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

54 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 (31)

#	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	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
6	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	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	9.1%	2.9
12	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.6%	3.7
13	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
14	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
15	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
16	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
17	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
18	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
19	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
20	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
21	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
22	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
23	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
24	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
25	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
26	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
27	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
28	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
29	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
30	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
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 (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

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it