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Counterspell 
Counterspell appeared in 1,745 MTGO Challenge Top-8 decks over the past 12 months, averaging 2.7 copies per deck. Its current TCGplayer price is $4.62.
Oracle Text
Format Legality
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Counterspell, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duel Commander | 12 | 1 | 612 | 1 |
| Pauper | 54 | 3.9 | 444 | 3.7 |
| Modern | 43 | 3 | 347 | 3.3 |
| Premodern | 52 | 4 | 337 | 3.9 |
| Legacy | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.2 |
Details
- Set
- MagicFest 2026
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 2
- Collector #
- 5
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Counterspell
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (26)
- 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.48
0.53 tix - 3 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 1 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 4 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 4 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 2 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 4 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (25)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Bloodchief's Thirst
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix - 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Glistening Deluge
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 3 Harbinger of the Seas$1.57 1.10 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
$20.12
7.28 tix - 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix - 2 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Sorceries (11)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (23)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium$1.52 0.02 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.45 0.02 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix - 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.84
0.02 tix - 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Orvar, the All-Form
$2.30
0.30 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.49
0.10 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (25)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Bloodchief's Thirst
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Glistening Deluge
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 1 Memory Deluge
$0.31
0.20 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (26)
- 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.48
0.53 tix
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 1 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 3 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 3 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 4 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (25)
- 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.48
0.53 tix
- 3 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 4 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 4 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (18)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 3 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (26)
Lands (19)
- 2 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (23)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (25)
- 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.48
0.53 tix
- 3 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 3 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 3 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 4 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (18)
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Sorceries (11)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (23)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium$1.52 0.02 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.45 0.02 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.84
0.02 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Orvar, the All-Form
$2.30
0.30 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.49
0.10 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (24)
- 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.48
0.53 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 1 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 4 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 3 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 3 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 3 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (18)
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 3 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (26)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
Lands (18)
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Gloomlake Verge$10.41 0.26 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (24)
- 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.48
0.53 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 1 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 4 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 3 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 3 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 3 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (18)
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 3 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (25)
- 4 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 3 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 2 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 2 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 2 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Drown in the Loch
$1.02
0.03 tix
- 2 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (18)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Graveyard Trespasser
$0.39
0.59 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.48
0.53 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
