Pauper staples: Removal or Creature removal or Card draw or Recursion

124 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 (96)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Lórien Revealed Sorcery	Sorcery	24.3%	3.9
3	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
4	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.8%	3.0
5	Brainstorm Instant	Instant	18.0%	3.7
6	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	17.5%	4.0
7	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	15.6%	2.6
8	Faithless Looting Sorcery	Sorcery	15.5%	3.3
9	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.4%	3.1
10	Highway Robbery Sorcery	Sorcery	14.2%	3.9
11	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.1%	4.0
12	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
13	Grab the Prize Sorcery	Sorcery	14.1%	4.0
14	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
15	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
16	Ichor Wellspring Artifact	Artifact	12.6%	3.6
17	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
18	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
19	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.4%	1.8
20	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.3%	2.9
21	Eviscerator's Insight Instant	Instant	10.0%	2.6
22	Ponder Sorcery	Sorcery	9.8%	3.2
23	Thought Scour Instant	Instant	9.5%	4.0
24	Mental Note Instant	Instant	9.4%	3.9
25	Bonder's Ornament Artifact	Artifact	9.0%	2.1
26	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.0%	2.9
27	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.7%	3.7
28	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
29	Fanatical Offering Instant	Instant	8.6%	3.6
30	Thoughtcast Sorcery	Sorcery	8.3%	4.0
31	Preordain Sorcery	Sorcery	8.3%	3.4
32	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
33	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.7%	3.6
34	Ninja of the Deep Hours Creature — Human Ninja	Creature — Human Ninja	7.6%	2.9
35	Thorn of the Black Rose Creature — Human Assassin	Creature — Human Assassin	7.3%	2.1
36	Deep Analysis Sorcery	Sorcery	7.2%	1.2
37	Moon-Circuit Hacker Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	7.0%	2.8
38	Sewer-veillance Cam Artifact	Artifact	7.0%	1.7
39	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
40	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.4%	2.7
41	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
42	Baleful Strix Artifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	6.3%	3.8
43	Mulldrifter Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	6.1%	3.5
44	Melded Moxite Artifact	Artifact	6.0%	3.1
45	Thraben Inspector Creature — Human Soldier	Creature — Human Soldier	5.9%	3.9
46	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
47	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
48	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	4.0
49	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
50	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
51	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
52	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
53	Novice Inspector Creature — Human Detective	Creature — Human Detective	5.0%	3.6
54	Plunder the Trollshaws Instant	Instant	4.9%	2.7
55	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
56	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	4.6%	3.4
57	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
58	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
59	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
60	Twisted Landscape Land	Land	4.4%	3.9
61	Pursue the Past Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	3.7
62	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	4.3%	3.4
63	Perilous Landscape Land	Land	4.0%	3.5
64	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
65	Seething Landscape Land	Land	3.8%	1.4
66	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
67	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
68	Prophetic Prism Artifact	Artifact	3.3%	2.9
69	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
70	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.3%	2.0
71	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
72	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	3.2%	4.0
73	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
74	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
75	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
76	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
77	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
78	Of One Mind Sorcery	Sorcery	2.9%	3.8
79	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
80	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
81	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
82	Raffine's Informant Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	2.6%	4.0
83	Contaminated Landscape Land	Land	2.6%	1.9
84	Harrier Strix Creature — Bird	Creature — Bird	2.5%	2.0
85	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
86	Abundant Growth Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.5%	4.0
87	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
88	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	2.5%	2.5
89	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	4.0
90	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
91	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
92	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
93	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
94	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
95	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
96	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9

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Sideboard (41)

#	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	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
8	Dust to Dust Sorcery	Sorcery	13.3%	3.1
9	Nihil Spellbomb Artifact	Artifact	12.1%	1.8
10	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.6%	2.0
11	Arms of Hadar Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.4
12	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	10.3%	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	7.0%	2.4
19	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
20	Vandalblast Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	2.0
21	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
22	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.8%	1.4
23	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
24	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
25	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
26	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
27	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.4%	2.8
28	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.5
29	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
30	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
31	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.9%	1.9
32	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
33	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
34	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	2.4
35	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
36	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
37	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
38	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8
39	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
40	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
41	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