Pauper staples: Instants or Lands

106 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 (82)

#	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	Vault of Whispers Artifact Land	Artifact Land	15.1%	3.0
8	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
9	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
10	Great Furnace Artifact Land	Artifact Land	13.3%	3.1
11	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
12	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
13	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
14	Drossforge Bridge Artifact Land	Artifact Land	10.8%	3.8
15	Eviscerator's Insight Instant	Instant	10.1%	2.6
16	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
17	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
18	Seat of the Synod Artifact Land	Artifact Land	8.9%	3.2
19	Fanatical Offering Instant	Instant	8.6%	3.6
20	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
21	Contaminated Aquifer Land — Island Swamp	Land — Island Swamp	8.6%	3.7
22	Mistvault Bridge Artifact Land	Artifact Land	8.5%	3.6
23	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
24	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.8%	3.6
25	Prismatic Strands Instant	Instant	7.0%	3.2
26	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
27	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
28	Urza's Tower Land — Urza's Tower	Land — Urza's Tower	6.9%	4.0
29	Urza's Mine Land — Urza's Mine	Land — Urza's Mine	6.9%	4.0
30	Urza's Power Plant Land — Urza's Power-Plant	Land — Urza's Power-Plant	6.9%	4.0
31	Silverbluff Bridge Artifact Land	Artifact Land	6.1%	2.6
32	Crop Rotation Instant	Instant	5.9%	2.5
33	Snow-Covered Mountain Basic Snow Land — Mountain	Basic Snow Land — Mountain	5.9%	2.4
34	Ephemerate Instant	Instant	5.8%	3.0
35	Snow-Covered Island Basic Snow Land — Island	Basic Snow Land — Island	5.6%	7.4
36	Conduit Pylons Land — Desert	Land — Desert	5.4%	1.6
37	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
38	Ancient Den Artifact Land	Artifact Land	5.0%	3.1
39	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
40	Volatile Fjord Snow Land — Island Mountain	Snow Land — Island Mountain	4.7%	2.3
41	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
42	Slagwoods Bridge Artifact Land	Artifact Land	4.6%	4.0
43	Twisted Landscape Land	Land	4.5%	3.9
44	Khalni Garden Land	Land	4.1%	3.8
45	Gingerbread Cabin Land — Forest	Land — Forest	4.1%	1.0
46	Perilous Landscape Land	Land	4.0%	3.5
47	Glacial Floodplain Snow Land — Plains Island	Snow Land — Plains Island	3.9%	1.8
48	Dimir Aqueduct Land	Land	3.8%	1.1
49	Seething Landscape Land	Land	3.8%	1.4
50	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
51	Snow-Covered Plains Basic Snow Land — Plains	Basic Snow Land — Plains	3.7%	1.8
52	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
53	Ice Tunnel Snow Land — Island Swamp	Snow Land — Island Swamp	3.6%	2.3
54	Citadel Gate Land — Gate	Land — Gate	3.5%	4.0
55	Basilisk Gate Land — Gate	Land — Gate	3.5%	4.0
56	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
57	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
58	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
59	Ghostly Flicker Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.1
60	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
61	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
62	Manor Gate Land — Gate	Land — Gate	3.0%	2.5
63	Ash Barrens Land	Land	3.0%	1.9
64	Haunted Mire Land — Swamp Forest	Land — Swamp Forest	2.9%	1.0
65	Wooded Ridgeline Land — Mountain Forest	Land — Mountain Forest	2.9%	1.1
66	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
67	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
68	Ramosian Rally Instant	Instant	2.7%	2.4
69	Cliffgate Land — Gate	Land — Gate	2.7%	3.9
70	Goldmire Bridge Artifact Land	Artifact Land	2.6%	2.2
71	Contaminated Landscape Land	Land	2.6%	1.9
72	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.0
73	Razortide Bridge Artifact Land	Artifact Land	2.5%	3.0
74	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	2.5%	2.5
75	Guardians' Pledge Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.2
76	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
77	Hickory Woodlot Land	Land	2.3%	4.0
78	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
79	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
80	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
81	Boros Garrison Land	Land	2.1%	2.4
82	Sandstone Needle Land	Land	2.1%	3.8

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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	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	14.4%	3.1
9	Flaring Pain Instant	Instant	12.2%	1.2
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	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
17	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
18	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.3%	2.8
19	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
20	Unexpected Fangs Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.1
21	Moment's Peace Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.5
22	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
23	Tamiyo's Safekeeping Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.5
24	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
25	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
26	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
27	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.1
28	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.9
29	Prismatic Strands Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.6
30	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
31	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9

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decks of the format that play it in this part

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among the decks that play it