Pauper staples: Creatures or Instants or Artifacts, Removal or Creature removal or Counterspells or Burn or Recursion or Graveyard hate

69 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 (44)

#	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	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	17.5%	4.0
6	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
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	Guttersnipe Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	12.7%	3.4
13	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
14	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.8
15	Kessig Flamebreather Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	10.4%	3.8
16	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.3%	2.9
17	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.0%	2.9
18	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.7%	3.7
19	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
20	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
21	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
22	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
23	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
24	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
25	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
26	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
27	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
28	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
29	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
30	Lotleth Giant Creature — Zombie Giant	Creature — Zombie Giant	4.4%	2.1
31	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
32	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
33	Black Mage's Rod Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	3.4%	2.4
34	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
35	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
36	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.3%	2.0
37	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
38	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
39	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
40	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
41	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
42	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
43	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
44	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 (35)

#	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	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	7.0%	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	4.8%	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	4.4%	2.8
25	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.5
26	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
27	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.9%	1.9
28	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.8
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	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8
33	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
34	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
35	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