Pauper staples: Removal or Recursion or Lifegain

96 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 (63)

#	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	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	15.9%	3.3
5	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
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	Sagu Wildling // Roost Seek Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	10.3%	2.9
14	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
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	Reckoner's Bargain Instant	Instant	7.8%	3.6
19	Toxin Analysis Instant	Instant	6.9%	1.9
20	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.5%	2.7
21	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
22	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
23	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
24	Bramble Wurm Creature — Wurm	Creature — Wurm	5.5%	3.9
25	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	4.0
26	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
27	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
28	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
29	Barrels of Blasting Jelly Artifact	Artifact	5.1%	3.2
30	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
31	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
32	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
33	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
34	Pursue the Past Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	3.7
35	Candy Trail Artifact — Food Clue	Artifact — Food Clue	4.3%	3.4
36	Gingerbread Cabin Land — Forest	Land — Forest	4.1%	1.0
37	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
38	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	3.8%	1.1
39	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
40	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
41	Sacred Cat Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	3.3%	4.0
42	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
43	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
44	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
45	Outlaw Medic Creature — Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	3.1%	3.7
46	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
47	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
48	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
49	Boulderbranch Golem Artifact Creature — Golem	Artifact Creature — Golem	2.9%	3.2
50	Armadillo Cloak Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.9
51	Union of the Third Path Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.4
52	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
53	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
54	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.0
55	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
56	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
57	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	4.0
58	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
59	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
60	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
61	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
62	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
63	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9

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Sideboard (47)

#	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	Weather the Storm Instant	Instant	14.4%	3.1
8	Dust to Dust Sorcery	Sorcery	13.3%	3.1
9	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.7%	2.0
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	Vitu-Ghazi Inspector Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	5.0%	2.6
22	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.9%	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	4.3%	2.8
28	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.4
29	Drown in Sorrow Sorcery	Sorcery	3.7%	1.9
30	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
31	Unexpected Fangs Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.1
32	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	2.8%	1.9
33	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
34	Spinewoods Paladin Creature — Human Knight	Creature — Human Knight	2.6%	3.2
35	Mukotai Ambusher Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	Artifact Creature — Rat Ninja	2.6%	1.2
36	Tamiyo's Safekeeping Instant	Instant	2.5%	2.5
37	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
38	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	2.4
39	Nylea's Disciple Creature — Centaur Archer	Creature — Centaur Archer	2.3%	2.8
40	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
41	Call Damage Control Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.8
42	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
43	Spirit Link Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.2%	2.4
44	Terminate Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.1
45	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.9
46	Ram Through Instant	Instant	2.1%	2.0
47	Cast Down Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.9

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