Pauper staples: Counterspells or Card draw or Burn or Recursion

107 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 (87)

#	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	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	Faithless Looting Sorcery	Sorcery	15.5%	3.3
10	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
11	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.2%	4.0
12	Highway Robbery Sorcery	Sorcery	14.2%	3.9
13	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
14	Grab the Prize Sorcery	Sorcery	14.0%	4.0
15	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
16	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
17	Ichor Wellspring Artifact	Artifact	12.7%	3.6
18	Guttersnipe Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	12.7%	3.4
19	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
20	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
21	Kessig Flamebreather Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	10.4%	3.8
22	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
23	Eviscerator's Insight Instant	Instant	10.1%	2.6
24	Ponder Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	3.2
25	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
26	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
27	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
28	Bonder's Ornament Artifact	Artifact	9.0%	2.1
29	Fanatical Offering Instant	Instant	8.6%	3.6
30	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
31	Thoughtcast Sorcery	Sorcery	8.3%	4.0
32	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	8.2%	3.4
33	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
34	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.8%	3.6
35	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
36	Ninja of the Deep Hours Creature — Human Ninja	Creature — Human Ninja	7.6%	2.9
37	Deep Analysis Sorcery	Sorcery	7.3%	1.2
38	Thorn of the Black Rose Creature — Human Assassin	Creature — Human Assassin	7.3%	2.1
39	Moon-Circuit Hacker Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	7.0%	2.8
40	Sewer-veillance Cam Artifact	Artifact	7.0%	1.7
41	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
42	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
43	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.2%	3.8
44	Mulldrifter Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	6.1%	3.5
45	Melded Moxite Artifact	Artifact	6.0%	3.1
46	Thraben Inspector Creature — Human Soldier	Creature — Human Soldier	5.9%	3.9
47	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
48	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	4.0
49	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
50	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
51	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
52	Novice Inspector Creature — Human Detective	Creature — Human Detective	5.0%	3.6
53	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
54	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	4.6%	3.4
55	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
56	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
57	Twisted Landscape Land	Land	4.5%	3.9
58	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
59	Lotleth Giant Creature — Zombie Giant	Creature — Zombie Giant	4.4%	2.1
60	Pursue the Past Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	3.7
61	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	4.3%	3.4
62	Perilous Landscape Land	Land	4.0%	3.5
63	Seething Landscape Land	Land	3.8%	1.4
64	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
65	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
66	Black Mage's Rod Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	3.4%	2.4
67	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
68	Prophetic Prism Artifact	Artifact	3.3%	2.9
69	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
70	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
71	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
72	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
73	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
74	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
75	Of One Mind Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	3.8
76	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
77	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
78	Raffine's Informant Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	2.6%	4.0
79	Contaminated Landscape Land	Land	2.6%	1.9
80	Harrier Strix Creature — Bird	Creature — Bird	2.6%	2.1
81	Abundant Growth Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.5%	4.0
82	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	2.5%	2.5
83	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
84	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
85	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
86	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
87	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9

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Sideboard (29)

#	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	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
9	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	12.1%	1.8
10	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
11	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.7%	2.0
12	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
13	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
14	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
15	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
16	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
17	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
18	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
19	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
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	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
25	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
26	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
27	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
28	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
29	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

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among the decks that play it