Pauper staples: Creatures or Instants, Counterspells or Card draw or Discard or Recursion or Graveyard hate

46 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: Counterspell (25% of decks).

Main deck (36)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.5%	4.0
2	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
3	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
4	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	17.4%	4.0
5	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
6	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.2%	4.0
7	Eviscerator's Insight Instant	Instant	10.1%	2.6
8	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
9	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
10	Fanatical Offering Instant	Instant	8.6%	3.6
11	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
12	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
13	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.8%	3.6
14	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
15	Ninja of the Deep Hours Creature — Human Ninja	Creature — Human Ninja	7.6%	2.9
16	Thorn of the Black Rose Creature — Human Assassin	Creature — Human Assassin	7.3%	2.1
17	Moon-Circuit Hacker Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	7.0%	2.8
18	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
19	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
20	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.2%	3.8
21	Mulldrifter Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	6.1%	3.5
22	Thraben Inspector Creature — Human Soldier	Creature — Human Soldier	5.9%	3.9
23	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
24	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
25	Novice Inspector Creature — Human Detective	Creature — Human Detective	5.0%	3.6
26	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
27	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
28	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
29	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
30	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
31	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
32	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
33	Raffine's Informant Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	2.6%	4.0
34	Harrier Strix Creature — Bird	Creature — Bird	2.6%	2.1
35	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	2.5%	2.5
36	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (13)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	33.4%	3.3
3	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.7
4	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	25.4%	2.6
5	Annul Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.1
6	Faerie Macabre Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	18.4%	2.2
7	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
8	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
9	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
10	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
11	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
12	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
13	Okiba-Gang Shinobi Creature — Rat Ninja	Creature — Rat Ninja	2.0%	1.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it