Pauper staples: Removal or Counterspells or Discard or Recursion or Graveyard hate

90 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 (56)

#	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	Bojuka Bog Land	Land	18.6%	1.3
6	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
7	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.7%	2.6
8	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
9	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.2%	4.0
10	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
11	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
12	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
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	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
18	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.6%	3.7
19	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
20	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
21	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
22	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
23	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.5%	2.7
24	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
25	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
26	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
27	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	4.0
28	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
29	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
30	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
31	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
32	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
33	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
34	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
35	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
36	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
37	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
38	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
39	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
40	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
41	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
42	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
43	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
44	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
45	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
46	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
47	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
48	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
49	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
50	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	4.0
51	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
52	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
53	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
54	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
55	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
56	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9

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Sideboard (48)

#	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	Faerie Macabre Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	18.4%	2.2
9	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
10	Dust to Dust Sorcery	Sorcery	13.3%	3.1
11	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	12.1%	1.8
12	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
13	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.7%	2.0
14	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	11.1%	2.6
15	Arms of Hadar Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.4
16	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	10.4%	1.8
17	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
18	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
19	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
20	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
21	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
22	Troublemaker Ouphe Creature — Ouphe	Creature — Ouphe	7.1%	2.4
23	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
24	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
25	Vandalblast Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.0
26	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
27	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
28	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
29	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
30	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
31	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
32	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.3%	2.8
33	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.4
34	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
35	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
36	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.9
37	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.8%	1.9
38	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
39	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
40	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	2.4
41	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
42	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
43	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
44	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.1
45	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.9
46	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
47	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9
48	Okiba-Gang Shinobi Creature — Rat Ninja	Creature — Rat Ninja	2.0%	1.0

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