Change the Equation 
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• Counter target spell with mana value 2 or less.
• Counter target red or green spell with mana value 6 or less.
Format Legality
PioneerModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Change the Equation, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer | 24 | 2.2 | 235 | 1.6 |
| Duel Commander | 7 | 1 | 147 | 1 |
| Standard | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.7 |
Details
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 2
- Collector #
- 50
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Change the Equation
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (34)
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Daze
- 1 Detect Intrusion
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Flare of Malice
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Murderous Cut
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Vendetta
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Erebos's Intervention
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Botanical Sanctum
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Forest
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Ademi of the Silkchutes
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
- 1 Cathar Commando
- 1 Containment Priest
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Kutzil's Flanker
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Ocelot Pride
Sorceries (6)
Instants (26)
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Adarkar Wastes
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Elegant Parlor
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Shivan Reef
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (33)
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Get Lost
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Condemn
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tithe
- 1 Dovin's Veto
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Absorb
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
- 1 Unexpectedly Absent
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Castle Ardenvale
- 1 Castle Vantress
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Demolition Field
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Field of Ruin
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Fountainport
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hengegate Pathway
- 1 Irrigated Farmland
- 2 Island
- 2 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Gate
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 2 Plains
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prairie Stream
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Restless Anchorage
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (49)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Fading Hope
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (33)
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Detect Intrusion
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Shadow of Doubt
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Void Rend
Enchantments (2)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Gate
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raffine's Tower
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (36)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Duelist of the Mind
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Sinister Concierge
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Fury
- 1 Oliphaunt
Sorceries (11)
Instants (27)
- 1 Siege Smash
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Burst Lightning
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lava Dart
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Lands (36)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery
- 1 Fiery Islet
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 4 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 2 Mountain
- 2 Mountain
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Opal Palace
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shivan Reef
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Swarmyard
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (49)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Fading Hope
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Lands (35)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magda, the Hoardmaster
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Duelist of the Mind
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Sinister Concierge
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Fury
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
Sorceries (11)
Instants (27)
- 1 Siege Smash
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Burst Lightning
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lava Dart
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Lands (36)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Fiery Islet
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Hammerheim
- 6 Island
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 4 Mountain
- 1 Opal Palace
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shivan Reef
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Swarmyard
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Censor
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Dispelling Exhale
- 1 Jwari Disruption
- 1 Make Disappear
- 1 Negate
- 1 Destroy Evil
- 1 Fateful Absence
- 1 Get Lost
- 1 Hallowed Moonlight
- 1 Soul Partition
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Settle the Wreckage
- 1 Dig Through Time
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Elspeth's Smite
- 1 Dovin's Veto
- 1 Absorb
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (37)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Think Twice
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Exclude
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Dismiss
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Engulf the Shore
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Minor Misstep
- 1 Opt
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (35)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Power Word Kill
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Reject
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Flare of Malice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (39)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Castle Vantress
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 High Market
- 4 Island
- 4 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 3 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6