Pauper staples: Removal or Counterspells or Cantrips or Recursion

98 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 (68)

#	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	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
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	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
11	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
12	Ichor Wellspring Artifact	Artifact	12.7%	3.6
13	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
14	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
15	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
16	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
17	Ponder Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	3.2
18	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
19	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
20	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
21	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.6%	3.7
22	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
23	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	8.2%	3.4
24	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
25	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
26	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
27	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.5%	2.7
28	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
29	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.2%	3.8
30	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
31	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
32	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	4.0
33	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
34	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
35	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
36	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
37	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
38	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	4.6%	3.4
39	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
40	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
41	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
42	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
43	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
44	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
45	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
46	Prophetic Prism Artifact	Artifact	3.3%	2.9
47	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
48	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
49	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
50	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
51	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
52	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
53	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
54	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
55	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
56	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
57	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
58	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
59	Abundant Growth Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.5%	4.0
60	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
61	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	4.0
62	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
63	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
64	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
65	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
66	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
67	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
68	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9

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decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (43)

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