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Counterspell 
Counterspell appeared in 1,745 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: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (23)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (26)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (26)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix - 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.71
0.34 tix - 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.07
0.66 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 3 Stone of Erech
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Test of Talents
$0.34
0.03 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.71
0.34 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix - 1 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 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: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.71
0.34 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 2 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$42.49
7.97 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: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (22)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge$58.35 0.06 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.36 0.14 tix
- 2 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 - 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 2 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 1 Dovin's Veto
$2.02
0.03 tix
- 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard$0.84 0.02 tix
- 2 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.32
0.10 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 3 Spreading Seas
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (14)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (30)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.71
0.34 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Fury$0.58 0.70 tix
- 2 Ledger Shredder
$7.71
0.17 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
- 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 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$5.08 0.62 tix
- 4 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.71
0.34 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Minor Misstep
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 2 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$42.49
7.97 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.71
0.34 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.71
0.34 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix - 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon$0.25 0.02 tix
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.71
0.34 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.71
0.34 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Invasive Surgery
$0.20
0.04 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
- 2 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (12)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (23)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.71
0.34 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 3 Cleansing Wildfire
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 1 Commandeer
$2.56
0.11 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$42.49
7.97 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 2 Stone of Erech
$0.29
0.03 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
