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: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (43)
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Prismari Command
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fuel the Flames
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Exclude
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cremate
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Terminate
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Pyroblast
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Invert Polarity
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (40)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Cascade Bluffs
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Dragonskull Summit
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Sunken Palace
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Xander's Lounge
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (35)
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 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 Cremate
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Gollum's Bite
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Noxious Revival
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Opt
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (39)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 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 River of Tears
- 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 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (35)
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cremate
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Gollum's Bite
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Noxious Revival
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Opt
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (39)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 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 River of Tears
- 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 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Instants (22)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (27)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (4)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (5)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (37)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Sorceries (5)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (37)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
- 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
- 1 Magda, the Hoardmaster
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
Sorceries (5)
Instants (33)
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Burst Lightning
- 1 Galvanic Blast
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Play with Fire
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Wild Slash
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Invert Polarity
- 1 Mental Misstep
Enchantments (2)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Fiery Islet
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 11 Island
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 5 Mountain
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shivan Reef
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
- 1 Cathar Commando
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Aboleth Spawn
- 1 Enduring Curiosity
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 White Plume Adventurer
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Dennick, Pious Apprentice
Sorceries (9)
Instants (27)
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Wild Slash
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Invert Polarity
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Enlightened Tutor
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tithe
- 1 No More Lies
Enchantments (2)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Battlefield Forge
- 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 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Inspiring Vantage
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Mystic Gate
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Restless Anchorage
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Shivan Reef
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (12)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (11)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
