Pauper staples: Creatures or Instants, Creature removal or Discard or Recursion

40 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: Lightning Bolt (25% of decks).

Main deck (25)

#	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	18.9%	3.0
4	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
5	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.2%	4.0
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	9.1%	2.9
11	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
12	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
13	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
14	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
15	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
16	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
17	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
18	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
19	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
20	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
21	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
22	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
23	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
24	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
25	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 (20)

#	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	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	20.4%	2.3
6	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
7	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
8	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
9	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
10	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
11	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
12	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
13	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
14	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
15	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
16	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.1
17	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.9
18	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
19	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9
20	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