Pauper staples: Counterspells or Card draw or Tutors or Recursion

87 cards played in at least 2% of the 8834 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 (77)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.6%	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	17.5%	4.0
6	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
7	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	15.9%	3.3
8	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.6%	2.6
9	Faithless Looting Sorcery	Sorcery	15.5%	3.3
10	Highway Robbery Sorcery	Sorcery	14.2%	3.9
11	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.1%	4.0
12	Grab the Prize Sorcery	Sorcery	14.1%	4.0
13	Ichor Wellspring Artifact	Artifact	12.6%	3.6
14	Avenging Hunter Creature — Dragon Ranger	Creature — Dragon Ranger	10.5%	3.1
15	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.8
16	Sagu Wildling // Roost Seek Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	10.3%	2.9
17	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.3%	2.9
18	Eviscerator's Insight Instant	Instant	10.0%	2.6
19	Ponder Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	3.2
20	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
21	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
22	Bonder's Ornament Artifact	Artifact	9.0%	2.1
23	Fanatical Offering Instant	Instant	8.6%	3.6
24	Thoughtcast Sorcery	Sorcery	8.3%	4.0
25	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	8.3%	3.4
26	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
27	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
28	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.7%	3.6
29	Ninja of the Deep Hours Creature — Human Ninja	Creature — Human Ninja	7.6%	2.9
30	Thorn of the Black Rose Creature — Human Assassin	Creature — Human Assassin	7.3%	2.1
31	Deep Analysis Sorcery	Sorcery	7.2%	1.2
32	Moon-Circuit Hacker Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	7.0%	2.8
33	Sewer-veillance Cam Artifact	Artifact	7.0%	1.7
34	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
35	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
36	Expedition Map Artifact	Artifact	6.8%	3.9
37	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.3%	3.8
38	Land Grant Sorcery	Sorcery	6.3%	3.4
39	Mulldrifter Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	6.1%	3.5
40	Melded Moxite Artifact	Artifact	6.0%	3.1
41	Crop Rotation Instant	Instant	5.9%	2.5
42	Thraben Inspector Creature — Human Soldier	Creature — Human Soldier	5.9%	3.9
43	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
44	Troll of Khazad-dûm Creature — Troll	Creature — Troll	5.6%	2.2
45	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	4.0
46	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
47	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
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	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
52	Twisted Landscape Land	Land	4.4%	3.9
53	Pursue the Past Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	3.7
54	Gatecreeper Vine Creature — Plant	Creature — Plant	4.4%	2.9
55	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	4.3%	3.4
56	Perilous Landscape Land	Land	4.0%	3.5
57	Seething Landscape Land	Land	3.8%	1.4
58	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
59	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
60	Prophetic Prism Artifact	Artifact	3.3%	2.9
61	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
62	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
63	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
64	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
65	Ash Barrens Land	Land	3.0%	1.9
66	Of One Mind Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	3.8
67	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
68	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
69	Raffine's Informant Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	2.6%	4.0
70	Contaminated Landscape Land	Land	2.6%	1.9
71	Harrier Strix Creature — Bird	Creature — Bird	2.5%	2.0
72	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
73	Abundant Growth Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.5%	4.0
74	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	2.5%	2.5
75	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
76	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
77	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6

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Sideboard (16)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	33.3%	3.3
3	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	32.1%	2.7
4	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.8
5	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	25.3%	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%	1.8
13	Avenging Hunter Creature — Dragon Ranger	Creature — Dragon Ranger	2.7%	1.7
14	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
15	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
16	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8

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