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

87 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 (60)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
3	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.8%	3.0
4	Bojuka Bog Land	Land	18.6%	1.3
5	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	15.9%	3.3
6	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.6%	2.6
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	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.7%	3.6
20	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
21	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.4%	2.7
22	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
23	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
24	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
25	Bramble Wurm Creature — Wurm	Creature — Wurm	5.5%	3.9
26	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
27	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
28	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
29	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
30	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
31	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
32	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
33	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
34	Pursue the Past Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	3.7
35	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	4.3%	3.4
36	Gingerbread Cabin Land — Forest	Land — Forest	4.1%	1.0
37	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	3.8%	1.1
38	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
39	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
40	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.3%	2.0
41	Sacred Cat Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	3.2%	4.0
42	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
43	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
44	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
45	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
46	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
47	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
48	Boulderbranch Golem Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.9%	3.2
49	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
50	Armadillo Cloak Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.9
51	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
52	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
53	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	2.5%	3.0
54	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
55	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	4.0
56	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
57	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
58	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
59	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
60	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6

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Sideboard (39)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	33.3%	3.3
3	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	32.1%	2.7
4	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.8
5	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	25.3%	2.6
6	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	20.4%	2.3
7	Faerie Macabre Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	18.4%	2.2
8	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
9	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
10	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	12.1%	1.8
11	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.6%	2.0
12	Arms of Hadar Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.4
13	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	10.3%	1.8
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	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
19	Vitu-Ghazi Inspector Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	5.0%	2.6
20	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.8%	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	Unexpected Fangs Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.1
26	Spinewoods Paladin Creature — Human Knight	Creature — Human Knight	2.6%	3.2
27	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	2.6%	1.2
28	Tamiyo's Safekeeping Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.5
29	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
30	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	2.4
31	Nylea's Disciple Creature — Centaur Archer	Creature — Centaur Archer	2.4%	2.8
32	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
33	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
34	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
35	Spirit Link Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.2%	2.4
36	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8
37	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
38	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
39	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9

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