Pauper staples: Removal or Counterspells or Recursion or Lifegain

104 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 (68)

#	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	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
6	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	15.9%	3.3
7	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.4%	3.1
8	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
9	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
10	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
11	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
12	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
13	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.8
14	Sagu Wildling // Roost Seek Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	10.3%	2.9
15	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.3%	2.9
16	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.0%	2.9
17	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.7%	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	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.7%	3.6
22	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
23	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
24	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.4%	2.7
25	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
26	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
27	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
28	Bramble Wurm Creature — Wurm	Creature — Wurm	5.5%	3.9
29	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	4.0
30	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
31	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
32	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
33	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
34	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
35	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
36	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
37	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
38	Pursue the Past Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	3.7
39	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	4.3%	3.4
40	Gingerbread Cabin Land — Forest	Land — Forest	4.1%	1.0
41	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
42	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	3.8%	1.1
43	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
44	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
45	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
46	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.3%	2.0
47	Sacred Cat Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	3.2%	4.0
48	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
49	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
50	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
51	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
52	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
53	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
54	Boulderbranch Golem Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.9%	3.2
55	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
56	Armadillo Cloak Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.9
57	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
58	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
59	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	2.5%	3.0
60	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
61	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
62	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	4.0
63	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
64	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
65	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
66	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
67	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
68	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9

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Sideboard (51)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	33.3%	3.3
3	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.8
4	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	25.3%	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	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
9	Dust to Dust Sorcery	Sorcery	13.3%	3.1
10	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
11	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.6%	2.0
12	Arms of Hadar Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.4
13	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	10.3%	1.8
14	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
15	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
16	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
17	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
18	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
19	Troublemaker Ouphe Creature — Ouphe	Creature — Ouphe	7.0%	2.4
20	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
21	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
22	Vandalblast Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	2.0
23	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
24	Vitu-Ghazi Inspector Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	5.0%	2.6
25	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.8%	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	4.4%	2.8
31	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.5
32	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
33	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
34	Unexpected Fangs Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.1
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	Spinewoods Paladin Creature — Human Knight	Creature — Human Knight	2.6%	3.2
39	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	2.6%	1.2
40	Tamiyo's Safekeeping Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.5
41	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
42	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	2.4
43	Nylea's Disciple Creature — Centaur Archer	Creature — Centaur Archer	2.4%	2.8
44	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
45	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
46	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
47	Spirit Link Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.2%	2.4
48	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8
49	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
50	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
51	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9

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