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Counterspell 
Counterspell appeared in 1,735 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: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (2)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (24)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 2 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.03
0.03 tix - 1 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix - 4 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 High Noon
$4.42
13.34 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix - 4 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix - 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.49
0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix - 1 Temporary Lockdown
$0.32
0.15 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (29)
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings— —
- 4 Jwari Disruption
$0.38
0.04 tix
- 4 Flare of Denial
$3.15
0.25 tix
- 4 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 1 Rush of Inspiration
$0.23
0.03 tix - 4 Silundi Vision
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 3 Waterlogged Teachings
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 3 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 4 Disrupting Shoal
$12.21
0.48 tix - 1 Whir of Invention
$5.02
0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (25)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Arms of Hadar
$0.38
7.87 tix - 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.18
0.04 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Extract a Confession
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 4 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Mukotai Ambusher
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
$1.05
0.03 tix
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
$0.11
7.40 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (22)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (33)
- 4 Beyeen Veil
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Jwari Disruption
$0.38
0.04 tix
- 3 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 4 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 4 Silundi Vision
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 3 Waterlogged Teachings
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 2 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 4 Disrupting Shoal
$12.21
0.48 tix
- 4 Whir of Invention
$5.02
0.02 tix
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (3)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (33)
- 4 Beyeen Veil
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Jwari Disruption
$0.38
0.04 tix
- 3 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 4 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 4 Silundi Vision
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 3 Waterlogged Teachings
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 2 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 4 Disrupting Shoal
$12.21
0.48 tix
- 4 Whir of Invention
$5.02
0.02 tix
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (3)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (25)
- 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.48
0.53 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 1 Cut Down
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 4 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 3 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 3 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 4 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Drown in the Loch
$1.02
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Disruptor Flute
$1.60
2.93 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
$20.12
7.28 tix
- 1 Path of Peril
$0.31
0.27 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 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: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (1)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (26)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (33)
- 4 Beyeen Veil
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Jwari Disruption
$0.38
0.04 tix
- 3 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 4 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 4 Silundi Vision
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 3 Waterlogged Teachings
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 2 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 4 Disrupting Shoal
$12.21
0.48 tix
- 4 Whir of Invention
$5.02
0.02 tix
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (3)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (31)
- 2 Pact of Negation
$17.98
0.28 tix - 4 Beyeen Veil
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 4 Jwari Disruption
$0.38
0.04 tix
- 4 Flare of Denial
$3.15
0.25 tix
- 4 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 2 Rush of Inspiration
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 4 Silundi Vision
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 3 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 3 Disrupting Shoal
$12.21
0.48 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (28)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (24)
- 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
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 3 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 2 Drown in the Loch
$1.02
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Archmage's Charm
$1.21
0.17 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Arms of Hadar
$0.38
7.87 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.18
0.04 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Extract a Confession
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 4 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Mukotai Ambusher
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
$1.05
0.03 tix
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
$0.11
7.40 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (24)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Ketria Triome$17.06 0.15 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge$58.35 0.06 tix
- 1 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raffine's Tower$13.83 0.20 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 2 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: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
