Pauper staples: Cantrips or Burn or Discard or Recursion

63 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: Lightning Bolt (25% of decks).

Main deck (50)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
3	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
4	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	17.4%	4.0
5	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
6	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.2%	4.0
7	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
8	Grab the Prize Sorcery	Sorcery	14.0%	4.0
9	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
10	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
11	Ichor Wellspring Artifact	Artifact	12.7%	3.6
12	Guttersnipe Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	12.7%	3.4
13	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
14	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
15	Kessig Flamebreather Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	10.4%	3.8
16	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
17	Ponder Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	3.2
18	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
19	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
20	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
21	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
22	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	8.2%	3.4
23	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.2%	3.8
24	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
25	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	4.0
26	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
27	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
28	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
29	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
30	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	4.6%	3.4
31	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
32	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
33	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
34	Lotleth Giant Creature — Zombie Giant	Creature — Zombie Giant	4.4%	2.1
35	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
36	Black Mage's Rod Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	3.4%	2.4
37	Prophetic Prism Artifact	Artifact	3.3%	2.9
38	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
39	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
40	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
41	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
42	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
43	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
44	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
45	Abundant Growth Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.5%	4.0
46	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
47	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
48	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
49	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
50	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (20)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	20.4%	2.3
2	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
3	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.7%	2.0
4	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	11.1%	2.6
5	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
6	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
7	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
8	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
9	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
10	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
11	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
12	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
13	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
14	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
15	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
16	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
17	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
18	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
19	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
20	Okiba-Gang Shinobi Creature — Rat Ninja	Creature — Rat Ninja	2.0%	1.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it