Pauper staples: Creature removal or Burn or Ramp or Recursion

94 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: Lightning Bolt (25% of decks).

Main deck (74)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
3	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.8%	3.0
4	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	17.5%	4.0
5	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.4%	3.1
6	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
7	Grab the Prize Sorcery	Sorcery	14.1%	4.0
8	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
9	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
10	Guttersnipe Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	12.7%	3.4
11	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
12	Malevolent Rumble Sorcery	Sorcery	10.5%	3.6
13	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
14	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.8
15	Kessig Flamebreather Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	10.4%	3.8
16	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.3%	2.9
17	Bonder's Ornament Artifact	Artifact	9.0%	2.1
18	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.0%	2.9
19	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
20	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
21	Urza's Tower Land — Urza's Tower	Land — Urza's Tower	6.9%	4.0
22	Urza's Mine Land — Urza's Mine	Land — Urza's Mine	6.9%	4.0
23	Urza's Power Plant Land — Urza's Power-Plant	Land — Urza's Power-Plant	6.9%	4.0
24	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.4%	2.7
25	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
26	Utopia Sprawl Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	6.1%	4.0
27	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
28	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
29	Priest of Titania Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.2%	3.9
30	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
31	Llanowar Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.1%	3.3
32	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
33	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
34	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
35	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
36	Overgrown Battlement Creature — Wall	Creature — Wall	4.5%	4.0
37	Saruli Caretaker Creature — Dryad	Creature — Dryad	4.5%	3.9
38	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
39	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
40	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
41	Lotleth Giant Creature — Zombie Giant	Creature — Zombie Giant	4.4%	2.1
42	Wall of Roots Creature — Plant Wall	Creature — Plant Wall	4.4%	3.4
43	Fyndhorn Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.2%	2.9
44	Elvish Mystic Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.1%	2.8
45	Arbor Elf Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.0%	3.9
46	Wild Growth Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	3.9%	2.7
47	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
48	Eldrazi Repurposer Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	3.7%	3.2
49	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
50	Black Mage's Rod Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	3.4%	2.4
51	Elves of Deep Shadow Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	3.3%	2.4
52	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
53	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.3%	2.0
54	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
55	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
56	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
57	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
58	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
59	Bender's Waterskin Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	2.8
60	Lotus Petal Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	2.3
61	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
62	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
63	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
64	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
65	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
66	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
67	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
68	Hickory Woodlot Land	Land	2.3%	4.0
69	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
70	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
71	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
72	Sandstone Needle Land	Land	2.1%	3.8
73	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9
74	Glimpse the Impossible Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	3.9

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Sideboard (29)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	33.3%	3.3
3	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.8
4	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	25.3%	2.6
5	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	20.4%	2.3
6	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
7	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.6%	2.0
8	Arms of Hadar Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.4
9	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	10.3%	1.8
10	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
11	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
12	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
13	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
14	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
15	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
16	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.8%	1.4
17	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
18	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
19	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
20	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
21	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
22	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	2.4
23	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
24	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
25	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
26	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8
27	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
28	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
29	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9

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decks of the format that play it in this part

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among the decks that play it