Pauper staples: Creatures or Instants or Artifacts, Counterspells or Burn or Recursion or Lifegain

63 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 (42)

#	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	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	17.4%	4.0
5	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
6	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	15.9%	3.3
7	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	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	Guttersnipe Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	12.7%	3.4
12	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
13	Kessig Flamebreather Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	10.4%	3.8
14	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
15	Sagu Wildling // Roost Seek Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	10.3%	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	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.8%	3.6
19	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
20	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
21	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
22	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
23	Bramble Wurm Creature — Wurm	Creature — Wurm	5.5%	3.9
24	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
25	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
26	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
27	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
28	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
29	Lotleth Giant Creature — Zombie Giant	Creature — Zombie Giant	4.4%	2.1
30	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	4.3%	3.4
31	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	3.8%	1.1
32	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
33	Black Mage's Rod Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	3.4%	2.4
34	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
35	Sacred Cat Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	3.3%	4.0
36	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
37	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
38	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
39	Boulderbranch Golem Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.9%	3.2
40	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
41	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.0
42	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (29)

#	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	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	14.4%	3.1
9	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
10	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
11	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
12	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
13	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
14	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
15	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
16	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
17	Vitu-Ghazi Inspector Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	5.0%	2.6
18	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
19	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
20	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
21	Unexpected Fangs Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.1
22	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
23	Spinewoods Paladin Creature — Human Knight	Creature — Human Knight	2.6%	3.2
24	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	2.6%	1.2
25	Tamiyo's Safekeeping Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.5
26	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
27	Nylea's Disciple Creature — Centaur Archer	Creature — Centaur Archer	2.3%	2.8
28	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
29	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it