Pauper staples: Removal or Ramp or Recursion

99 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 (72)

#	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	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
6	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
7	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
8	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
9	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
10	Malevolent Rumble Sorcery	Sorcery	10.5%	3.6
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	Bonder's Ornament Artifact	Artifact	9.0%	2.1
15	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.6%	3.7
16	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
17	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
18	Urza's Tower Land — Urza's Tower	Land — Urza's Tower	6.9%	4.0
19	Urza's Mine Land — Urza's Mine	Land — Urza's Mine	6.9%	4.0
20	Urza's Power Plant Land — Urza's Power-Plant	Land — Urza's Power-Plant	6.9%	4.0
21	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.5%	2.7
22	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
23	Utopia Sprawl Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	6.1%	4.0
24	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
25	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
26	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	4.0
27	Priest of Titania Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.2%	3.9
28	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
29	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
30	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
31	Llanowar Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	5.1%	3.3
32	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
33	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
34	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
35	Overgrown Battlement Creature — Wall	Creature — Wall	4.5%	4.0
36	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
37	Saruli Caretaker Creature — Dryad	Creature — Dryad	4.5%	3.9
38	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
39	Wall of Roots Creature — Plant Wall	Creature — Plant Wall	4.4%	3.4
40	Fyndhorn Elves Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.2%	2.9
41	Elvish Mystic Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	4.0%	2.8
42	Arbor Elf Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	3.9%	3.9
43	Wild Growth Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	3.9%	2.7
44	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
45	Unfathomable Truths Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
46	Eldrazi Repurposer Creature — Eldrazi Drone	Creature — Eldrazi Drone	3.7%	3.2
47	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
48	Elves of Deep Shadow Creature — Elf Druid	Creature — Elf Druid	3.3%	2.4
49	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
50	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
51	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
52	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
53	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
54	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
55	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
56	Bender's Waterskin Artifact	Artifact	3.0%	2.8
57	Lotus Petal Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	2.3
58	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
59	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
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	Hickory Woodlot Land	Land	2.3%	4.0
67	Manamorphose Instant	Instant	2.3%	4.0
68	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
69	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
70	Sandstone Needle Land	Land	2.1%	3.8
71	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9
72	Glimpse the Impossible Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	3.9

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Sideboard (39)

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

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