Pauper staples: Removal or Cantrips or Discard or Recursion

92 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 (63)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
3	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.8%	3.0
4	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
5	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.4%	3.1
6	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.1%	4.0
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	Ichor Wellspring Artifact	Artifact	12.6%	3.6
11	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
12	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
13	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.8
14	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.3%	2.9
15	Ponder Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	3.2
16	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
17	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
18	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.0%	2.9
19	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.7%	3.7
20	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
21	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	8.3%	3.4
22	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
23	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.4%	2.7
24	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
25	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.3%	3.8
26	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
27	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
28	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	4.0
29	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
30	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
31	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
32	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
33	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
34	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
35	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	4.6%	3.4
36	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
37	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
38	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
39	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
40	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
41	Prophetic Prism Artifact	Artifact	3.3%	2.9
42	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
43	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.3%	2.0
44	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
45	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
46	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
47	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
48	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
49	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
50	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
51	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
52	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
53	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
54	Abundant Growth Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.5%	4.0
55	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
56	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	4.0
57	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
58	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
59	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
60	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
61	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
62	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
63	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9

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Sideboard (41)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	33.3%	3.3
3	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.8
4	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	25.3%	2.6
5	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	20.4%	2.3
6	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
7	Dust to Dust Sorcery	Sorcery	13.3%	3.1
8	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.6%	2.0
9	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	11.1%	2.6
10	Arms of Hadar Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.4
11	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	10.3%	1.8
12	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
13	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
14	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
15	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
16	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
17	Troublemaker Ouphe Creature — Ouphe	Creature — Ouphe	7.0%	2.4
18	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
19	Vandalblast Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	2.0
20	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
21	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.8%	1.4
22	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
23	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
24	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
25	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
26	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.4%	2.8
27	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.5
28	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
29	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
30	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.9%	1.9
31	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
32	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
33	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	2.4
34	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
35	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
36	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
37	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8
38	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
39	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
40	Okiba-Gang Shinobi Creature — Rat Ninja	Creature — Rat Ninja	2.0%	1.0
41	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