Pauper staples: Creature removal or Counterspells or Recursion or Lifegain

92 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 (63)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.6%	4.0
3	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
4	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.8%	3.0
5	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
6	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	15.9%	3.3
7	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.4%	3.1
8	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
9	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
10	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
11	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
12	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
13	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.8
14	Sagu Wildling // Roost Seek Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	10.3%	2.9
15	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.3%	2.9
16	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.0%	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	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.7%	3.6
21	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
22	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
23	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.4%	2.7
24	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
25	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
26	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
27	Bramble Wurm Creature — Wurm	Creature — Wurm	5.5%	3.9
28	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
29	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
30	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
31	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
32	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
33	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
34	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
35	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
36	Pursue the Past Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	3.7
37	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	4.3%	3.4
38	Gingerbread Cabin Land — Forest	Land — Forest	4.1%	1.0
39	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	3.8%	1.1
40	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
41	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
42	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
43	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.3%	2.0
44	Sacred Cat Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	3.2%	4.0
45	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
46	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
47	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
48	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
49	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
50	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
51	Boulderbranch Golem Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.9%	3.2
52	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
53	Armadillo Cloak Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.9
54	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
55	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
56	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	2.5%	3.0
57	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
58	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	4.0
59	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
60	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
61	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
62	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
63	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6

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Sideboard (41)

#	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	Annul Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.1
7	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
8	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
9	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
10	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.6%	2.0
11	Arms of Hadar Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.4
12	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	10.3%	1.8
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	Vitu-Ghazi Inspector Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	5.0%	2.6
21	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.8%	1.4
22	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
23	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
24	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
25	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
26	Unexpected Fangs Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.1
27	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.8
28	Spinewoods Paladin Creature — Human Knight	Creature — Human Knight	2.6%	3.2
29	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	2.6%	1.2
30	Tamiyo's Safekeeping Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.5
31	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
32	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	2.4
33	Nylea's Disciple Creature — Centaur Archer	Creature — Centaur Archer	2.4%	2.8
34	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
35	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
36	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
37	Spirit Link Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.2%	2.4
38	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8
39	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
40	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
41	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9

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among the decks that play it