Pauper staples: Counterspells or Cantrips or Recursion

42 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: Counterspell (25% of decks).

Main deck (33)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.5%	4.0
2	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
3	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
4	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
5	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.2%	4.0
6	Ichor Wellspring Artifact	Artifact	12.7%	3.6
7	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
8	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
9	Ponder Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	3.2
10	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
11	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
12	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	8.2%	3.4
13	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
14	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
15	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.2%	3.8
16	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
17	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	4.0
18	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
19	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
20	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
21	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	4.6%	3.4
22	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
23	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
24	Prophetic Prism Artifact	Artifact	3.3%	2.9
25	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
26	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
27	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
28	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
29	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
30	Abundant Growth Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.5%	4.0
31	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
32	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
33	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (13)

#	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	Annul Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.1
6	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
7	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
8	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
9	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
10	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
11	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
12	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
13	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it