Pauper staples: Creatures or Instants or Lands, Removal or Counterspells

50 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 (27)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.6%	4.0
3	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.8%	3.0
4	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
5	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.4%	3.1
6	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
7	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
8	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
9	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
10	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.0%	2.9
11	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.7%	3.7
12	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
13	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
14	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
15	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
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	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
20	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
21	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.3%	2.0
22	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	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 (30)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	33.3%	3.3
3	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.8
4	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	25.3%	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	7.0%	2.4
15	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
16	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.8%	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	4.4%	2.8
21	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.5
22	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
23	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.9%	1.9
24	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.8
25	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
26	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
27	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8
28	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
29	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
30	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