Pauper staples: Counterspells or Card draw or Ramp or Recursion

99 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 (89)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.5%	4.0
2	Lórien Revealed Sorcery	Sorcery	24.3%	3.9
3	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
4	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
5	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	17.4%	4.0
6	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
7	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.7%	2.6
8	Faithless Looting Sorcery	Sorcery	15.5%	3.3
9	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.2%	4.0
10	Highway Robbery Sorcery	Sorcery	14.2%	3.9
11	Grab the Prize Sorcery	Sorcery	14.0%	4.0
12	Ichor Wellspring Artifact	Artifact	12.7%	3.6
13	Malevolent Rumble Sorcery	Sorcery	10.5%	3.6
14	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
15	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
16	Eviscerator's Insight Instant	Instant	10.1%	2.6
17	Ponder Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	3.2
18	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
19	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
20	Bonder's Ornament Artifact	Artifact	9.0%	2.1
21	Fanatical Offering Instant	Instant	8.6%	3.6
22	Thoughtcast Sorcery	Sorcery	8.3%	4.0
23	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	8.2%	3.4
24	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
25	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.8%	3.6
26	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
27	Ninja of the Deep Hours Creature — Human Ninja	Creature — Human Ninja	7.6%	2.9
28	Deep Analysis Sorcery	Sorcery	7.3%	1.2
29	Thorn of the Black Rose Creature — Human Assassin	Creature — Human Assassin	7.3%	2.1
30	Moon-Circuit Hacker Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	7.0%	2.8
31	Sewer-veillance Cam Artifact	Artifact	7.0%	1.7
32	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
33	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
34	Urza's Tower Land — Urza's Tower	Land — Urza's Tower	6.9%	4.0
35	Urza's Mine Land — Urza's Mine	Land — Urza's Mine	6.9%	4.0
36	Urza's Power Plant Land — Urza's Power-Plant	Land — Urza's Power-Plant	6.9%	4.0
37	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.2%	3.8
38	Mulldrifter Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	6.1%	3.5
39	Utopia Sprawl Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	6.1%	4.0
40	Melded Moxite Artifact	Artifact	6.0%	3.1
41	Thraben Inspector Creature — Human Soldier	Creature — Human Soldier	5.9%	3.9
42	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
43	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	4.0
44	Priest of Titania Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.2%	3.9
45	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
46	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
47	Llanowar Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.1%	3.3
48	Novice Inspector Creature — Human Detective	Creature — Human Detective	5.0%	3.6
49	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
50	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	4.6%	3.4
51	Overgrown Battlement Creature — Wall	Creature — Wall	4.5%	4.0
52	Saruli Caretaker Creature — Dryad	Creature — Dryad	4.5%	3.9
53	Twisted Landscape Land	Land	4.5%	3.9
54	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
55	Wall of Roots Creature — Plant Wall	Creature — Plant Wall	4.4%	3.4
56	Pursue the Past Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	3.7
57	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	4.3%	3.4
58	Fyndhorn Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.2%	2.9
59	Elvish Mystic Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.0%	2.8
60	Perilous Landscape Land	Land	4.0%	3.5
61	Arbor Elf Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	3.9%	3.9
62	Wild Growth Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	3.9%	2.7
63	Seething Landscape Land	Land	3.8%	1.4
64	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
65	Eldrazi Repurposer Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	3.7%	3.2
66	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
67	Elves of Deep Shadow Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	3.3%	2.4
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	Bender's Waterskin Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	2.8
74	Lotus Petal Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.3
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	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
82	Abundant Growth Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.5%	4.0
83	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	2.5%	2.5
84	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
85	Hickory Woodlot Land	Land	2.3%	4.0
86	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
87	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
88	Sandstone Needle Land	Land	2.1%	3.8
89	Glimpse the Impossible Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	3.9

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Sideboard (15)

#	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	Annul Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.1
7	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	12.1%	1.8
8	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
9	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
10	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
11	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
12	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
13	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
14	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
15	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8

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