Pauper staples: Counterspells or Burn or Ramp or Recursion or Graveyard hate

87 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 (66)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.5%	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	17.4%	4.0
6	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
7	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.7%	2.6
8	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
9	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
10	Grab the Prize Sorcery	Sorcery	14.0%	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	Malevolent Rumble Sorcery	Sorcery	10.5%	3.6
16	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
17	Kessig Flamebreather Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	10.4%	3.8
18	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
19	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
20	Bonder's Ornament Artifact	Artifact	9.0%	2.1
21	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
22	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
23	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
24	Urza's Tower Land — Urza's Tower	Land — Urza's Tower	6.9%	4.0
25	Urza's Mine Land — Urza's Mine	Land — Urza's Mine	6.9%	4.0
26	Urza's Power Plant Land — Urza's Power-Plant	Land — Urza's Power-Plant	6.9%	4.0
27	Utopia Sprawl Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	6.1%	4.0
28	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
29	Priest of Titania Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.2%	3.9
30	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
31	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
32	Llanowar Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.1%	3.3
33	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
34	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
35	Overgrown Battlement Creature — Wall	Creature — Wall	4.5%	4.0
36	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
37	Saruli Caretaker Creature — Dryad	Creature — Dryad	4.5%	3.9
38	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
39	Lotleth Giant Creature — Zombie Giant	Creature — Zombie Giant	4.4%	2.1
40	Wall of Roots Creature — Plant Wall	Creature — Plant Wall	4.4%	3.4
41	Fyndhorn Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.2%	2.9
42	Elvish Mystic Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.0%	2.8
43	Arbor Elf Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	3.9%	3.9
44	Wild Growth Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	3.9%	2.7
45	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
46	Eldrazi Repurposer Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	3.7%	3.2
47	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
48	Black Mage's Rod Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	3.4%	2.4
49	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
50	Elves of Deep Shadow Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	3.3%	2.4
51	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
52	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
53	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
54	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
55	Bender's Waterskin Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	2.8
56	Lotus Petal Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.3
57	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
58	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
59	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
60	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
61	Hickory Woodlot Land	Land	2.3%	4.0
62	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
63	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
64	Sandstone Needle Land	Land	2.1%	3.8
65	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9
66	Glimpse the Impossible Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	3.9

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Sideboard (29)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	33.4%	3.3
3	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	32.0%	2.7
4	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.7
5	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	25.4%	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	11.7%	2.0
13	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
14	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
15	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
16	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
17	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
18	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
19	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
20	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
21	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
22	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
23	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
24	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
25	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
26	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
27	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
28	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
29	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