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

79 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 (54)

#	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	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
6	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.7%	2.6
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	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
12	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
13	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
14	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
15	Bonder's Ornament Artifact	Artifact	9.0%	2.1
16	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.6%	3.7
17	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
18	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
19	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
20	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
21	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
22	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
23	Priest of Titania Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.2%	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	Llanowar Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.1%	3.3
28	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
29	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
30	Overgrown Battlement Creature — Wall	Creature — Wall	4.5%	4.0
31	Saruli Caretaker Creature — Dryad	Creature — Dryad	4.5%	3.9
32	Wall of Roots Creature — Plant Wall	Creature — Plant Wall	4.4%	3.4
33	Fyndhorn Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.2%	2.9
34	Elvish Mystic Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.0%	2.8
35	Arbor Elf Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	3.9%	3.9
36	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
37	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
38	Eldrazi Repurposer Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	3.7%	3.2
39	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
40	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
41	Elves of Deep Shadow Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	3.3%	2.4
42	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
43	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
44	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
45	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
46	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
47	Bender's Waterskin Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	2.8
48	Lotus Petal Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.3
49	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
50	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
51	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
52	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
53	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
54	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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decks of the format that play it in this part

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among the decks that play it