Pauper staples: Instants or Artifacts or Lands

135 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 (110)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.5%	4.0
3	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.9%	3.0
4	Bojuka Bog Land	Land	18.6%	1.3
5	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
6	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
7	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.7%	2.6
8	Vault of Whispers Artifact Land	Artifact Land	15.1%	3.0
9	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
10	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.2%	4.0
11	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
12	Great Furnace Artifact Land	Artifact Land	13.3%	3.1
13	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
14	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
15	Ichor Wellspring Artifact	Artifact	12.7%	3.6
16	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
17	Drossforge Bridge Artifact Land	Artifact Land	10.8%	3.8
18	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
19	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
20	Eviscerator's Insight Instant	Instant	10.1%	2.6
21	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
22	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
23	Bonder's Ornament Artifact	Artifact	9.0%	2.1
24	Seat of the Synod Artifact Land	Artifact Land	8.9%	3.2
25	Fanatical Offering Instant	Instant	8.6%	3.6
26	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
27	Contaminated Aquifer Land — Island Swamp	Land — Island Swamp	8.6%	3.7
28	Mistvault Bridge Artifact Land	Artifact Land	8.5%	3.6
29	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
30	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.8%	3.6
31	Myr Enforcer Artifact Creature — Myr	Artifact Creature — Myr	7.5%	4.0
32	Utrom Monitor Artifact Creature — Utrom Scientist	Artifact Creature — Utrom Scientist	7.4%	3.5
33	Prismatic Strands Instant	Instant	7.0%	3.2
34	Sewer-veillance Cam Artifact	Artifact	7.0%	1.7
35	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
36	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
37	Urza's Tower Land — Urza's Tower	Land — Urza's Tower	6.9%	4.0
38	Urza's Mine Land — Urza's Mine	Land — Urza's Mine	6.9%	4.0
39	Urza's Power Plant Land — Urza's Power-Plant	Land — Urza's Power-Plant	6.9%	4.0
40	Expedition Map Artifact	Artifact	6.8%	3.9
41	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
42	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.2%	3.8
43	Silverbluff Bridge Artifact Land	Artifact Land	6.1%	2.6
44	Melded Moxite Artifact	Artifact	6.0%	3.1
45	Crop Rotation Instant	Instant	5.9%	2.5
46	Snow-Covered Mountain Basic Snow Land — Mountain	Basic Snow Land — Mountain	5.9%	2.4
47	Ephemerate Instant	Instant	5.8%	3.0
48	Clockwork Percussionist Artifact Creature — Monkey Toy	Artifact Creature — Monkey Toy	5.7%	4.0
49	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
50	Snow-Covered Island Basic Snow Land — Island	Basic Snow Land — Island	5.6%	7.4
51	Conduit Pylons Land — Desert	Land — Desert	5.4%	1.6
52	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
53	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
54	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
55	Ancient Den Artifact Land	Artifact Land	5.0%	3.1
56	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
57	Volatile Fjord Snow Land — Island Mountain	Snow Land — Island Mountain	4.7%	2.3
58	Experimental Synthesizer Artifact	Artifact	4.7%	3.3
59	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	4.6%	3.4
60	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
61	Slagwoods Bridge Artifact Land	Artifact Land	4.6%	4.0
62	Twisted Landscape Land	Land	4.5%	3.9
63	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	4.3%	3.4
64	Khalni Garden Land	Land	4.1%	3.8
65	Gingerbread Cabin Land — Forest	Land — Forest	4.1%	1.0
66	Perilous Landscape Land	Land	4.0%	3.5
67	Glacial Floodplain Snow Land — Plains Island	Snow Land — Plains Island	3.9%	1.8
68	Dimir Aqueduct Land	Land	3.8%	1.1
69	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	3.8%	1.1
70	Seething Landscape Land	Land	3.8%	1.4
71	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
72	Snow-Covered Plains Basic Snow Land — Plains	Basic Snow Land — Plains	3.7%	1.8
73	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
74	Ice Tunnel Snow Land — Island Swamp	Snow Land — Island Swamp	3.6%	2.3
75	Citadel Gate Land — Gate	Land — Gate	3.5%	4.0
76	Basilisk Gate Land — Gate	Land — Gate	3.5%	4.0
77	Black Mage's Rod Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	3.4%	2.4
78	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
79	Prophetic Prism Artifact	Artifact	3.3%	2.9
80	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
81	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
82	Ghostly Flicker Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.1
83	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
84	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
85	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
86	Maelstrom Colossus Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	3.0%	3.9
87	Manor Gate Land — Gate	Land — Gate	3.0%	2.5
88	Ash Barrens Land	Land	3.0%	1.9
89	Bender's Waterskin Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	2.8
90	Lotus Petal Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.3
91	Haunted Mire Land — Swamp Forest	Land — Swamp Forest	2.9%	1.0
92	Wooded Ridgeline Land — Mountain Forest	Land — Mountain Forest	2.9%	1.1
93	Boulderbranch Golem Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.9%	3.2
94	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
95	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
96	Ramosian Rally Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.4
97	Cliffgate Land — Gate	Land — Gate	2.7%	3.9
98	Goldmire Bridge Artifact Land	Artifact Land	2.6%	2.2
99	Contaminated Landscape Land	Land	2.6%	1.9
100	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.0
101	Razortide Bridge Artifact Land	Artifact Land	2.5%	3.0
102	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	2.5%	2.5
103	Guardians' Pledge Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.2
104	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
105	Hickory Woodlot Land	Land	2.3%	4.0
106	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
107	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
108	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
109	Boros Garrison Land	Land	2.1%	2.4
110	Sandstone Needle Land	Land	2.1%	3.8

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Sideboard (35)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	33.4%	3.3
3	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	32.0%	2.7
4	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.7
5	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	25.4%	2.6
6	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	20.4%	2.3
7	Annul Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.1
8	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
9	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	14.4%	3.1
10	Flaring Pain Instant	Instant	12.2%	1.2
11	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	12.1%	1.8
12	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
13	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
14	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
15	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
16	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
17	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
18	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
19	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
20	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
21	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.3%	2.8
22	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
23	Unexpected Fangs Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.1
24	Moment's Peace Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.5
25	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
26	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	2.6%	1.2
27	Tamiyo's Safekeeping Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.5
28	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
29	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
30	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
31	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.1
32	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.9
33	Prismatic Strands Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.6
34	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
35	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9

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