Pauper staples: Counterspells or Burn or Tutors or Recursion

74 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 (55)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.5%	4.0
3	Lórien Revealed Sorcery	Sorcery	24.3%	3.9
4	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
5	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	17.4%	4.0
6	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
7	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	15.9%	3.3
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	Avenging Hunter Creature — Dragon Ranger	Creature — Dragon Ranger	10.5%	3.1
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	Sagu Wildling // Roost Seek Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	10.3%	2.9
20	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
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	Expedition Map Artifact	Artifact	6.8%	3.9
25	Land Grant Sorcery	Sorcery	6.3%	3.4
26	Crop Rotation Instant	Instant	5.9%	2.5
27	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
28	Troll of Khazad-dûm Creature — Troll	Creature — Troll	5.6%	2.2
29	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	4.0
30	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
31	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
32	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
33	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
34	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
35	Twisted Landscape Land	Land	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	Gatecreeper Vine Creature — Plant	Creature — Plant	4.3%	2.9
39	Perilous Landscape Land	Land	4.0%	3.5
40	Seething Landscape Land	Land	3.8%	1.4
41	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
42	Black Mage's Rod Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	3.4%	2.4
43	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
44	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
45	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
46	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
47	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
48	Ash Barrens Land	Land	3.0%	1.9
49	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
50	Contaminated Landscape Land	Land	2.6%	1.9
51	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
52	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
53	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
54	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
55	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9

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Sideboard (28)

#	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	Avenging Hunter Creature — Dragon Ranger	Creature — Dragon Ranger	2.7%	1.7
24	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
25	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
26	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
27	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
28	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0

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decks of the format that play it in this part

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among the decks that play it