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

79 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 (56)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.5%	4.0
3	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
4	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.9%	3.0
5	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
6	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	17.4%	4.0
7	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
8	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
9	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.2%	4.0
10	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
11	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
12	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
13	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
14	Eviscerator's Insight Instant	Instant	10.1%	2.6
15	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
16	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
17	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
18	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.6%	3.7
19	Fanatical Offering Instant	Instant	8.6%	3.6
20	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
21	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
22	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.8%	3.6
23	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
24	Ninja of the Deep Hours Creature — Human Ninja	Creature — Human Ninja	7.6%	2.9
25	Thorn of the Black Rose Creature — Human Assassin	Creature — Human Assassin	7.3%	2.1
26	Moon-Circuit Hacker Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	7.0%	2.8
27	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
28	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
29	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.2%	3.8
30	Mulldrifter Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	6.1%	3.5
31	Thraben Inspector Creature — Human Soldier	Creature — Human Soldier	5.9%	3.9
32	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
33	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
34	Novice Inspector Creature — Human Detective	Creature — Human Detective	5.0%	3.6
35	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
36	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
37	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
38	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
39	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
40	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
41	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
42	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
43	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
44	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
45	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
46	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
47	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
48	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
49	Raffine's Informant Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	2.6%	4.0
50	Harrier Strix Creature — Bird	Creature — Bird	2.6%	2.1
51	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
52	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	2.5%	2.5
53	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
54	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
55	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
56	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3

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Sideboard (31)

#	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	Annul Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.1
7	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
8	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
9	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
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	Troublemaker Ouphe Creature — Ouphe	Creature — Ouphe	7.1%	2.4
15	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
16	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
17	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
18	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
19	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
20	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.3%	2.8
21	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.4
22	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
23	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
24	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.8%	1.9
25	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
26	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
27	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
28	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.1
29	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.9
30	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
31	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9

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among the decks that play it