Pauper staples: Removal or Counterspells or Burn or Discard or Recursion

92 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 (60)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.5%	4.0
3	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
4	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.9%	3.0
5	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	17.4%	4.0
6	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
7	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
8	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.2%	4.0
9	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
10	Grab the Prize Sorcery	Sorcery	14.0%	4.0
11	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
12	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
13	Guttersnipe Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	12.7%	3.4
14	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
15	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
16	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
17	Kessig Flamebreather Creature — Human Shaman	Creature — Human Shaman	10.4%	3.8
18	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
19	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
20	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.6%	3.7
21	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
22	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
23	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
24	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
25	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.5%	2.7
26	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
27	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
28	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
29	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	4.0
30	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
31	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
32	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
33	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
34	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
35	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
36	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
37	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
38	Lotleth Giant Creature — Zombie Giant	Creature — Zombie Giant	4.4%	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	Black Mage's Rod Artifact — Equipment	Artifact — Equipment	3.4%	2.4
42	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
43	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
44	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
45	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
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	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
51	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
52	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
53	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
54	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	4.0
55	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
56	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
57	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
58	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
59	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
60	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9

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Sideboard (45)

#	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	Dust to Dust Sorcery	Sorcery	13.3%	3.1
9	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
10	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.7%	2.0
11	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	11.1%	2.6
12	Arms of Hadar Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.4
13	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	10.4%	1.8
14	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
15	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
16	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
17	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
18	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
19	Troublemaker Ouphe Creature — Ouphe	Creature — Ouphe	7.1%	2.4
20	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
21	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
22	Vandalblast Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.0
23	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
24	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
25	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
26	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
27	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
28	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
29	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.3%	2.8
30	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.4
31	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
32	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
33	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
34	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.8%	1.9
35	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
36	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
37	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	2.4
38	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
39	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
40	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
41	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.1
42	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.9
43	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
44	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9
45	Okiba-Gang Shinobi Creature — Rat Ninja	Creature — Rat Ninja	2.0%	1.0

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