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
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (36)
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Change the Equation
- 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 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Noxious Revival
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Enchantments (2)
Lands (38)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Dreamroot Cascade
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Forest
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (3)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (5)
Instants (23)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (37)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (30)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (37)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (28)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (38)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (35)
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Change the Equation
- 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 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Noxious Revival
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (39)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Dreamroot Cascade
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Forest
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 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 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (28)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (38)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (5)
Instants (23)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (37)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Duelist of the Mind
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 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 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Aboleth Spawn
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Enduring Curiosity
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (6)
Instants (30)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cremate
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Disfigure
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Gollum's Bite
- 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 (2)
Lands (40)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Castle Vantress
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Fetid Pools
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Riptide Laboratory
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 3 Snow-Covered Island
- 8 Snow-Covered Island
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sunken Hollow
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (35)
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Change the Equation
- 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 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Noxious Revival
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (39)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Dreamroot Cascade
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Forest
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 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 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
