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 | 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
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Instants (11)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (22)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (23)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (35)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Instants (11)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (14)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Instants (13)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Instants (12)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (22)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (27)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Instants (12)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (22)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (34)
- 1 Eliminate
- 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 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
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
- 3 Island
- 5 Island
- 4 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
Sorceries (3)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (27)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (38)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Censor
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Exclude
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Murderous Cut
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cremate
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Tainted Indulgence
- 1 Tyrant's Scorn
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Deprive
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Enchantments (5)
Lands (34)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 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
- 2 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
- 1 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Graveyard Trespasser
- 1 Grief
- 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Lazav, Wearer of Faces
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (8)
Instants (30)
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 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
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (37)
- 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 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
