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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 | 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: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (21)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
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 - 1 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 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 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 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.28
0.68 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (24)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.08
2.00 tix
- 1 Cursed Totem
$1.18
0.17 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 3 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 2 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.28
0.68 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
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
- 1 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 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 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 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.28
0.68 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 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 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 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 Zagoth Triome$24.72 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.03
0.03 tix - 2 Cursed Totem
$1.18
0.17 tix
- 2 Dovin's Veto
$2.02
0.03 tix - 2 Pick Your Poison
$0.31
— - 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.49
0.10 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 1 Turn the Earth
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (11)
Lands (20)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 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 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 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
- 4 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.72 0.03 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (13)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
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
- 2 Dispel
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 4 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Lose Focus
$0.25
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: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.17
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
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
$1.05
0.03 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
$0.11
7.40 tix
- 1 Unexpected Fangs
$0.22
0.03 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Arms of Hadar
$0.38
7.87 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 2 Dispel
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Extract a Confession
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 4 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
$1.05
0.03 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
$0.11
7.40 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (11)
Lands (21)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 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 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Savai Triome$20.65 0.11 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 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 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.72 0.03 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (11)
Lands (21)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Savai Triome$20.65 0.11 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 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 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
- 3 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.72 0.03 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Sorceries (10)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 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
- 3 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Spara's Headquarters$13.76 0.26 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.31 0.09 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 1 Day's Undoing
$1.56
0.67 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 2 Hallowed Moonlight
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.84
0.02 tix - 2 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.32
0.10 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Reprieve
$1.32
0.15 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (11)
Lands (21)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Savai Triome$20.65 0.11 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 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
- 3 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.72 0.03 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
- 3 Augur of Bolas
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Augur of Bolas
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Moon-Circuit Hacker
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 3 Spellstutter Sprite
$4.08
0.03 tix
- 1 Spellstutter Sprite
$4.08
0.03 tix
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
$0.11
7.40 tix
- 2 Ninja of the Deep Hours
$1.24
6.55 tix
- 2 Gurmag Angler
$0.20
0.03 tix - 3 Faerie Seer
$0.33
0.80 tix
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Arms of Hadar
$0.38
7.87 tix
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.18
0.04 tix
- 2 Dispel
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 3 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
$0.11
7.40 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
