Pauper staples: Counterspells or Burn or Recursion or Lifegain

81 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 (56)

#	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	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	15.9%	3.3
7	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
8	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
9	Grab the Prize Sorcery	Sorcery	14.0%	4.0
10	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
11	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
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	Sagu Wildling // Roost Seek Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	10.3%	2.9
18	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
19	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
20	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.8%	3.6
21	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
22	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
23	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
24	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
25	Bramble Wurm Creature — Wurm	Creature — Wurm	5.5%	3.9
26	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
27	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
28	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
29	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
30	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
31	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
32	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
33	Lotleth Giant Creature — Zombie Giant	Creature — Zombie Giant	4.4%	2.1
34	Pursue the Past Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	3.7
35	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	4.3%	3.4
36	Gingerbread Cabin Land — Forest	Land — Forest	4.1%	1.0
37	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	3.8%	1.1
38	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
39	Black Mage's Rod Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	3.4%	2.4
40	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
41	Sacred Cat Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	3.3%	4.0
42	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
43	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
44	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
45	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
46	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
47	Boulderbranch Golem Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.9%	3.2
48	Armadillo Cloak Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.9
49	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
50	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
51	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.0
52	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	4.0
53	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
54	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
55	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
56	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9

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Sideboard (34)

#	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	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	14.4%	3.1
9	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
10	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.7%	2.0
11	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
12	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
13	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
14	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
15	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
16	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
17	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
18	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
19	Vitu-Ghazi Inspector Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	5.0%	2.6
20	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
21	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
22	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
23	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
24	Unexpected Fangs Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.1
25	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
26	Spinewoods Paladin Creature — Human Knight	Creature — Human Knight	2.6%	3.2
27	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	2.6%	1.2
28	Tamiyo's Safekeeping Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.5
29	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
30	Nylea's Disciple Creature — Centaur Archer	Creature — Centaur Archer	2.3%	2.8
31	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
32	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
33	Spirit Link Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.2%	2.4
34	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0

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