Instants staples in Pauper · MTGO

70 cards played in at least 2% of the 5879 Pauper decks of the last 120 days, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Counterspell (27% of decks).

Main deck (45)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Counterspell Instant	Instant	27.0%	4.0
2	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.9
3	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	20.1%	3.7
4	Cast Down Instant	Instant	19.2%	3.0
5	Dispel Instant	Instant	17.7%	1.9
6	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.8%	3.2
7	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.7%	4.0
8	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	14.1%	3.1
9	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	13.7%	4.0
10	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.9
11	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	10.9%	4.0
12	Mental Note Instant	Instant	10.8%	3.9
13	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	9.0%	1.1
14	Eviscerator's Insight Instant	Instant	9.0%	2.7
15	Fanatical Offering Instant	Instant	7.8%	3.7
16	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.1
17	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	6.8%	2.6
18	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	6.6%	3.6
19	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	6.5%	2.7
20	Crop Rotation Instant	Instant	5.8%	2.5
21	Prismatic Strands Instant	Instant	5.7%	3.1
22	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	5.7%	1.8
23	Ephemerate Instant	Instant	5.7%	3.0
24	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.2%	1.2
25	Skred Instant	Instant	4.9%	3.8
26	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.9%	3.0
27	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.0
28	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
29	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
30	Ghostly Flicker Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.2
31	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.7
32	Ramosian Rally Instant	Instant	2.9%	2.8
33	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
34	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.4
35	Snap Instant	Instant	2.7%	3.4
36	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.5%	4.0
37	Defile Instant	Instant	2.5%	3.2
38	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.1
39	Fungal Infection Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.3
40	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	2.2%	2.4
41	Guardians' Pledge Instant	Instant	2.2%	2.0
42	Seething Song Instant	Instant	2.1%	4.0
43	Lose Focus Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.1
44	First Day of Class Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.5
45	Desperate Ritual Instant — Arcane	Instant — Arcane	2.0%	3.5

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (29)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	36.8%	3.4
2	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	34.0%	3.3
3	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	30.3%	2.7
4	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	24.7%	2.5
5	Annul Instant	Instant	21.8%	3.1
6	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	18.7%	2.4
7	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	16.4%	2.6
8	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	14.5%	3.2
9	Flaring Pain Instant	Instant	11.3%	1.3
10	Envelop Instant	Instant	10.7%	1.5
11	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	10.6%	2.6
12	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	10.0%	2.6
13	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.9%	2.0
14	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	9.4%	2.8
15	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.0%	2.0
16	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.6%	1.5
17	Deglamer Instant	Instant	5.0%	2.8
18	Unexpected Fangs Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.0
19	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.6
20	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.3%	2.1
21	Negate Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.9
22	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.0
23	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.4%	2.0
24	Moment's Peace Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.6
25	Origin of Metalbending Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	2.1%	1.0
26	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.5
27	Tamiyo's Safekeeping Instant	Instant	2.0%	2.5
28	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.4
29	Holy Light 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