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

81 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 (51)

#	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	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
6	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	15.9%	3.3
7	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.6%	2.6
8	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.4%	3.1
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	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
13	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.8
14	Sagu Wildling // Roost Seek Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	10.3%	2.9
15	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.3%	2.9
16	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.0%	2.9
17	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.7%	3.7
18	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
19	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
20	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
21	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.7%	3.6
22	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
23	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
24	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
25	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
26	Bramble Wurm Creature — Wurm	Creature — Wurm	5.5%	3.9
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	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
32	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	4.3%	3.4
33	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
34	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	3.8%	1.1
35	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
36	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
37	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
38	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.3%	2.0
39	Sacred Cat Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	3.2%	4.0
40	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
41	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
42	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
43	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
44	Boulderbranch Golem Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.9%	3.2
45	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
46	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
47	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	2.5%	3.0
48	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
49	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
50	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
51	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3

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Sideboard (42)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	33.3%	3.3
3	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	32.1%	2.7
4	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.8
5	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	25.3%	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	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
11	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	12.1%	1.8
12	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
13	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
14	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
15	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
16	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
17	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
18	Troublemaker Ouphe Creature — Ouphe	Creature — Ouphe	7.0%	2.4
19	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
20	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
21	Vitu-Ghazi Inspector Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	5.0%	2.6
22	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.8%	1.4
23	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
24	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
25	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
26	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.4%	2.8
27	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.5
28	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
29	Unexpected Fangs Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.1
30	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.9%	1.9
31	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.8
32	Spinewoods Paladin Creature — Human Knight	Creature — Human Knight	2.6%	3.2
33	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	2.6%	1.2
34	Tamiyo's Safekeeping Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.5
35	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
36	Nylea's Disciple Creature — Centaur Archer	Creature — Centaur Archer	2.4%	2.8
37	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
38	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
39	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8
40	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
41	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
42	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9

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among the decks that play it