Pauper staples: Counterspells or Burn or Ramp or Recursion

83 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 (64)

#	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	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	17.4%	4.0
5	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
6	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
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	Guttersnipe Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	12.7%	3.4
12	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
13	Malevolent Rumble Sorcery	Sorcery	10.5%	3.6
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	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
18	Bonder's Ornament Artifact	Artifact	9.0%	2.1
19	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
20	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
21	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
22	Urza's Tower Land — Urza's Tower	Land — Urza's Tower	6.9%	4.0
23	Urza's Mine Land — Urza's Mine	Land — Urza's Mine	6.9%	4.0
24	Urza's Power Plant Land — Urza's Power-Plant	Land — Urza's Power-Plant	6.9%	4.0
25	Utopia Sprawl Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	6.1%	4.0
26	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
27	Priest of Titania Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.2%	3.9
28	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
29	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
30	Llanowar Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.1%	3.3
31	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
32	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
33	Overgrown Battlement Creature — Wall	Creature — Wall	4.5%	4.0
34	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
35	Saruli Caretaker Creature — Dryad	Creature — Dryad	4.5%	3.9
36	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
37	Lotleth Giant Creature — Zombie Giant	Creature — Zombie Giant	4.4%	2.1
38	Wall of Roots Creature — Plant Wall	Creature — Plant Wall	4.4%	3.4
39	Fyndhorn Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.2%	2.9
40	Elvish Mystic Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.0%	2.8
41	Arbor Elf Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	3.9%	3.9
42	Wild Growth Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	3.9%	2.7
43	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
44	Eldrazi Repurposer Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	3.7%	3.2
45	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
46	Black Mage's Rod Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	3.4%	2.4
47	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
48	Elves of Deep Shadow Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	3.3%	2.4
49	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
50	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
51	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
52	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
53	Bender's Waterskin Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	2.8
54	Lotus Petal Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.3
55	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
56	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
57	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
58	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
59	Hickory Woodlot Land	Land	2.3%	4.0
60	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
61	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
62	Sandstone Needle Land	Land	2.1%	3.8
63	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9
64	Glimpse the Impossible Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	3.9

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Sideboard (26)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	33.4%	3.3
3	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.7
4	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	25.4%	2.6
5	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	20.4%	2.3
6	Annul Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.1
7	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
8	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
9	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.7%	2.0
10	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
11	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
12	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
13	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
14	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
15	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
16	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
17	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
18	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
19	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
20	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
21	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
22	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
23	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
24	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
25	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
26	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0

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