Pauper staples: Instants or Artifacts

104 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 (79)

#	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	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
5	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
6	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.7%	2.6
7	Vault of Whispers Artifact Land	Artifact Land	15.1%	3.0
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	Great Furnace Artifact Land	Artifact Land	13.3%	3.1
12	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
13	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
14	Ichor Wellspring Artifact	Artifact	12.7%	3.6
15	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
16	Drossforge Bridge Artifact Land	Artifact Land	10.8%	3.8
17	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
18	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
19	Eviscerator's Insight Instant	Instant	10.1%	2.6
20	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
21	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
22	Bonder's Ornament Artifact	Artifact	9.0%	2.1
23	Seat of the Synod Artifact Land	Artifact Land	8.9%	3.2
24	Fanatical Offering Instant	Instant	8.6%	3.6
25	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
26	Mistvault Bridge Artifact Land	Artifact Land	8.5%	3.6
27	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
28	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.8%	3.6
29	Myr Enforcer Artifact Creature — Myr	Artifact Creature — Myr	7.5%	4.0
30	Utrom Monitor Artifact Creature — Utrom Scientist	Artifact Creature — Utrom Scientist	7.4%	3.5
31	Prismatic Strands Instant	Instant	7.0%	3.2
32	Sewer-veillance Cam Artifact	Artifact	7.0%	1.7
33	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
34	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
35	Expedition Map Artifact	Artifact	6.8%	3.9
36	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
37	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.2%	3.8
38	Silverbluff Bridge Artifact Land	Artifact Land	6.1%	2.6
39	Melded Moxite Artifact	Artifact	6.0%	3.1
40	Crop Rotation Instant	Instant	5.9%	2.5
41	Ephemerate Instant	Instant	5.8%	3.0
42	Clockwork Percussionist Artifact Creature — Monkey Toy	Artifact Creature — Monkey Toy	5.7%	4.0
43	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
44	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
45	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
46	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
47	Ancient Den Artifact Land	Artifact Land	5.0%	3.1
48	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
49	Experimental Synthesizer Artifact	Artifact	4.7%	3.3
50	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	4.6%	3.4
51	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
52	Slagwoods Bridge Artifact Land	Artifact Land	4.6%	4.0
53	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	4.3%	3.4
54	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	3.8%	1.1
55	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
56	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
57	Black Mage's Rod Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	3.4%	2.4
58	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
59	Prophetic Prism Artifact	Artifact	3.3%	2.9
60	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
61	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
62	Ghostly Flicker Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.1
63	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
64	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
65	Maelstrom Colossus Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	3.0%	3.9
66	Bender's Waterskin Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	2.8
67	Lotus Petal Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.3
68	Boulderbranch Golem Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.9%	3.2
69	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
70	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
71	Ramosian Rally Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.4
72	Goldmire Bridge Artifact Land	Artifact Land	2.6%	2.2
73	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.0
74	Razortide Bridge Artifact Land	Artifact Land	2.5%	3.0
75	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	2.5%	2.5
76	Guardians' Pledge Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.2
77	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
78	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
79	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3

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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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