Pauper staples: Creatures or Instants, Creature removal or Counterspells or Ramp or Recursion or Graveyard hate

60 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 (41)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.6%	4.0
3	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
4	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.8%	3.0
5	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
6	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.4%	3.1
7	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
8	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
9	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
10	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
11	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.0%	2.9
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	Priest of Titania Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.2%	3.9
17	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
18	Llanowar Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.1%	3.3
19	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
20	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
21	Overgrown Battlement Creature — Wall	Creature — Wall	4.5%	4.0
22	Saruli Caretaker Creature — Dryad	Creature — Dryad	4.5%	3.9
23	Wall of Roots Creature — Plant Wall	Creature — Plant Wall	4.4%	3.4
24	Fyndhorn Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.2%	2.9
25	Elvish Mystic Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.1%	2.8
26	Arbor Elf Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.0%	3.9
27	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
28	Eldrazi Repurposer Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	3.7%	3.2
29	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
30	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
31	Elves of Deep Shadow Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	3.3%	2.4
32	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
33	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.3%	2.0
34	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
35	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
36	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
37	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
38	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
39	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
40	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
41	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 (25)

#	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	Faerie Macabre Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	18.4%	2.2
8	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
9	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
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	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
15	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.8%	1.4
16	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
17	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
18	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.8
19	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
20	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
21	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
22	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8
23	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
24	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
25	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