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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: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (24)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Cascade Bluffs$0.32 0.03 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 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
- 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
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Commandeer
$2.56
0.11 tix - 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix - 1 High Noon
$4.42
13.34 tix - 2 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.21 tix - 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix - 4 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix - 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (22)
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.35
0.02 tix - 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.48
0.53 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 3 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix - 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (7)
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
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 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
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Commandeer
$2.56
0.11 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 3 Obsidian Charmaw$1.63 2.27 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.49
0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Sorceries (4)
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Arms of Hadar
$0.38
7.87 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 2 Extract a Confession$0.24 0.03 tix
- 4 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Mukotai Ambusher
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Murmuring Mystic
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
$1.05
0.03 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Unexpected Fangs$0.22 0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (26)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Sorceries (4)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (26)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (15)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (24)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 3 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
- 2 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
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 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: 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: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.71
0.34 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Murktide Regent
$7.33
6.28 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (23)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 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 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 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.36 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: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
- 1 Lose Focus
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Breath Weapon
$5.28
13.21 tix
- 1 Behold the Multiverse
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 3 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 4 Skred
$1.94
3.91 tix
- 4 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Sorceries (4)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
