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

111 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 (79)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.6%	4.0
3	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
4	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.8%	3.0
5	Bojuka Bog Land	Land	18.6%	1.3
6	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
7	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.6%	2.6
8	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.4%	3.1
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	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
13	Malevolent Rumble Sorcery	Sorcery	10.5%	3.6
14	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
15	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.8
16	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.3%	2.9
17	Bonder's Ornament Artifact	Artifact	9.0%	2.1
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	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
22	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
23	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
24	Urza's Tower Land — Urza's Tower	Land — Urza's Tower	6.9%	4.0
25	Urza's Mine Land — Urza's Mine	Land — Urza's Mine	6.9%	4.0
26	Urza's Power Plant Land — Urza's Power-Plant	Land — Urza's Power-Plant	6.9%	4.0
27	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.4%	2.7
28	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
29	Utopia Sprawl Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	6.1%	4.0
30	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
31	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
32	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	4.0
33	Priest of Titania Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.2%	3.9
34	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
35	Llanowar Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.1%	3.3
36	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
37	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
38	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
39	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
40	Overgrown Battlement Creature — Wall	Creature — Wall	4.5%	4.0
41	Saruli Caretaker Creature — Dryad	Creature — Dryad	4.5%	3.9
42	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
43	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
44	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
45	Wall of Roots Creature — Plant Wall	Creature — Plant Wall	4.4%	3.4
46	Fyndhorn Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.2%	2.9
47	Elvish Mystic Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.1%	2.8
48	Arbor Elf Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.0%	3.9
49	Wild Growth Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	3.9%	2.7
50	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
51	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
52	Eldrazi Repurposer Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	3.7%	3.2
53	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
54	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
55	Elves of Deep Shadow Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	3.3%	2.4
56	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
57	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.3%	2.0
58	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
59	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
60	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
61	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
62	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
63	Bender's Waterskin Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	2.8
64	Lotus Petal Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	2.3
65	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
66	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
67	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
68	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
69	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	4.0
70	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
71	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
72	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
73	Hickory Woodlot Land	Land	2.3%	4.0
74	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
75	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
76	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
77	Sandstone Needle Land	Land	2.1%	3.8
78	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9
79	Glimpse the Impossible Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	3.9

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Sideboard (46)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	33.3%	3.3
3	Relic of Progenitus Artifact	Artifact	32.1%	2.7
4	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.8
5	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	25.3%	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	11.6%	2.0
14	Arms of Hadar Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.4
15	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	10.3%	1.8
16	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
17	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
18	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
19	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
20	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
21	Troublemaker Ouphe Creature — Ouphe	Creature — Ouphe	7.0%	2.4
22	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
23	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
24	Vandalblast Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	2.0
25	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
26	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.8%	1.4
27	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
28	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
29	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
30	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
31	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.4%	2.8
32	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.5
33	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
34	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
35	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.9%	1.9
36	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.8
37	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
38	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
39	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	2.4
40	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
41	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
42	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
43	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8
44	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
45	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
46	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9

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