Pauper staples: Blue or Black, Creatures or Instants

54 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: Counterspell (25% of decks).

Main deck (45)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.6%	4.0
2	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.8%	3.0
3	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
4	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
5	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.1%	4.0
6	Murmuring Mystic Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	13.2%	1.9
7	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
8	Tolarian Terror Creature — Serpent	Creature — Serpent	10.5%	4.0
9	Eviscerator's Insight Instant	Instant	10.0%	2.6
10	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
11	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
12	Fanatical Offering Instant	Instant	8.6%	3.6
13	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
14	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
15	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.7%	3.6
16	Cryptic Serpent Creature — Serpent	Creature — Serpent	7.7%	3.9
17	Augur of Bolas Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Creature — Merfolk Wizard	7.7%	3.4
18	Ninja of the Deep Hours Creature — Human Ninja	Creature — Human Ninja	7.6%	2.9
19	Faerie Seer Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.6%	3.7
20	Utrom Monitor Artifact Creature — Utrom Scientist	Artifact Creature — Utrom Scientist	7.4%	3.5
21	Thorn of the Black Rose Creature — Human Assassin	Creature — Human Assassin	7.3%	2.1
22	Moon-Circuit Hacker Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	7.0%	2.8
23	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
24	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
25	Mulldrifter Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	6.1%	3.5
26	Troll of Khazad-dûm Creature — Troll	Creature — Troll	5.6%	2.2
27	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
28	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
29	Delver of Secrets // Insectile Aberration Creature — Human Wizard // Creature — Human Insect	Creature — Human Wizard // Creature — Human Insect	4.8%	4.0
30	Lotleth Giant Creature — Zombie Giant	Creature — Zombie Giant	4.4%	2.1
31	Balustrade Spy Creature — Vampire Rogue	Creature — Vampire Rogue	4.3%	3.9
32	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
33	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	3.8%	1.1
34	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
35	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
36	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.3%	2.0
37	Ghostly Flicker Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.2
38	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
39	Brinebarrow Intruder Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	2.7%	3.7
40	Harrier Strix Creature — Bird	Creature — Bird	2.5%	2.0
41	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
42	Gixian Infiltrator Creature — Phyrexian Human	Creature — Phyrexian Human	2.4%	2.9
43	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
44	Gurmag Angler Creature — Zombie Fish	Creature — Zombie Fish	2.4%	1.9
45	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 (14)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.8
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	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
7	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
8	Murmuring Mystic Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	6.3%	1.3
9	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
10	Unexpected Fangs Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.1
11	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.8
12	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	2.6%	1.2
13	Okiba-Gang Shinobi Creature — Rat Ninja	Creature — Rat Ninja	2.0%	1.0
14	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