Pauper staples: Counterspells or Burn or Board wipes or Recursion or Graveyard hate

67 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: Lightning Bolt (25% of decks).

Main deck (42)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.6%	4.0
3	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
4	Bojuka Bog Land	Land	18.6%	1.3
5	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	17.5%	4.0
6	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
7	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.6%	2.6
8	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.4%	3.1
9	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
10	Grab the Prize Sorcery	Sorcery	14.1%	4.0
11	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
12	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
13	Guttersnipe Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	12.7%	3.4
14	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
15	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.8
16	Kessig Flamebreather Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	10.4%	3.8
17	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.3%	2.9
18	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.0%	2.9
19	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
20	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
21	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
22	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
23	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
24	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
25	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
26	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
27	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
28	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
29	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
30	Lotleth Giant Creature — Zombie Giant	Creature — Zombie Giant	4.4%	2.1
31	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
32	Black Mage's Rod Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	3.4%	2.4
33	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
34	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
35	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
36	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
37	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
38	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
39	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
40	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
41	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
42	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 (33)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	33.3%	3.3
3	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	32.1%	2.7
4	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.8
5	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	25.3%	2.6
6	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	20.4%	2.3
7	Annul Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.1
8	Faerie Macabre Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	18.4%	2.2
9	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
10	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	12.1%	1.8
11	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
12	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.6%	2.0
13	Arms of Hadar Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.4
14	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
15	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
16	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
17	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
18	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
19	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
20	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
21	Vandalblast Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	2.0
22	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
23	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.8%	1.4
24	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
25	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
26	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
27	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
28	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.8
29	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
30	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
31	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
32	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8
33	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it