Pauper staples: Creatures or Instants, Counterspells or Card draw or Ramp or Recursion

53 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: Counterspell (25% of decks).

Main deck (45)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.6%	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	17.5%	4.0
5	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
6	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.1%	4.0
7	Eviscerator's Insight Instant	Instant	10.0%	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	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
12	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
13	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.7%	3.6
14	Ninja of the Deep Hours Creature — Human Ninja	Creature — Human Ninja	7.6%	2.9
15	Thorn of the Black Rose Creature — Human Assassin	Creature — Human Assassin	7.3%	2.1
16	Moon-Circuit Hacker Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	7.0%	2.8
17	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
18	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
19	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.3%	3.8
20	Mulldrifter Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	6.1%	3.5
21	Thraben Inspector Creature — Human Soldier	Creature — Human Soldier	5.9%	3.9
22	Priest of Titania Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.2%	3.9
23	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
24	Llanowar Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.1%	3.3
25	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
26	Novice Inspector Creature — Human Detective	Creature — Human Detective	5.0%	3.6
27	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
28	Overgrown Battlement Creature — Wall	Creature — Wall	4.5%	4.0
29	Saruli Caretaker Creature — Dryad	Creature — Dryad	4.5%	3.9
30	Wall of Roots Creature — Plant Wall	Creature — Plant Wall	4.4%	3.4
31	Fyndhorn Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.2%	2.9
32	Elvish Mystic Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.1%	2.8
33	Arbor Elf Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.0%	3.9
34	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
35	Eldrazi Repurposer Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	3.7%	3.2
36	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
37	Elves of Deep Shadow Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	3.3%	2.4
38	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
39	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
40	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
41	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
42	Raffine's Informant Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	2.6%	4.0
43	Harrier Strix Creature — Bird	Creature — Bird	2.5%	2.0
44	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	2.5%	2.5
45	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 (10)

#	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	Annul Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.1
6	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
7	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
8	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
9	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.8
10	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it