Pauper staples: Creatures or Instants or Artifacts, Removal or Counterspells or Cantrips or Recursion

73 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 (50)

#	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	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
6	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
7	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.4%	3.1
8	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.1%	4.0
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	Ichor Wellspring Artifact	Artifact	12.6%	3.6
13	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
14	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.8
15	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.3%	2.9
16	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
17	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
18	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.0%	2.9
19	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.7%	3.7
20	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
21	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
22	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
23	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
24	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
25	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.3%	3.8
26	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
27	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
28	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
29	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
30	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
31	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
32	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
33	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	4.6%	3.4
34	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
35	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
36	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
37	Prophetic Prism Artifact	Artifact	3.3%	2.9
38	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
39	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.3%	2.0
40	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
41	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
42	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
43	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
44	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
45	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
46	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
47	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
48	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
49	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
50	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 (32)

#	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	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
9	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
10	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
11	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
12	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
13	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
14	Troublemaker Ouphe Creature — Ouphe	Creature — Ouphe	7.0%	2.4
15	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
16	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
17	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.8%	1.4
18	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
19	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
20	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
21	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.4%	2.8
22	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.5
23	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
24	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.9%	1.9
25	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.8
26	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
27	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
28	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
29	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8
30	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
31	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
32	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