Pauper staples: Removal or Counterspells or Ramp or Recursion

107 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 (77)

#	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	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
6	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
7	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
8	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
9	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
10	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
11	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
12	Malevolent Rumble Sorcery	Sorcery	10.5%	3.6
13	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
14	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
15	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
16	Bonder's Ornament Artifact	Artifact	9.0%	2.1
17	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.6%	3.7
18	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
19	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
20	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
21	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
22	Urza's Tower Land — Urza's Tower	Land — Urza's Tower	6.9%	4.0
23	Urza's Mine Land — Urza's Mine	Land — Urza's Mine	6.9%	4.0
24	Urza's Power Plant Land — Urza's Power-Plant	Land — Urza's Power-Plant	6.9%	4.0
25	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.5%	2.7
26	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
27	Utopia Sprawl Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	6.1%	4.0
28	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
29	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
30	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	4.0
31	Priest of Titania Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.2%	3.9
32	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
33	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
34	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
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	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
38	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
39	Overgrown Battlement Creature — Wall	Creature — Wall	4.5%	4.0
40	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
41	Saruli Caretaker Creature — Dryad	Creature — Dryad	4.5%	3.9
42	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
43	Wall of Roots Creature — Plant Wall	Creature — Plant Wall	4.4%	3.4
44	Fyndhorn Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.2%	2.9
45	Elvish Mystic Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.0%	2.8
46	Arbor Elf Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	3.9%	3.9
47	Wild Growth Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	3.9%	2.7
48	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
49	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
50	Eldrazi Repurposer Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	3.7%	3.2
51	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
52	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
53	Elves of Deep Shadow Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	3.3%	2.4
54	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
55	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
56	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
57	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
58	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
59	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
60	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
61	Bender's Waterskin Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	2.8
62	Lotus Petal Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.3
63	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
64	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
65	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
66	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
67	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	4.0
68	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
69	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
70	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
71	Hickory Woodlot Land	Land	2.3%	4.0
72	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
73	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
74	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
75	Sandstone Needle Land	Land	2.1%	3.8
76	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9
77	Glimpse the Impossible Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	3.9

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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