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 | 8 | 1 | 147 | 1 |
| Standard | 0 | 0 | 15 | 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: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
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Creatures (5)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
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Sorceries (7)
Instants (31)
Lands (36)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
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Creatures (2)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
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Creatures (2)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (30)
Lands (36)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (24)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (34)
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 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 Exclude
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Fading Hope
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Hydroblast
- 1 Peek
- 1 Slip Out the Back
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Vapor Snag
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Disrupting Shoal
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (6)
Lands (37)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (40)
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Reject
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Exclude
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Fiery Impulse
- 1 Flashback
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Monstrous Rage
- 1 Final Fortune
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 Peek
- 1 Quicken
- 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
Enchantments (2)
Lands (36)
- 1 Agna Qel'a
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Cascade Bluffs
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery
- 1 Fiery Islet
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 5 Island
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 2 Mountain
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 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 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Swarmyard
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (41)
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Abrade
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Glorious Gale
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Reject
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Exclude
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Fiery Impulse
- 1 Flashback
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Monstrous Rage
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Prismari Charm
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Lands (36)
- 1 Agna Qel'a
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery
- 1 Fiery Islet
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 3 Island
- 2 Island
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 2 Mountain
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 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 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Swarmyard
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Lands (36)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Lands (36)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (6)
Instants (32)
Lands (36)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Lands (36)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (43)
- 1 Prismari Charm
- 1 Fires of Victory
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Glorious Gale
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Reject
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Exclude
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Fiery Impulse
- 1 Flashback
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Monstrous Rage
- 1 Final Fortune
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 Miscast
- 1 Peek
- 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
Enchantments (2)
Lands (36)
- 1 Agna Qel'a
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Cascade Bluffs
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery
- 1 Fiery Islet
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 5 Island
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 2 Mountain
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 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 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Swarmyard
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Wooded Foothills