Pauper staples: Blue or Colorless, Creatures or Instants or Artifacts

53 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 (46)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.5%	4.0
2	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
3	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
4	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.7%	2.6
5	Murmuring Mystic Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	13.2%	1.9
6	Ichor Wellspring Artifact	Artifact	12.7%	3.6
7	Writhing Chrysalis Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	11.5%	4.0
8	Tolarian Terror Creature — Serpent	Creature — Serpent	10.5%	4.0
9	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
10	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
11	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
12	Bonder's Ornament Artifact	Artifact	9.0%	2.1
13	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
14	Cryptic Serpent Creature — Serpent	Creature — Serpent	7.7%	3.9
15	Augur of Bolas Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Creature — Merfolk Wizard	7.7%	3.4
16	Ninja of the Deep Hours Creature — Human Ninja	Creature — Human Ninja	7.6%	2.9
17	Faerie Seer Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.6%	3.7
18	Myr Enforcer Artifact Creature — Myr	Artifact Creature — Myr	7.5%	4.0
19	Utrom Monitor Artifact Creature — Utrom Scientist	Artifact Creature — Utrom Scientist	7.4%	3.5
20	Moon-Circuit Hacker Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	7.0%	2.8
21	Sewer-veillance Cam Artifact	Artifact	7.0%	1.7
22	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
23	Expedition Map Artifact	Artifact	6.8%	3.9
24	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
25	Mulldrifter Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	6.1%	3.5
26	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
27	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
28	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
29	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
30	Delver of Secrets // Insectile Aberration Creature — Human Wizard // Creature — Human Insect	Creature — Human Wizard // Creature — Human Insect	4.8%	4.0
31	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	4.6%	3.4
32	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	4.3%	3.4
33	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
34	Eldrazi Repurposer Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	3.7%	3.2
35	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
36	Prophetic Prism Artifact	Artifact	3.3%	2.9
37	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
38	Ghostly Flicker Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.1
39	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
40	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
41	Maelstrom Colossus Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	3.0%	3.9
42	Bender's Waterskin Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	2.8
43	Lotus Petal Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.3
44	Boulderbranch Golem Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.9%	3.2
45	Brinebarrow Intruder Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	2.7%	3.7
46	Harrier Strix Creature — Bird	Creature — Bird	2.6%	2.1

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decks of the format that play it in this part

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among the decks that play it

Sideboard (11)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	32.0%	2.7
3	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.7
4	Annul Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.1
5	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	12.1%	1.8
6	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
7	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
8	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
9	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
10	Murmuring Mystic Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	6.3%	1.3
11	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it