Pauper staples: Creatures or Instants or Artifacts, Removal or Counterspells or Card draw or Recursion or Graveyard hate

96 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 (71)

#	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	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.9%	3.0
5	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
6	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	17.4%	4.0
7	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
8	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.7%	2.6
9	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
10	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.2%	4.0
11	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
12	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
13	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
14	Ichor Wellspring Artifact	Artifact	12.7%	3.6
15	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
16	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
17	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
18	Eviscerator's Insight Instant	Instant	10.1%	2.6
19	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
20	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
21	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
22	Bonder's Ornament Artifact	Artifact	9.0%	2.1
23	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.6%	3.7
24	Fanatical Offering Instant	Instant	8.6%	3.6
25	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
26	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
27	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.8%	3.6
28	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
29	Ninja of the Deep Hours Creature — Human Ninja	Creature — Human Ninja	7.6%	2.9
30	Thorn of the Black Rose Creature — Human Assassin	Creature — Human Assassin	7.3%	2.1
31	Moon-Circuit Hacker Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	7.0%	2.8
32	Sewer-veillance Cam Artifact	Artifact	7.0%	1.7
33	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
34	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
35	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
36	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.2%	3.8
37	Mulldrifter Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	6.1%	3.5
38	Melded Moxite Artifact	Artifact	6.0%	3.1
39	Thraben Inspector Creature — Human Soldier	Creature — Human Soldier	5.9%	3.9
40	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
41	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
42	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
43	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
44	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
45	Novice Inspector Creature — Human Detective	Creature — Human Detective	5.0%	3.6
46	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
47	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	4.6%	3.4
48	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
49	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	4.3%	3.4
50	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
51	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
52	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
53	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
54	Prophetic Prism Artifact	Artifact	3.3%	2.9
55	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
56	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
57	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
58	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
59	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
60	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
61	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
62	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
63	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
64	Raffine's Informant Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	2.6%	4.0
65	Harrier Strix Creature — Bird	Creature — Bird	2.6%	2.1
66	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
67	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	2.5%	2.5
68	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
69	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
70	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
71	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3

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Sideboard (35)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	33.4%	3.3
3	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	32.0%	2.7
4	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.7
5	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	25.4%	2.6
6	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	20.4%	2.3
7	Annul Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.1
8	Faerie Macabre Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	18.4%	2.2
9	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
10	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	12.1%	1.8
11	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
12	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
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	Troublemaker Ouphe Creature — Ouphe	Creature — Ouphe	7.1%	2.4
18	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
19	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
20	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
21	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
22	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
23	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
24	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.3%	2.8
25	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.4
26	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
27	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
28	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.8%	1.9
29	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
30	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
31	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
32	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.1
33	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.9
34	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
35	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9

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