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

76 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 (53)

#	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	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
7	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
8	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
9	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
10	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
11	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
12	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
13	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
14	Bonder's Ornament Artifact	Artifact	9.0%	2.1
15	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.6%	3.7
16	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
17	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
18	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
19	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
20	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
21	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
22	Priest of Titania Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.2%	3.9
23	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
24	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
25	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
26	Llanowar Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.1%	3.3
27	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
28	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
29	Overgrown Battlement Creature — Wall	Creature — Wall	4.5%	4.0
30	Saruli Caretaker Creature — Dryad	Creature — Dryad	4.5%	3.9
31	Wall of Roots Creature — Plant Wall	Creature — Plant Wall	4.4%	3.4
32	Fyndhorn Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.2%	2.9
33	Elvish Mystic Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.0%	2.8
34	Arbor Elf Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	3.9%	3.9
35	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
36	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
37	Eldrazi Repurposer Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	3.7%	3.2
38	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
39	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
40	Elves of Deep Shadow Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	3.3%	2.4
41	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
42	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
43	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
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	Bender's Waterskin Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	2.8
47	Lotus Petal Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.3
48	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
49	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
50	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
51	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
52	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
53	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3

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Sideboard (32)

#	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	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	7.1%	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	4.9%	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	4.3%	2.8
22	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.4
23	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
24	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
25	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.8%	1.9
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	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.1
30	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.9
31	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
32	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9

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