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

78 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 (57)

#	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	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
6	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	17.4%	4.0
7	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
8	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.7%	2.6
9	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
10	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.2%	4.0
11	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
12	Grab the Prize Sorcery	Sorcery	14.0%	4.0
13	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
14	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
15	Ichor Wellspring Artifact	Artifact	12.7%	3.6
16	Guttersnipe Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	12.7%	3.4
17	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
18	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
19	Kessig Flamebreather Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	10.4%	3.8
20	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
21	Ponder Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	3.2
22	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
23	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
24	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
25	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
26	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	8.2%	3.4
27	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
28	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
29	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.2%	3.8
30	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
31	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	4.0
32	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
33	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
34	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
35	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
36	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	4.6%	3.4
37	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
38	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
39	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
40	Lotleth Giant Creature — Zombie Giant	Creature — Zombie Giant	4.4%	2.1
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	Prophetic Prism Artifact	Artifact	3.3%	2.9
45	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
46	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
47	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
48	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
49	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
50	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
51	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
52	Abundant Growth Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.5%	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	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
56	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
57	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9

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Sideboard (30)

#	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	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
27	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
28	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
29	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
30	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