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
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (41)
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Prismari Command
- 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 Fire Magic
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (1)
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
- 2 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 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 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 (16)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (36)
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Abrade
- 1 Untimely Malfunction
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Burst Lightning
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lava Dart
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Play with Fire
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
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 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Fiery Islet
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 6 Island
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 3 Mountain
- 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 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (36)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (47)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Peer Through Depths
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Long-Term Plans
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Fading Hope
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Repeal
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (33)
- 1 Abrade
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 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 Intuition
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Fire Magic
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lava Dart
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Magic Damper
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
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
- 6 Island
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 3 Mountain
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 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 Swarmyard
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (37)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Flare of Malice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cremate
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Requiting Hex
- 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
Enchantments (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 High Market
- 9 Island
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 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
- 3 Swamp
- 1 Tectonic Edge
- 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 (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (42)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Heartless Act
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Censor
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 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 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Murderous Cut
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cremate
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Requiting Hex
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Deprive
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (34)
- 1 Agna Qel'a
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Demolition Field
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Field of Ruin
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Forest
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 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
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (47)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Peer Through Depths
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Long-Term Plans
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Fading Hope
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Repeal
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (38)
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 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 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Requiting Hex
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (38)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Dreamroot Cascade
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Forest
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Hinterland Harbor
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Swamp
- 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
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
