Pauper staples: Creature removal or Card draw or Recursion

111 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 (91)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Lórien Revealed Sorcery	Sorcery	24.3%	3.9
3	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
4	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.9%	3.0
5	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
6	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	17.4%	4.0
7	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.7%	2.6
8	Faithless Looting Sorcery	Sorcery	15.5%	3.3
9	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
10	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.2%	4.0
11	Highway Robbery Sorcery	Sorcery	14.2%	3.9
12	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
13	Grab the Prize Sorcery	Sorcery	14.0%	4.0
14	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
15	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
16	Ichor Wellspring Artifact	Artifact	12.7%	3.6
17	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
18	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
19	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
20	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
21	Eviscerator's Insight Instant	Instant	10.1%	2.6
22	Ponder Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	3.2
23	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
24	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
25	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
26	Bonder's Ornament Artifact	Artifact	9.0%	2.1
27	Fanatical Offering Instant	Instant	8.6%	3.6
28	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
29	Thoughtcast Sorcery	Sorcery	8.3%	4.0
30	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	8.2%	3.4
31	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
32	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.8%	3.6
33	Ninja of the Deep Hours Creature — Human Ninja	Creature — Human Ninja	7.6%	2.9
34	Deep Analysis Sorcery	Sorcery	7.3%	1.2
35	Thorn of the Black Rose Creature — Human Assassin	Creature — Human Assassin	7.3%	2.1
36	Moon-Circuit Hacker Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	7.0%	2.8
37	Sewer-veillance Cam Artifact	Artifact	7.0%	1.7
38	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
39	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.5%	2.7
40	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
41	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.2%	3.8
42	Mulldrifter Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	6.1%	3.5
43	Melded Moxite Artifact	Artifact	6.0%	3.1
44	Thraben Inspector Creature — Human Soldier	Creature — Human Soldier	5.9%	3.9
45	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
46	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
47	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	4.0
48	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
49	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
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	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
57	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
58	Twisted Landscape Land	Land	4.5%	3.9
59	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	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	Prophetic Prism Artifact	Artifact	3.3%	2.9
67	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
68	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
69	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
70	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
71	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
72	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
73	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
74	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
75	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
76	Of One Mind Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	3.8
77	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
78	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
79	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
80	Raffine's Informant Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	2.6%	4.0
81	Contaminated Landscape Land	Land	2.6%	1.9
82	Harrier Strix Creature — Bird	Creature — Bird	2.6%	2.1
83	Abundant Growth Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.5%	4.0
84	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
85	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	2.5%	2.5
86	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
87	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
88	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
89	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
90	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
91	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6

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Sideboard (31)

#	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	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
8	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	12.1%	1.8
9	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.7%	2.0
10	Arms of Hadar Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.4
11	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	10.4%	1.8
12	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
13	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
14	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
15	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
16	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
17	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
18	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
19	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
20	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
21	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
22	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
23	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
24	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	2.4
25	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
26	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
27	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
28	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.1
29	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.9
30	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
31	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it