Pauper staples: Counterspells or Lifegain

40 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 (26)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.6%	4.0
2	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
3	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	15.9%	3.3
4	Sagu Wildling // Roost Seek Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	10.3%	2.9
5	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.3%	2.9
6	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
7	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.7%	3.6
8	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
9	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
10	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
11	Bramble Wurm Creature — Wurm	Creature — Wurm	5.5%	3.9
12	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
13	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
14	Pursue the Past Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	3.7
15	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	4.3%	3.4
16	Gingerbread Cabin Land — Forest	Land — Forest	4.1%	1.0
17	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	3.8%	1.1
18	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
19	Sacred Cat Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	3.2%	4.0
20	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
21	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
22	Boulderbranch Golem Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.9%	3.2
23	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
24	Armadillo Cloak Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.9
25	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	2.5%	3.0
26	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	4.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (19)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	33.3%	3.3
3	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.8
4	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	25.3%	2.6
5	Annul Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.1
6	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
7	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
8	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
9	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
10	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
11	Vitu-Ghazi Inspector Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	5.0%	2.6
12	Unexpected Fangs Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.1
13	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.8
14	Spinewoods Paladin Creature — Human Knight	Creature — Human Knight	2.6%	3.2
15	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	2.6%	1.2
16	Tamiyo's Safekeeping Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.5
17	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
18	Nylea's Disciple Creature — Centaur Archer	Creature — Centaur Archer	2.4%	2.8
19	Spirit Link Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.2%	2.4

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it