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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: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Sorceries (9)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (22)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Castle Vantress$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire$5.40 0.18 tix
- 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
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge$58.35 0.06 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.36 0.14 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.72 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix - 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix - 2 Cursed Totem
$1.18
0.17 tix - 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Hallowed Moonlight
$0.31
0.02 tix - 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.84
0.02 tix - 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix - 2 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 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
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 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 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.28
0.68 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (26)
- 1 Cast Down
$0.34
2.89 tix - 2 Unexpected Fangs
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Snuff Out
$5.58
9.34 tix - 2 Snuff Out
$5.58
9.34 tix
- 3 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 4 Mental Note
$6.71
20.87 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 4 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Agony Warp
$0.05
0.03 tix
- 4 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
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 2 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: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
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
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
$6.19
2.89 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Cursed Totem
$1.18
0.17 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Flame Slash
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 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
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (25)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Arms of Hadar
$0.38
7.87 tix
- 2 Chainer's Edict
$0.18
0.04 tix
- 2 Dispel
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 4 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 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
- 1 Unexpected Fangs
$0.22
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 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 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
- 1 Unexpected Fangs$0.22 0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 2 Cursed Totem
$1.18
0.17 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Unmoored Ego
$0.21
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (14)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (22)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium$1.52 0.02 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge$58.35 0.06 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.36 0.14 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.72 0.03 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 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 Cursed Totem
$1.18
0.17 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.08
2.00 tix
- 2 Cast into the Fire
$0.71
0.34 tix
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
$6.19
2.89 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (24)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
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: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
Lands (19)
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
- 1 Drown in Sorrow
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
$0.11
7.40 tix
- 2 Unexpected Fangs
$0.22
0.03 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.08 7.28 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 2 Cursed Totem
$1.18
0.17 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Unmoored Ego
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Vedalken Shackles
$7.66
0.02 tix
