Pauper staples: Instants or Artifacts, Removal or Counterspells or Burn or Recursion or Graveyard hate

52 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 (31)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.6%	4.0
3	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.8%	3.0
4	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
5	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.6%	2.6
6	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.4%	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	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.8
12	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.3%	2.9
13	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
14	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
15	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
16	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
17	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
18	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
19	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
20	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
21	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
22	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
23	Black Mage's Rod Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	3.4%	2.4
24	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
25	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
26	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.3%	2.0
27	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
28	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
29	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
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 (28)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	33.3%	3.3
3	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	32.1%	2.7
4	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.8
5	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	25.3%	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	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	12.1%	1.8
10	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
11	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
12	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
13	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
14	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
15	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
16	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
17	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
18	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
19	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.4%	2.8
20	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
21	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.8
22	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
23	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
24	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
25	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8
26	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
27	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
28	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