Cantrips staples in Pauper

19 cards played in at least 2% of the 1480 Pauper decks of the last 120 days, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Refurbished Familiar (15% of decks).

Official MTGO and magic.gg results and paper tournaments, data provided by TopDeck.gg, updated 28 Oct 2026. How we count

Main deck (17)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Refurbished FamiliarArtifact Creature — Zombie Rat	Artifact Creature — Zombie Rat	15.0%	3.9
2	BrainstormInstant	Instant	12.4%	3.6
3	Baleful StrixArtifact Creature — Bird	Artifact Creature — Bird	9.9%	3.6
4	Ichor WellspringArtifact	Artifact	9.7%	3.6
5	LembasArtifact — Food	Artifact — Food	8.5%	3.0
6	PreordainSorcery	Sorcery	7.5%	3.5
7	Cryogen RelicArtifact	Artifact	6.8%	3.6
8	PonderSorcery	Sorcery	5.7%	3.2
9	Thought ScourInstant	Instant	4.8%	4.0
10	Cleansing WildfireSorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	4.0
11	Plunder the TrollshawsInstant	Instant	4.5%	2.7
12	Mental NoteInstant	Instant	4.5%	3.8
13	Faerie MiscreantCreature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	4.1%	4.0
14	Prophetic PrismArtifact	Artifact	3.8%	3.2
15	Union of the Third PathInstant	Instant	2.9%	1.2
16	ManamorphoseInstant	Instant	2.6%	3.9
17	Abundant GrowthEnchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.0%	3.8

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (3)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Cleansing WildfireSorcery	Sorcery	2.6%	2.5
2	Heritage ReclamationInstant	Instant	2.6%	1.9
3	Spreading SeasEnchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	2.2%	2.7

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Basic lands are left out. Themes come from the functional tags of Scryfall Tagger. How it is calculated