Pauper staples: Creatures or Instants or Sorceries, Removal or Recursion or Graveyard hate

63 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 (35)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
3	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.8%	3.0
4	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.4%	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	9.0%	2.9
10	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.7%	3.7
11	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
12	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
13	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.4%	2.7
14	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
15	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	4.0
16	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
17	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
18	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
19	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
20	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
21	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
22	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
23	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
24	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.3%	2.0
25	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
26	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
27	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
28	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
29	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
30	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
31	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	4.0
32	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
33	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
34	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
35	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (38)

#	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	Faerie Macabre Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	18.4%	2.2
7	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
8	Dust to Dust Sorcery	Sorcery	13.3%	3.1
9	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.6%	2.0
10	Arms of Hadar Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.4
11	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	10.3%	1.8
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	Vandalblast Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	2.0
19	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
20	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.8%	1.4
21	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
22	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
23	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
24	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
25	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.4%	2.8
26	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.5
27	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
28	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
29	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.9%	1.9
30	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
31	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
32	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
33	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
34	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
35	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8
36	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
37	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
38	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