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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: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 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
- 4 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 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
- 1 Unexpected Fangs$0.22 0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (26)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Chainer's Edict
$0.18
0.04 tix
- 4 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Murmuring Mystic
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Rotten Reunion
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Shrivel
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 2 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Suffocating Fumes
$0.21
0.03 tix - 1 Unexpected Fangs
$0.22
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (14)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (13)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 1 Circle of Protection: Blue
$0.11
0.04 tix - 1 Destroy Evil
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 2 Dust to Dust
$9.15
11.29 tix
- 1 Exclude
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 3 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Last Breath
$0.05
0.03 tix
- 1 Late to Dinner
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 2 Nature's Chant
$0.22
0.03 tix - 2 Negate
$0.13
0.03 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (26)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.18
0.04 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Drown in Sorrow
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 4 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Murmuring Mystic
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Rotten Reunion
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 2 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Suffocating Fumes
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
$0.11
7.40 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (12)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 1 Circle of Protection: Blue
$0.11
0.04 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Dust to Dust
$9.15
11.29 tix
- 1 Essence Scatter
$0.06
0.03 tix
- 4 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Last Breath
$0.05
0.03 tix
- 2 Nature's Chant
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Negate
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Prohibit
$0.14
0.03 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (21)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (13)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (15)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (26)
- 1 Cast Down
$0.34
2.89 tix
- 2 Unexpected Fangs
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 4 Snuff Out
$5.58
9.34 tix
- 4 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 4 Mental Note
$6.71
20.87 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 4 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Agony Warp
$0.05
0.03 tix
- 2 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.18
0.04 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Drown in Sorrow
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 4 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Murmuring Mystic
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Rotten Reunion
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 2 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Suffocating Fumes
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
$0.11
7.40 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (7)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (24)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.45 0.02 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Ketria Triome$17.06 0.15 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge$58.35 0.06 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.36 0.14 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.72 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Celestial Purge$0.28 0.03 tix
- 2 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Hallowed Moonlight
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.84
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.49
0.10 tix
- 3 Timely Reinforcements
$0.22
0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix - 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.08
2.00 tix
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.71
0.34 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 1 Cursed Totem
$1.18
0.17 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
$6.19
2.89 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Commercial District$6.88 1.18 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
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 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 Temple Garden$7.37 0.02 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.72 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 2 Dovin's Veto
$2.02
0.03 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.97
4.00 tix - 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.84
0.02 tix
- 3 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 2 Pick Your Poison
$0.31
—
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.49
0.10 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 3 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 1 Breath Weapon
$5.28
13.21 tix
- 1 Destroy Evil
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Murmuring Mystic
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 3 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Revoke Existence
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (26)
- 1 Cast Down
$0.34
2.89 tix
- 2 Unexpected Fangs
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Snuff Out
$5.58
9.34 tix
- 3 Snuff Out
$5.58
9.34 tix
- 2 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 4 Mental Note
$6.71
20.87 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 4 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Agony Warp
$0.05
0.03 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 3 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Chainer's Edict
$0.18
0.04 tix
- 1 Drown in Sorrow
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 4 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Murmuring Mystic
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Rotten Reunion
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Shrivel
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 2 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
$0.11
7.40 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Annul
$0.17
0.03 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
- 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 Stormbound Geist
$0.03
0.03 tix
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
$0.11
7.40 tix
- 1 Unexpected Fangs
$0.22
0.03 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
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
- 4 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 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 Suffocating Fumes$0.21 0.03 tix
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
$0.11
7.40 tix
- 1 Unexpected Fangs$0.22 0.03 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 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
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$5.08 0.62 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.08
2.00 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 1 Cursed Totem
$1.18
0.17 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 3 Pick Your Poison
$0.31
—
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
