Pauper staples: Removal or Discard or Recursion

78 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 (49)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Sneaky Snacker Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	20.8%	4.0
3	Cast Down Instant	Instant	18.9%	3.0
4	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
5	Refurbished Familiar Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	14.2%	4.0
6	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
7	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
8	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
9	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
10	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
11	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
12	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
13	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
14	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.6%	3.7
15	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
16	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
17	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.5%	2.7
18	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
19	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
20	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
21	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	4.0
22	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
23	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
24	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
25	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
26	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
27	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
28	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
29	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
30	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
31	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
32	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
33	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
34	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
35	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
36	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
37	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
38	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
39	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
40	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
41	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
42	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
43	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	4.0
44	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
45	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
46	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
47	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
48	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
49	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (41)

#	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	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
7	Dust to Dust Sorcery	Sorcery	13.3%	3.1
8	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.7%	2.0
9	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	11.1%	2.6
10	Arms of Hadar Sorcery	Sorcery	10.8%	1.4
11	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	10.4%	1.8
12	Smash to Smithereens Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.6
13	Steel Sabotage Instant	Instant	9.7%	2.6
14	Searing Blaze Instant	Instant	9.2%	2.1
15	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
16	Gut Shot Instant	Instant	7.7%	2.8
17	Troublemaker Ouphe Creature — Ouphe	Creature — Ouphe	7.1%	2.4
18	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	6.9%	1.6
19	Vandalblast Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.0
20	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
21	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	1.4
22	Monstrous Emergence Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	3.4
23	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	4.7%	2.0
24	Scattershot Archer Creature — Elf Archer	Creature — Elf Archer	4.7%	2.5
25	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
26	Deglamer Instant	Instant	4.3%	2.8
27	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.4
28	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
29	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
30	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.8%	1.9
31	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
32	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
33	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	2.4
34	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
35	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
36	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
37	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.1
38	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.9
39	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
40	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9
41	Okiba-Gang Shinobi Creature — Rat Ninja	Creature — Rat Ninja	2.0%	1.0

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it