Pauper staples: Removal or Counterspells or Cantrips

86 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 (57)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.6%	4.0
3	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.8%	3.0
4	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
5	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
6	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.4%	3.1
7	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.1%	4.0
8	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
9	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
10	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
11	Ichor Wellspring Artifact	Artifact	12.6%	3.6
12	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
13	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
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	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	6.4%	2.7
26	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
27	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.3%	3.8
28	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
29	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	4.0
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	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
33	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
34	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	4.6%	3.4
35	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
36	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
37	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
38	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
39	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
40	Prophetic Prism Artifact	Artifact	3.3%	2.9
41	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
42	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.3%	2.0
43	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
44	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
45	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
46	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
47	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
48	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
49	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
50	Abundant Growth Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.5%	4.0
51	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
52	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	4.0
53	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
54	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
55	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
56	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
57	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 (40)

#	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	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	11.6%	2.0
11	Arms of Hadar Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.4
12	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	10.3%	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	7.0%	2.4
19	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
20	Vandalblast Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	2.0
21	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
22	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.8%	1.4
23	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
24	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
25	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
26	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
27	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.4%	2.8
28	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.5
29	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
30	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
31	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.9%	1.9
32	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.8
33	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
34	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	2.4
35	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
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	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

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among the decks that play it