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Counterspell 
Counterspell appeared in 1,747 MTGO Challenge Top-8 decks over the past 12 months, averaging 2.7 copies per deck. Its current TCGplayer price is $4.71.
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 | 446 | 3.8 |
| Modern | 42 | 3 | 347 | 3.3 |
| Premodern | 50 | 4 | 335 | 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: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (28)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (14)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Instants (19)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix - 3 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Fury$0.58 0.70 tix
- 1 Orvar, the All-Form$2.23 0.30 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.57
4.45 tix
- 1 Subtlety$15.09 8.00 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix - 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.36 7.30 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.39 2.02 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.28 0.02 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.28 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 1 Path of Peril
$0.31
0.24 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.03
0.03 tix
- 2 Spreading Seas
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.50
0.03 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (5)
Lands (25)
- 1 Castle Vantress$0.32 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.44 0.02 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Ketria Triome$17.00 0.18 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$3.11 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.39 2.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Raffine's Tower$13.97 0.15 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.10
1.94 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (1)
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (30)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix - 2 Ledger Shredder
$7.65
0.17 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.57
4.45 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (30)
- 2 Cast Down
$0.34
2.94 tix
- 2 Unexpected Fangs
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Suffocating Fumes
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 4 Snuff Out
$5.64
8.29 tix
- 4 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 4 Mental Note
$6.71
19.93 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
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 (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.10
1.94 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 2 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (11)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (25)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity$12.79 0.02 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.44 0.02 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 tix
- 4 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Ketria Triome$17.00 0.18 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$3.11 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Raffine's Tower$13.97 0.15 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blossoming Calm
$0.20
0.03 tix - 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
- 2 Crumble to Dust
$0.05
0.03 tix
- 2 Dovin's Veto
$1.96
0.03 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 2 Flame Blitz
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 3 Hallowed Moonlight
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.80
0.02 tix - 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.49
0.04 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.57
4.45 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
- 1 You See a Guard Approach
$0.37
0.03 tix
