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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: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
$1.70
0.59 tix - 1 Orcish Bowmasters
$44.78
6.90 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$15.89
0.14 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
$0.44
0.88 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.73 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.53
0.02 tix
- 1 Barrowgoyf
$13.27
25.06 tix - 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
$79.45
6.42 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.64
7.75 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.28
0.68 tix
- 1 Ertai Resurrected
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
$1.03
0.25 tix - 1 Murktide Regent
$7.33
6.28 tix
- 1 Tombstalker
$0.27
0.02 tix - 1 Striped Riverwinder
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Nethergoyf
$3.58
2.39 tix
- 1 Baleful Strix
$0.94
0.31 tix
- 1 Psychic Frog
$4.70
5.05 tix
Sorceries (9)
Instants (29)
- 1 Eliminate
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Long Goodbye
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 tix - 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Lose Focus
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Mana Leak
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Memory Lapse
$0.38
0.04 tix
- 1 Miscalculation
$0.32
0.32 tix
- 1 Remand
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Tale's End
$1.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Cryptic Command
$3.25
0.07 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
15.87 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix - 1 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Cut Down
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Gollum's Bite
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Force Spike
$0.96
0.04 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Wash Away
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 1 Siphon Insight
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Ash Barrens$0.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Bad River$1.36 0.04 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Clearwater Pathway$4.36 0.06 tix
- 1 Command Tower$0.25 0.01 tix
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 1 Drowned Catacomb$1.59 0.02 tix
- 1 Fetid Pools$0.27 0.03 tix
- 1 Flood Plain$0.38 0.04 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 River of Tears$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh$5.70 0.07 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 5 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 1 Sunken Hollow$0.30 0.02 tix
- 1 Sunken Ruins$3.14 0.02 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (23)
Lands (19)
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 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: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (21)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.48
0.53 tix
- 3 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 The Meathook Massacre
$25.60
2.85 tix - 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (23)
Lands (20)
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.45 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Spirebluff Canal$5.08 0.62 tix
- 4 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 2 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (23)
- 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 Minamo, School at Water's Edge$58.35 0.06 tix
- 1 Monumental Henge$0.41 0.02 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (29)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (28)
Artifacts (8)
Planeswalkers (1)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (29)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (23)
- 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 Minamo, School at Water's Edge$58.35 0.06 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 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: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (22)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
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 Minamo, School at Water's Edge$58.35 0.06 tix
- 1 Monumental Henge$0.41 0.02 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 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: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (22)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (26)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (25)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
- 1 Ledger Shredder
$7.71
0.17 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$15.89
0.14 tix
- 1 Thundertrap Trainer
$0.94
0.64 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.28
0.68 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Murktide Regent
$7.33
6.28 tix
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
$1.14
0.02 tix - 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$42.49
7.97 tix
- 1 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
$15.79
13.91 tix
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
- 1 Lose Focus
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Remand
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Flame of Anor
$4.56
0.05 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 1 Brainsurge
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.32
0.01 tix
- 1 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 1 Opt
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Invert Polarity
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 1 Logic Knot
$0.18
0.03 tix
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (23)
- 1 Castle Vantress$0.33 0.02 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.45 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 3 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 2 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Lutri, the Spellchaser
$0.59
0.02 tix - 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Threads of Disloyalty
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
- 1 Vampires' Vengeance
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.53
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
- 1 Ledger Shredder
$7.71
0.17 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$15.89
0.14 tix
- 1 Thundertrap Trainer
$0.94
0.64 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.28
0.68 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Murktide Regent
$7.33
6.28 tix
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
$1.14
0.02 tix
- 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$42.49
7.97 tix
- 1 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
$15.79
13.91 tix
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
- 1 Lose Focus
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Remand
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Flame of Anor
$4.56
0.05 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 1 Brainsurge
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.32
0.01 tix
- 1 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 1 Opt
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Invert Polarity
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 1 Logic Knot
$0.18
0.03 tix
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (23)
- 1 Castle Vantress$0.33 0.02 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.45 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 3 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 2 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Lutri, the Spellchaser
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Threads of Disloyalty
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
- 1 Vampires' Vengeance
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.53
0.02 tix