Pauper staples: Creatures or Instants, Removal or Cantrips

51 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 (31)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.8%	3.0
3	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
4	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.4%	3.1
5	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.1%	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	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
11	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
12	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.0%	2.9
13	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.7%	3.7
14	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
15	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
16	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.3%	3.8
17	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
18	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
19	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
20	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
21	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
22	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.3%	2.0
23	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
24	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
25	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
26	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
27	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
28	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
29	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
30	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
31	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 (26)

#	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	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
7	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
8	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
9	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
10	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
11	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
12	Troublemaker Ouphe Creature — Ouphe	Creature — Ouphe	7.0%	2.4
13	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.8%	1.4
14	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
15	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
16	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
17	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.4%	2.8
18	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.5
19	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
20	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.9%	1.9
21	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
22	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
23	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8
24	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
25	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
26	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