Pauper staples: Removal or Tutors or Recursion

89 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 (62)

#	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	18.9%	3.0
5	Generous Ent Creature — Treefolk	Creature — Treefolk	15.9%	3.3
6	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.3%	3.1
7	Fiery Temper Instant	Instant	14.1%	4.0
8	Galvanic Blast Instant	Instant	13.1%	3.9
9	Lava Dart Instant	Instant	12.9%	4.0
10	Snuff Out Instant	Instant	12.4%	3.1
11	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
12	Avenging Hunter Creature — Dragon Ranger	Creature — Dragon Ranger	10.5%	3.1
13	Blood Fountain Artifact	Artifact	10.5%	1.8
14	Lembas Artifact — Food	Artifact — Food	10.4%	2.9
15	Sagu Wildling // Roost Seek Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen	10.3%	2.9
16	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.1%	2.9
17	Masked Vandal Creature — Shapeshifter	Creature — Shapeshifter	8.6%	3.7
18	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
19	Suffocating Fumes Instant	Instant	7.8%	1.1
20	Expedition Map Artifact	Artifact	6.8%	3.9
21	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.5%	2.7
22	Giant's Boulder Artifact	Artifact	6.3%	3.8
23	Land Grant Sorcery	Sorcery	6.3%	3.4
24	Crop Rotation Instant	Instant	5.9%	2.5
25	Campfire Artifact	Artifact	5.6%	2.0
26	Extract a Confession Sorcery	Sorcery	5.6%	1.0
27	Troll of Khazad-dûm Creature — Troll	Creature — Troll	5.6%	2.2
28	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.4%	4.0
29	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
30	Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher Artifact // Artifact	Artifact // Artifact	5.1%	2.1
31	Pulse of Murasa Instant	Instant	5.1%	1.2
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	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
36	Twisted Landscape Land	Land	4.5%	3.9
37	Dread Return Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.1
38	Gatecreeper Vine Creature — Plant	Creature — Plant	4.3%	2.9
39	Perilous Landscape Land	Land	4.0%	3.5
40	Mesmeric Fiend Creature — Nightmare Horror	Creature — Nightmare Horror	3.8%	2.5
41	Seething Landscape Land	Land	3.8%	1.4
42	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
43	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
44	Cut Down Instant	Instant	3.2%	2.0
45	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
46	Haunted Fengraf Land	Land	3.1%	1.0
47	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
48	Pinnacle Kill-Ship Artifact — Spacecraft	Artifact — Spacecraft	3.1%	3.9
49	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
50	Ash Barrens Land	Land	3.0%	1.9
51	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
52	Rancor Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.8%	3.7
53	Contaminated Landscape Land	Land	2.6%	1.9
54	Mwonvuli Acid-Moss Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	3.9
55	Accursed Marauder Creature — Zombie Warrior	Creature — Zombie Warrior	2.5%	1.3
56	Thermokarst Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	4.0
57	Crypt Rats Creature — Rat	Creature — Rat	2.4%	2.8
58	Agony Warp Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.1
59	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
60	Defile Instant	Instant	2.2%	3.3
61	Witch's Cottage Land — Swamp	Land — Swamp	2.1%	1.6
62	Structural Distortion Sorcery	Sorcery	2.0%	1.9

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Sideboard (40)

#	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	Avenging Hunter Creature — Dragon Ranger	Creature — Dragon Ranger	2.7%	1.7
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

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

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among the decks that play it