Pauper staples: Removal or Counterspells or Card draw or Recursion

132 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 (101)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.5%	4.0
3	Lórien Revealed Sorcery	Sorcery	24.3%	3.9
4	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
5	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.9%	3.0
6	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
7	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	17.4%	4.0
8	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
9	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.7%	2.6
10	Faithless Looting Sorcery	Sorcery	15.5%	3.3
11	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
12	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.2%	4.0
13	Highway Robbery Sorcery	Sorcery	14.2%	3.9
14	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
15	Grab the Prize Sorcery	Sorcery	14.0%	4.0
16	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
17	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
18	Ichor Wellspring Artifact	Artifact	12.7%	3.6
19	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
20	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
21	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
22	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
23	Eviscerator's Insight Instant	Instant	10.1%	2.6
24	Ponder Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	3.2
25	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
26	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
27	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
28	Bonder's Ornament Artifact	Artifact	9.0%	2.1
29	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.6%	3.7
30	Fanatical Offering Instant	Instant	8.6%	3.6
31	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
32	Thoughtcast Sorcery	Sorcery	8.3%	4.0
33	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	8.2%	3.4
34	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
35	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.8%	3.6
36	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
37	Ninja of the Deep Hours Creature — Human Ninja	Creature — Human Ninja	7.6%	2.9
38	Deep Analysis Sorcery	Sorcery	7.3%	1.2
39	Thorn of the Black Rose Creature — Human Assassin	Creature — Human Assassin	7.3%	2.1
40	Moon-Circuit Hacker Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	7.0%	2.8
41	Sewer-veillance Cam Artifact	Artifact	7.0%	1.7
42	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
43	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
44	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.5%	2.7
45	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
46	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.2%	3.8
47	Mulldrifter Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	6.1%	3.5
48	Melded Moxite Artifact	Artifact	6.0%	3.1
49	Thraben Inspector Creature — Human Soldier	Creature — Human Soldier	5.9%	3.9
50	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
51	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
52	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	4.0
53	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
54	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
55	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
56	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
57	Novice Inspector Creature — Human Detective	Creature — Human Detective	5.0%	3.6
58	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
59	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	4.6%	3.4
60	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
61	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
62	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
63	Twisted Landscape Land	Land	4.5%	3.9
64	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
65	Pursue the Past Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	3.7
66	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	4.3%	3.4
67	Perilous Landscape Land	Land	4.0%	3.5
68	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
69	Seething Landscape Land	Land	3.8%	1.4
70	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
71	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
72	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
73	Prophetic Prism Artifact	Artifact	3.3%	2.9
74	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
75	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
76	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
77	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
78	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
79	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
80	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
81	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
82	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
83	Of One Mind Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	3.8
84	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
85	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
86	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
87	Raffine's Informant Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	2.6%	4.0
88	Contaminated Landscape Land	Land	2.6%	1.9
89	Harrier Strix Creature — Bird	Creature — Bird	2.6%	2.1
90	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
91	Abundant Growth Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.5%	4.0
92	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
93	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	2.5%	2.5
94	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	4.0
95	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
96	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
97	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
98	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
99	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
100	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
101	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	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	32.0%	2.7
4	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.7
5	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	25.4%	2.6
6	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	20.4%	2.3
7	Annul Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.1
8	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
9	Dust to Dust Sorcery	Sorcery	13.3%	3.1
10	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	12.1%	1.8
11	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
12	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.7%	2.0
13	Arms of Hadar Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.4
14	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	10.4%	1.8
15	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
16	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
17	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
18	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
19	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
20	Troublemaker Ouphe Creature — Ouphe	Creature — Ouphe	7.1%	2.4
21	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
22	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
23	Vandalblast Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.0
24	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
25	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
26	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
27	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
28	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
29	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
30	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.3%	2.8
31	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.4
32	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
33	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
34	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
35	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.8%	1.9
36	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
37	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
38	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	2.4
39	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
40	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
41	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
42	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.1
43	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.9
44	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
45	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9

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