Pauper staples: Creatures or Instants or Artifacts, Removal or Graveyard hate

49 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 (27)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.9%	3.0
3	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.7%	2.6
4	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
5	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
6	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
7	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
8	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
9	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
10	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.6%	3.7
11	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
12	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
13	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
14	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
15	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
16	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
17	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
18	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
19	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
20	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
21	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
22	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
23	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
24	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
25	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
26	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
27	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 (29)

#	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	Faerie Macabre Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	18.4%	2.2
8	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
9	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	12.1%	1.8
10	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
11	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
12	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
13	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
14	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
15	Troublemaker Ouphe Creature — Ouphe	Creature — Ouphe	7.1%	2.4
16	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
17	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
18	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
19	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
20	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.3%	2.8
21	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.4
22	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
23	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.8%	1.9
24	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
25	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
26	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.1
27	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.9
28	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
29	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