Change the Equation 
Instant
Oracle Text
Choose one —
• 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 | 23 | 2.3 | 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
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (35)
- 1 Eliminate
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Flare of Malice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Consume the Meek
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Gollum's Bite
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
Lands (40)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Castle Vantress
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 High Market
- 12 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
- 3 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (32)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Flare of Malice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Louisoix's Sacrifice
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Lands (40)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Castle Vantress
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 High Market
- 8 Island
- 2 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
- 1 Swamp
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (35)
- 1 Eliminate
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Flare of Malice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Consume the Meek
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Gollum's Bite
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
Lands (40)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Castle Vantress
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 High Market
- 12 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
- 3 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (9)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (9)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Instants (10)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (9)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (9)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (21)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (36)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (8)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (34)
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Prohibit
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Exclude
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dispel
- 1 Fading Hope
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Hydroblast
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (7)
Lands (38)
- 1 Demolition Field
- 1 Field of Ruin
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 10 Island
- 5 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 2 Island
- 1 Island
- 3 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Muraganda Raceway
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Tectonic Edge
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 War Room
