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

74 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 (49)

#	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	Bojuka Bog Land	Land	18.6%	1.3
6	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
7	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.7%	2.6
8	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
9	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
10	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
11	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
12	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
13	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
14	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
15	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
16	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
17	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
18	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
19	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
20	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
21	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.5%	2.7
22	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
23	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
24	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
25	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
26	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
27	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
28	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
29	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
30	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
31	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
32	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
33	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
34	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
35	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
36	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
37	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
38	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
39	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
40	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
41	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
42	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
43	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
44	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
45	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
46	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
47	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
48	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
49	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (36)

#	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	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
29	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	2.4
30	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
31	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
32	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
33	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.1
34	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.9
35	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
36	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