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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 $4.71.
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: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 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 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix - 2 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.57
4.45 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix - 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Sorceries (4)
Sideboard
- 1 Azure Fleet Admiral
$0.20
3.07 tix
- 1 Bonesplitter
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Gut Shot
$4.70
0.03 tix - 3 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 1 Moonblade Shinobi
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Psychic Barrier
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 1 Serrated Arrows
$0.31
0.03 tix - 1 Spire Golem
$0.14
0.03 tix - 1 Viridian Longbow
$0.56
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (5)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$49.11 9.33 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.06 0.02 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Forgotten Cave$0.12 0.03 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.38 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.91 0.17 tix
- 1 Savai Triome$20.45 0.11 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.68 0.02 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.39 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.13 0.86 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Ephemerate
$4.20
1.91 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix - 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.59
2.12 tix
- 2 Orvar, the All-Form
$2.23
0.30 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Sorceries (6)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (8)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (26)
- 1 Castle Vantress$0.32 0.02 tix
- 1 Castle Vantress$0.32 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 3 Mystic Gate$3.11 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raffine's Tower$13.97 0.15 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
- 1 Crumble to Dust
$0.05
0.03 tix
- 2 Dovin's Veto
$1.96
0.03 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 3 Hallowed Moonlight
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.80
0.02 tix - 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.48
0.10 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Sorceries (5)
Sideboard
- 1 Bonesplitter
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Gut Shot
$4.70
0.03 tix
- 3 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 2 Moonblade Shinobi
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Psychic Barrier
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 1 Serrated Arrows
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Spire Golem
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Viridian Longbow
$0.56
0.03 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (11)
Instants (10)
Planeswalkers (10)
Lands (24)
- 1 Arid Mesa$29.61 3.61 tix
- 2 Celestial Colonnade$0.35 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Glacial Fortress$0.24 0.02 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.44 0.02 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.39 2.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Raugrin Triome$16.38 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.91 0.17 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Blossoming Calm
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.80
0.02 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.09
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Shark Typhoon
$1.40
0.06 tix - 1 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.30
4.72 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (29)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.36 7.30 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.39 2.02 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$5.09 0.67 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 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 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 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 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.36 7.30 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.39 2.02 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$5.09 0.67 tix
- 3 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.57
4.45 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.36 7.30 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.39 2.02 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$5.09 0.67 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
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
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.57
4.45 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
