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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: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (9)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (8)
Lands (25)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$49.11 9.33 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.06 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.39 2.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.38 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.91 0.17 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Spara's Headquarters$13.61 0.26 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.13 0.86 tix
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.97 0.06 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$49.11 9.33 tix
- 2 Dovin's Veto
$1.96
0.03 tix - 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Hallowed Moonlight
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.80
0.02 tix - 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix - 1 Shark Typhoon
$1.40
0.06 tix - 1 Spreading Seas
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Supreme Verdict
$1.48
0.10 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (29)
- 1 Cast Down
$0.34
2.94 tix - 3 Unexpected Fangs
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Suffocating Fumes
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 3 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
- 3 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 2 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 3 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Annul$0.13 0.03 tix
- 1 Arms of Hadar
$0.45
7.38 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 3 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Rotten Reunion
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Shrivel
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
$0.12
6.55 tix
- 1 Unexpected Fangs
$0.22
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (30)
- 1 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
- 3 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 (17)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (28)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.36 7.30 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 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
- 1 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 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 Magus of the Moon
$4.07
1.17 tix
- 1 Minor Misstep
$0.18
0.03 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: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 3 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 2 Minor Misstep
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.57
4.45 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 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 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 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: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
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
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 2 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.36 7.30 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 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
- 1 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 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 Magus of the Moon
$4.07
1.17 tix
- 1 Minor Misstep
$0.18
0.03 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: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (6)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (9)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (24)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.06 0.02 tix
- 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
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Ketria Triome$17.00 0.18 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 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 Raffine's Tower$13.97 0.15 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Blossoming Calm
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 2 Dovin's Veto
$1.96
0.03 tix
- 2 Hallowed Moonlight
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.80
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Sanctifier en-Vec
$0.32
0.09 tix
- 2 Spreading Seas
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.48
0.10 tix
- 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
$34.60
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Sorceries (6)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (9)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (24)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.06 0.02 tix
- 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
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 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 Raffine's Tower$13.97 0.15 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Blossoming Calm
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 2 Dovin's Veto
$1.96
0.03 tix
- 2 Hallowed Moonlight
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.80
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Sanctifier en-Vec
$0.32
0.09 tix
- 2 Spreading Seas
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.48
0.10 tix
- 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
$34.60
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 3 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 2 Minor Misstep
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.57
4.45 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
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
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Invasive Surgery
$0.19
0.04 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
