Pauper staples: Creatures or Instants, Removal or Card draw or Recursion

71 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 (51)

#	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	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
5	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	17.4%	4.0
6	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
7	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.2%	4.0
8	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
9	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
10	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
11	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
12	Eviscerator's Insight Instant	Instant	10.1%	2.6
13	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
14	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
15	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
16	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.6%	3.7
17	Fanatical Offering Instant	Instant	8.6%	3.6
18	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
19	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
20	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.8%	3.6
21	Ninja of the Deep Hours Creature — Human Ninja	Creature — Human Ninja	7.6%	2.9
22	Thorn of the Black Rose Creature — Human Assassin	Creature — Human Assassin	7.3%	2.1
23	Moon-Circuit Hacker Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	7.0%	2.8
24	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
25	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.2%	3.8
26	Mulldrifter Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	6.1%	3.5
27	Thraben Inspector Creature — Human Soldier	Creature — Human Soldier	5.9%	3.9
28	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
29	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
30	Novice Inspector Creature — Human Detective	Creature — Human Detective	5.0%	3.6
31	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
32	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
33	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
34	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
35	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
36	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
37	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
38	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
39	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
40	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
41	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
42	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
43	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
44	Raffine's Informant Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	2.6%	4.0
45	Harrier Strix Creature — Bird	Creature — Bird	2.6%	2.1
46	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
47	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	2.5%	2.5
48	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
49	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
50	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
51	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3

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among the decks that play it

Sideboard (27)

#	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	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	7.1%	2.4
13	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	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	4.3%	2.8
18	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.4
19	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
20	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.8%	1.9
21	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
22	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
23	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
24	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.1
25	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.9
26	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
27	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