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

62 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 (37)

#	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	18.8%	3.0
4	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	15.9%	3.3
5	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.4%	3.1
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	Sagu Wildling // Roost Seek Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	10.3%	2.9
11	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.0%	2.9
12	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.7%	3.7
13	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
14	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
15	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.7%	3.6
16	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
17	Bramble Wurm Creature — Wurm	Creature — Wurm	5.5%	3.9
18	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
19	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
20	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
21	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
22	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	3.8%	1.1
23	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
24	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
25	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.3%	2.0
26	Sacred Cat Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	3.2%	4.0
27	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
28	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
29	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
30	Boulderbranch Golem Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.9%	3.2
31	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
32	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
33	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	2.5%	3.0
34	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
35	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
36	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
37	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 (34)

#	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	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
8	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
9	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
10	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
11	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
12	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
13	Troublemaker Ouphe Creature — Ouphe	Creature — Ouphe	7.0%	2.4
14	Vitu-Ghazi Inspector Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	5.0%	2.6
15	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.8%	1.4
16	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
17	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
18	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
19	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.4%	2.8
20	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.5
21	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
22	Unexpected Fangs Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.1
23	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.9%	1.9
24	Spinewoods Paladin Creature — Human Knight	Creature — Human Knight	2.6%	3.2
25	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	2.6%	1.2
26	Tamiyo's Safekeeping Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.5
27	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
28	Nylea's Disciple Creature — Centaur Archer	Creature — Centaur Archer	2.4%	2.8
29	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
30	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
31	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8
32	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
33	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
34	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