Pauper staples: Creature removal or Counterspells or Burn or Recursion

78 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 (54)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.5%	4.0
3	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
4	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.9%	3.0
5	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	17.4%	4.0
6	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
7	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
8	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
9	Grab the Prize Sorcery	Sorcery	14.0%	4.0
10	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
11	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
12	Guttersnipe Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	12.7%	3.4
13	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
14	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
15	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
16	Kessig Flamebreather Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	10.4%	3.8
17	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
18	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
19	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
20	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
21	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
22	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
23	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.5%	2.7
24	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
25	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
26	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
27	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
28	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
29	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
30	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
31	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
32	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
33	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
34	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
35	Lotleth Giant Creature — Zombie Giant	Creature — Zombie Giant	4.4%	2.1
36	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
37	Black Mage's Rod Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	3.4%	2.4
38	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
39	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
40	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
41	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
42	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
43	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
44	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
45	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
46	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
47	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
48	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
49	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
50	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
51	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
52	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
53	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
54	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9

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Sideboard (34)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	33.4%	3.3
3	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.7
4	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	25.4%	2.6
5	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	20.4%	2.3
6	Annul Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.1
7	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
8	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
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	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
13	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
14	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
15	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
16	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
17	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
18	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
19	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
20	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
21	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
22	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
23	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
24	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
25	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
26	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
27	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	2.4
28	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
29	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
30	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
31	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.1
32	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.9
33	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
34	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9

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