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

108 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 (70)

#	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	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	15.9%	3.3
8	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.6%	2.6
9	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.4%	3.1
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	10.4%	1.8
16	Sagu Wildling // Roost Seek Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	10.3%	2.9
17	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.3%	2.9
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	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
22	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
23	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.7%	3.6
24	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
25	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
26	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.4%	2.7
27	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
28	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
29	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
30	Bramble Wurm Creature — Wurm	Creature — Wurm	5.5%	3.9
31	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	4.0
32	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
33	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
34	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
35	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
36	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
37	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
38	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
39	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
40	Pursue the Past Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	3.7
41	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	4.3%	3.4
42	Gingerbread Cabin Land — Forest	Land — Forest	4.1%	1.0
43	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
44	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	3.8%	1.1
45	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
46	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
47	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
48	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.3%	2.0
49	Sacred Cat Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	3.2%	4.0
50	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
51	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
52	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
53	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
54	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
55	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
56	Boulderbranch Golem Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.9%	3.2
57	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
58	Armadillo Cloak Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.9
59	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
60	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
61	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	2.5%	3.0
62	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
63	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
64	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	4.0
65	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
66	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
67	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
68	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
69	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
70	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9

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Sideboard (54)

#	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	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
11	Dust to Dust Sorcery	Sorcery	13.3%	3.1
12	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	12.1%	1.8
13	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
14	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.6%	2.0
15	Arms of Hadar Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.4
16	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	10.3%	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	7.0%	2.4
23	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
24	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
25	Vandalblast Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	2.0
26	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
27	Vitu-Ghazi Inspector Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	5.0%	2.6
28	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.8%	1.4
29	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
30	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
31	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
32	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
33	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.4%	2.8
34	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.5
35	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
36	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
37	Unexpected Fangs Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.1
38	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.9%	1.9
39	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.8
40	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
41	Spinewoods Paladin Creature — Human Knight	Creature — Human Knight	2.6%	3.2
42	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	2.6%	1.2
43	Tamiyo's Safekeeping Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.5
44	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
45	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	2.4
46	Nylea's Disciple Creature — Centaur Archer	Creature — Centaur Archer	2.4%	2.8
47	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
48	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
49	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
50	Spirit Link Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.2%	2.4
51	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8
52	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
53	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
54	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9

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