring Mystic Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	13.2%	1.9
8	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
9	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
10	Tolarian Terror Creature — Serpent	Creature — Serpent	10.5%	4.0
11	Eviscerator's Insight Instant	Instant	10.1%	2.6
12	Ponder Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	3.2
13	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
14	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
15	Fanatical Offering Instant	Instant	8.6%	3.6
16	Thoughtcast Sorcery	Sorcery	8.3%	4.0
17	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	8.2%	3.4
18	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
19	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.8%	3.6
20	Sleep of the Dead Sorcery	Sorcery	7.8%	2.0
21	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
22	Cryptic Serpent Creature — Serpent	Creature — Serpent	7.7%	3.9
23	Augur of Bolas Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Creature — Merfolk Wizard	7.7%	3.4
24	Ninja of the Deep Hours Creature — Human Ninja	Creature — Human Ninja	7.6%	2.9
25	Faerie Seer Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.6%	3.7
26	Utrom Monitor Artifact Creature — Utrom Scientist	Artifact Creature — Utrom Scientist	7.4%	3.5
27	Deep Analysis Sorcery	Sorcery	7.3%	1.2
28	Thorn of the Black Rose Creature — Human Assassin	Creature — Human Assassin	7.3%	2.1
29	Moon-Circuit Hacker Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	7.0%	2.8
30	Sewer-veillance Cam Artifact	Artifact	7.0%	1.7
31	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
32	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
33	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.5%	2.7
34	Mulldrifter Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	6.1%	3.5
35	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
36	Troll of Khazad-dûm Creature — Troll	Creature — Troll	5.6%	2.2
37	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
38	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
39	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
40	Delver of Secrets // Insectile Aberration Creature — Human Wizard // Creature — Human Insect	Creature — Human Wizard // Creature — Human Insect	4.8%	4.0
41	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	4.6%	3.4
42	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
43	Lotleth Giant Creature — Zombie Giant	Creature — Zombie Giant	4.4%	2.1
44	Balustrade Spy Creature — Vampire Rogue	Creature — Vampire Rogue	4.3%	3.9
45	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
46	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	3.8%	1.1
47	Black Mage's Rod Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	3.4%	2.4
48	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
49	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
50	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
51	Ghostly Flicker Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.1
52	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
53	Of One Mind Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	3.8
54	Brinebarrow Intruder Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	2.7%	3.7
55	Harrier Strix Creature — Bird	Creature — Bird	2.6%	2.1
56	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
57	Gixian Infiltrator Creature — Phyrexian Human	Creature — Phyrexian Human	2.4%	2.9
58	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
59	Gurmag Angler Creature — Zombie Fish	Creature — Zombie Fish	2.4%	1.9
60	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3

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Sideboard (18)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.7
3	Annul Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.1
4	Faerie Macabre Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	18.4%	2.2
5	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
6	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	11.1%	2.6
7	Arms of Hadar Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.4
8	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	10.4%	1.8
9	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
10	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
11	Murmuring Mystic Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	6.3%	1.3
12	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
13	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
14	Unexpected Fangs Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.1
15	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
16	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	2.6%	1.2
17	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9
18	Okiba-Gang Shinobi Creature — Rat Ninja	Creature — Rat Ninja	2.0%	1.0

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decks of the format that play it in this part

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among the decks that play it