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mar
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30a
30a
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mh2
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sta
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sld
sld
sld
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ss1
a25
mp2
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jvc
vma
me4
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dd2
me2
f05
wc02
prm
prm
prm
prm
wc01
wc01
wc01
wc01
7ed
7ed
btd
wc00
g00
brb
mmq
s99
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wc97
5ed
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Counterspell 
Instant
Oracle Text
Counter target spell.
Format Legality
ModernLegacyVintagePauperPremodernDuel Commander
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 | 625 | 1 |
| Pauper | 52 | 3.9 | 442 | 3.7 |
| Modern | 39 | 3 | 344 | 3.3 |
| Premodern | 49 | 4 | 328 | 3.9 |
| Legacy | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.2 |
Details
- Set
- MagicFest 2026
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 2
- Collector #
- 5
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Counterspell
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (34)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (34)
Artifacts (1)
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Instants (21)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (35)
- 1 Opt
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Abrade
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Prismari Command
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Fiery Impulse
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Gut Shot
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Magic Damper
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Peek
- 1 Slip Out the Back
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (32)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery
- 1 Fiery Islet
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 6 Island
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 2 Mountain
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shivan Reef
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (29)
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Murderous Cut
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Noxious Revival
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Enchantments (3)
Lands (39)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Botanical Sanctum
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Dreamroot Cascade
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Forest
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (35)
- 1 Abrade
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Prismari Command
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Fiery Impulse
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Gut Shot
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Magic Damper
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Slip Out the Back
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (32)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery
- 1 Fiery Islet
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 6 Island
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 2 Mountain
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shivan Reef
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Aang, Swift Savior
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Grief
- 1 Spellseeker
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Overlord of the Floodpits
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (12)
Instants (24)
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cremate
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Requiting Hex
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (7)
Lands (36)
- 1 Adarkar Wastes
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (38)
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Prismari Command
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Exclude
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Fiery Impulse
- 1 Fire Magic
- 1 Flashback
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Prismari Charm
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Traumatic Critique
- 1 Logic Knot
Lands (38)
- 1 Agna Qel'a
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Cascade Bluffs
- 1 Castle Vantress
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 3 Island
- 2 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Mirrex
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 2 Mountain
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Opal Palace
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Riverglide Pathway
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (12)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Instants (25)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (34)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (34)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (33)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (28)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (33)
Artifacts (2)
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Instants (25)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (34)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
