pf26
mar
mar
omb
fca
dsc
mb2
pf24
cmm
cmm
dmr
dmr
dmr
scd
30a
30a
gn3
mh2
mh2
sta
sta
cmr
cmr
plst
plst
sld
sld
sld
sld
sld
sld
sld
sld
ss1
a25
mp2
ema
tpr
jvc
vma
me4
purl
dd2
me2
f05
wc02
prm
prm
prm
prm
wc01
wc01
wc01
wc01
7ed
7ed
btd
wc00
g00
brb
mmq
s99
6ed
wc98
tmp
wc97
wc97
5ed
plgm
ptc
ptc
ice
4ed
4bb
pmei
pmei
sum
fbb
3ed
ced
cei
2ed
leb
lea
Counterspell 
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 | 617 | 1 |
| Pauper | 54 | 3.9 | 444 | 3.7 |
| Modern | 42 | 3 | 346 | 3.3 |
| Premodern | 49 | 4 | 332 | 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: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (7)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (16)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (25)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 4 Blue Elemental Blast$1.29 16.29 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict$0.19 0.04 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix - 2 Rotten Reunion$0.15 0.03 tix
- 1 Shrivel
$0.09
0.03 tix - 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Suffocating Fumes$0.21 0.03 tix
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose$0.12 6.55 tix
- 1 Unexpected Fangs$0.22 0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (13)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (26)
- 4 Brainstorm$1.19 0.85 tix
- 1 Thought Scour$0.40 0.03 tix
- 3 Unexpected Fangs
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Suffocating Fumes
$0.21
0.03 tix - 4 Snuff Out
$5.64
8.29 tix - 4 Mental Note
$6.71
19.93 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 3 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 2 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Agony Warp
$0.05
0.03 tix
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
16.29 tix
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
16.29 tix
- 1 Cast Down$0.34 2.94 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Rotten Reunion
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Suffocating Fumes
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Unexpected Fangs
$0.22
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (27)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (14)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (6)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (8)
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 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 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 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: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Minor Misstep
$0.18
0.03 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 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (11)
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
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (33)
- 4 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
- 4 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 4 Mental Note
$6.71
19.93 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 3 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 2 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 3 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 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 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.57
4.45 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Sorceries (10)
Instants (28)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (25)
- 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
- 4 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.38 0.14 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.13 0.86 tix
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.97 0.06 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
- 1 Dovin's Veto
$1.96
0.03 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 2 Hallowed Moonlight
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.80
0.02 tix
- 1 Ray of Revelation
$0.15
0.04 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Shark Typhoon
$1.40
0.06 tix - 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Spreading Seas
$0.19
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 1 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 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.39 2.02 tix
- 1 Subtlety$15.09 8.00 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
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
- 2 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 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
