Pauper staples: Creature removal or Counterspells

57 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 (35)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.5%	4.0
3	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.9%	3.0
4	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
5	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
6	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
7	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
8	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
9	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
10	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
11	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
12	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
13	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
14	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
15	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
16	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.5%	2.7
17	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
18	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
19	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
20	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
21	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
22	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
23	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
24	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
25	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
26	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
27	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
28	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
29	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
30	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
31	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
32	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
33	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
34	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
35	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (30)

#	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	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
13	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
14	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
15	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
16	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
17	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
18	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
19	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
20	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
21	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
22	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
23	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
24	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	2.4
25	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
26	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
27	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.1
28	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.9
29	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
30	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