Pauper staples: Blue or Colorless, Creatures or Instants

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: Counterspell (25% of decks).

Main deck (31)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.6%	4.0
2	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
3	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
4	Murmuring Mystic Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	13.2%	1.9
5	Writhing Chrysalis Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	11.4%	4.0
6	Tolarian Terror Creature — Serpent	Creature — Serpent	10.5%	4.0
7	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
8	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
9	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
10	Cryptic Serpent Creature — Serpent	Creature — Serpent	7.7%	3.9
11	Augur of Bolas Creature — Merfolk Wizard	Creature — Merfolk Wizard	7.7%	3.4
12	Ninja of the Deep Hours Creature — Human Ninja	Creature — Human Ninja	7.6%	2.9
13	Faerie Seer Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.6%	3.7
14	Myr Enforcer Artifact Creature — Myr	Artifact Creature — Myr	7.5%	4.0
15	Utrom Monitor Artifact Creature — Utrom Scientist	Artifact Creature — Utrom Scientist	7.4%	3.5
16	Moon-Circuit Hacker Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	7.0%	2.8
17	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
18	Mulldrifter Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	6.1%	3.5
19	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
20	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
21	Delver of Secrets // Insectile Aberration Creature — Human Wizard // Creature — Human Insect	Creature — Human Wizard // Creature — Human Insect	4.8%	4.0
22	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
23	Eldrazi Repurposer Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	3.7%	3.2
24	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
25	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
26	Ghostly Flicker Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.2
27	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
28	Maelstrom Colossus Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	3.0%	3.9
29	Boulderbranch Golem Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.9%	3.2
30	Brinebarrow Intruder Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	2.7%	3.7
31	Harrier Strix Creature — Bird	Creature — Bird	2.5%	2.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (8)

#	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	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
5	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
6	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
7	Murmuring Mystic Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	6.3%	1.3
8	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.8

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it