Pauper staples: Creature removal or Counterspells or Card draw or Recursion or Graveyard hate

122 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 (97)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.5%	4.0
3	Lórien Revealed Sorcery	Sorcery	24.3%	3.9
4	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
5	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.9%	3.0
6	Bojuka Bog Land	Land	18.6%	1.3
7	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
8	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	17.4%	4.0
9	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
10	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.7%	2.6
11	Faithless Looting Sorcery	Sorcery	15.5%	3.3
12	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
13	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.2%	4.0
14	Highway Robbery Sorcery	Sorcery	14.2%	3.9
15	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
16	Grab the Prize Sorcery	Sorcery	14.0%	4.0
17	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
18	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
19	Ichor Wellspring Artifact	Artifact	12.7%	3.6
20	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
21	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
22	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
23	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
24	Eviscerator's Insight Instant	Instant	10.1%	2.6
25	Ponder Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	3.2
26	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
27	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
28	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
29	Bonder's Ornament Artifact	Artifact	9.0%	2.1
30	Fanatical Offering Instant	Instant	8.6%	3.6
31	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
32	Thoughtcast Sorcery	Sorcery	8.3%	4.0
33	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	8.2%	3.4
34	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
35	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.8%	3.6
36	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
37	Ninja of the Deep Hours Creature — Human Ninja	Creature — Human Ninja	7.6%	2.9
38	Deep Analysis Sorcery	Sorcery	7.3%	1.2
39	Thorn of the Black Rose Creature — Human Assassin	Creature — Human Assassin	7.3%	2.1
40	Moon-Circuit Hacker Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	7.0%	2.8
41	Sewer-veillance Cam Artifact	Artifact	7.0%	1.7
42	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
43	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
44	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.5%	2.7
45	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
46	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.2%	3.8
47	Mulldrifter Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	6.1%	3.5
48	Melded Moxite Artifact	Artifact	6.0%	3.1
49	Thraben Inspector Creature — Human Soldier	Creature — Human Soldier	5.9%	3.9
50	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
51	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
52	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	4.0
53	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
54	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
55	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
56	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
57	Novice Inspector Creature — Human Detective	Creature — Human Detective	5.0%	3.6
58	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
59	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	4.6%	3.4
60	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
61	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
62	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
63	Twisted Landscape Land	Land	4.5%	3.9
64	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
65	Pursue the Past Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	3.7
66	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	4.3%	3.4
67	Perilous Landscape Land	Land	4.0%	3.5
68	Seething Landscape Land	Land	3.8%	1.4
69	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
70	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
71	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
72	Prophetic Prism Artifact	Artifact	3.3%	2.9
73	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
74	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
75	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
76	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
77	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
78	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
79	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
80	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
81	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
82	Of One Mind Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	3.8
83	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
84	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
85	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
86	Raffine's Informant Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	2.6%	4.0
87	Contaminated Landscape Land	Land	2.6%	1.9
88	Harrier Strix Creature — Bird	Creature — Bird	2.6%	2.1
89	Abundant Growth Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.5%	4.0
90	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
91	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	2.5%	2.5
92	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
93	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
94	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
95	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
96	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
97	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6

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Sideboard (37)

#	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	Annul Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.1
8	Faerie Macabre Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	18.4%	2.2
9	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
10	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	12.1%	1.8
11	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
12	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.7%	2.0
13	Arms of Hadar Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.4
14	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	10.4%	1.8
15	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
16	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
17	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
18	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
19	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
20	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
21	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
22	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
23	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
24	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
25	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
26	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
27	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
28	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
29	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
30	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	2.4
31	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
32	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
33	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
34	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.1
35	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.9
36	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
37	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9

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