Pauper staples: Counterspells or Burn or Recursion or Graveyard hate or Artifact removal

71 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 (44)

#	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	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
16	Kessig Flamebreather Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	10.4%	3.8
17	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
18	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
19	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.6%	3.7
20	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
21	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
22	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
23	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.5%	2.7
24	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
25	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
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	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
30	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
31	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
32	Lotleth Giant Creature — Zombie Giant	Creature — Zombie Giant	4.4%	2.1
33	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
34	Black Mage's Rod Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	3.4%	2.4
35	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
36	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
37	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
38	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
39	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
40	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
41	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
42	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
43	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
44	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 (36)

#	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	Dust to Dust Sorcery	Sorcery	13.3%	3.1
11	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	12.1%	1.8
12	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
13	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.7%	2.0
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	Troublemaker Ouphe Creature — Ouphe	Creature — Ouphe	7.1%	2.4
20	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
21	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
22	Vandalblast Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.0
23	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
24	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
25	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
26	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
27	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
28	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.3%	2.8
29	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.4
30	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
31	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
32	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.8%	1.9
33	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
34	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
35	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
36	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