pf26
mar
mar
omb
fca
dsc
mb2
pf24
cmm
cmm
dmr
dmr
dmr
scd
30a
30a
gn3
mh2
mh2
sta
sta
cmr
cmr
plst
plst
sld
sld
sld
sld
sld
sld
sld
sld
ss1
a25
mp2
ema
tpr
jvc
vma
me4
purl
dd2
me2
f05
wc02
prm
prm
prm
prm
wc01
wc01
wc01
wc01
7ed
7ed
btd
wc00
g00
brb
mmq
s99
6ed
wc98
tmp
wc97
wc97
5ed
plgm
ptc
ptc
ice
4bb
4ed
pmei
pmei
sum
fbb
3ed
ced
cei
2ed
leb
lea
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: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 3 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 1 Breath Weapon
$5.28
13.21 tix - 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.71
0.34 tix - 1 Circle of Protection: Blue
$0.11
0.04 tix - 1 Destroy Evil
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 2 God-Pharaoh's Faithful
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 3 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (21)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (22)
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix - 4 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 3 Ephemerate
$4.30
2.34 tix
- 1 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix
- 4 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.21 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (26)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 2 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 3 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.41 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.49
12.99 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Loran of the Third Path
$3.34
0.23 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Orcish Bowmasters
$44.78
6.90 tix - 1 Pest Control
$6.75
2.21 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Annul
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 2 Brotherhood's End
$1.08
2.00 tix
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.71
0.34 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
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.28
0.68 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (24)
- 2 Flame of Anor
$4.56
0.05 tix
- 2 Flame of Anor
$4.56
0.05 tix
- 3 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 4 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 2 Unholy Heat
$0.32
0.01 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 3 Archmage's Charm
$1.21
0.17 tix
- 1 Archmage's Charm
$1.21
0.17 tix
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Annul
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 2 Brotherhood's End
$1.08
2.00 tix
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.71
0.34 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
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.28
0.68 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Dust to Dust
$9.15
11.29 tix
- 2 Essence Scatter
$0.06
0.03 tix
- 1 Gorilla Shaman
$0.21
0.19 tix
- 1 Gorilla Shaman
$0.21
0.19 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (12)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (22)
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 4 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 3 Ephemerate
$4.30
2.34 tix
- 1 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix
- 4 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.21 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (26)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 2 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.41 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.49
12.99 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Loran of the Third Path
$3.34
0.23 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Orcish Bowmasters
$44.78
6.90 tix
- 1 Pest Control
$6.75
2.21 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Agony Warp
$0.05
0.03 tix
- 1 Arms of Hadar
$0.38
7.87 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.18
0.04 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Lose Focus
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Murmuring Mystic
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
$1.05
0.03 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Stormbound Geist
$0.03
0.03 tix
- 1 Unexpected Fangs
$0.22
0.03 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Agony Warp
$0.05
0.03 tix
- 1 Arms of Hadar
$0.38
7.87 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.18
0.04 tix
- 2 Dispel
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 3 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 2 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
$1.05
0.03 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
$0.11
7.40 tix
- 1 Unexpected Fangs
$0.22
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Annul
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 2 Brotherhood's End
$1.08
2.00 tix
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.71
0.34 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
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.28
0.68 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (14)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Lands (18)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 4 Contaminated Aquifer$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Dimir Aqueduct$0.24 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Maestros Theater$0.27 0.03 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Arms of Hadar
$0.38
7.87 tix
- 4 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.18
0.04 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.18
0.04 tix
- 2 Dispel
$0.33
0.03 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 Stormbound Geist
$0.03
0.03 tix
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
$0.11
7.40 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Agony Warp
$0.05
0.03 tix
- 1 Arms of Hadar
$0.38
7.87 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.18
0.04 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 4 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Lose Focus
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Murmuring Mystic
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
$1.05
0.03 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Stormbound Geist
$0.03
0.03 tix
- 1 Unexpected Fangs$0.22 0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (21)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (7)
Lands (24)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 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
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.36 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.37 0.02 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.72 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 1 Dovin's Veto
$2.02
0.03 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 2 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
$6.19
2.89 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix - 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.84
0.02 tix - 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 2 Supreme Verdict
$1.49
0.10 tix
