Pauper staples: White or Blue or Red, Removal or Counterspells or Recursion

48 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 (27)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Lightning Bolt Instant	Instant	24.6%	3.8
2	Counterspell Instant	Instant	24.6%	4.0
3	Dispel Instant	Instant	16.1%	1.9
4	Fireblast Instant	Instant	14.4%	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	Makeshift Munitions Enchantment	Enchantment	10.5%	1.0
9	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	9.0%	2.9
10	Thraben Charm Instant	Instant	8.6%	2.6
11	Spellstutter Sprite Creature — Faerie Wizard	Creature — Faerie Wizard	7.8%	3.9
12	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	6.9%	2.1
13	Deem Inferior Sorcery	Sorcery	6.4%	2.7
14	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	4.0
15	Archaeomancer Creature — Human Wizard	Creature — Human Wizard	5.2%	2.6
16	Skred Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.8
17	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	4.5%	2.8
18	Chain Lightning Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	2.1
19	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.7
20	Force Spike Instant	Instant	3.4%	2.8
21	Snap Instant	Instant	3.3%	3.3
22	Dispatch Instant	Instant	3.2%	3.9
23	Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric	3.1%	3.7
24	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
25	Ride's End Instant	Instant	2.8%	1.6
26	Sentinel's Eyes Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.3%	1.4
27	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 (28)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Hydroblast Instant	Instant	34.2%	3.3
2	Pyroblast Instant	Instant	33.3%	3.3
3	Blue Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	29.0%	2.8
4	Red Elemental Blast Instant	Instant	25.3%	2.6
5	Breath Weapon Instant	Instant	20.4%	2.3
6	Annul Instant	Instant	19.1%	3.1
7	Cast into the Fire Instant	Instant	17.1%	2.6
8	Dust to Dust Sorcery	Sorcery	13.3%	3.1
9	Envelop Instant	Instant	11.8%	1.6
10	End the Festivities Sorcery	Sorcery	11.6%	2.0
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	Dispel Instant	Instant	6.4%	1.6
17	Vandalblast Sorcery	Sorcery	5.3%	2.0
18	Suplex Sorcery	Sorcery	5.2%	2.3
19	Krark-Clan Shaman Creature — Goblin Shaman	Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.8%	1.4
20	Ancient Grudge Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.7
21	Gorilla Shaman Creature — Ape Shaman	Creature — Ape Shaman	3.8%	1.5
22	Electrickery Instant	Instant	3.6%	2.1
23	Negate Instant	Instant	2.9%	1.8
24	Cleansing Wildfire Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	2.4
25	Journey to Nowhere Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	2.4
26	Fiery Cannonade Instant	Instant	2.3%	2.0
27	Destroy Evil Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.6
28	Holy Light Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it