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Counterspell 
Counterspell appeared in 1,736 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 | 609 | 1 |
| Pauper | 52 | 3.9 | 438 | 3.7 |
| Modern | 43 | 3 | 347 | 3.3 |
| Premodern | 49 | 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: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (22)
- 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 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
- 3 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix - 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 2 Drannith Magistrate$10.08 0.36 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Invert Polarity
$0.38
0.02 tix - 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix - 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix - 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
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 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 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Invert Polarity
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix - 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (22)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 2 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 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 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
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 3 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Invert Polarity
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 2 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.49
0.10 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (27)
- 4 Galvanic Discharge$0.26 0.03 tix
- 4 Tune the Narrative$0.22 0.03 tix
- 4 Flame of Anor
$4.56
0.05 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 4 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Invert Polarity
$0.38
0.02 tix
Enchantments (1)
Lands (21)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.45 0.02 tix
- 4 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 3 Spirebluff Canal$5.08 0.62 tix
- 3 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 2 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (24)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.31 0.09 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 3 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.21 tix
- 2 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix - 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (25)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 2 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
- 2 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 Monumental Henge$0.41 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
- 1 Spara's Headquarters$13.76 0.26 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.31 0.09 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (23)
- 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
- 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 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
- 3 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Invert Polarity
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 3 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
$2.63
0.20 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.49
0.10 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (23)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 2 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
- 3 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 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Brainsurge
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 4 Galvanic Discharge
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 3 Tune the Narrative
$0.22
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
- 3 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix
Artifacts (5)
Lands (22)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Cascade Bluffs$0.32 0.03 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 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 Monumental Henge$0.41 0.02 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 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
- 2 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.49
0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (23)
Lands (21)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 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 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 Riptide Laboratory$0.51 0.02 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 3 Spirebluff Canal$5.08 0.62 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 3 |
