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mar
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fca
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cmm
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dmr
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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
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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 | 618 | 1 |
| Pauper | 53 | 3.9 | 443 | 3.7 |
| Modern | 43 | 3 | 347 | 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: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (31)
- 2 Cast Down
$0.34
2.94 tix - 1 Unexpected Fangs
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Foil
$1.98
0.01 tix - 1 Snuff Out
$5.64
8.29 tix - 3 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
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 4 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Sorceries (6)
Instants (10)
Planeswalkers (8)
Lands (25)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.06 0.02 tix
- 2 Castle Vantress$0.32 0.02 tix
- 1 Celestial Colonnade$0.35 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.38 0.14 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.97 0.06 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix - 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix - 2 Dovin's Veto
$1.96
0.03 tix
- 2 Dress Down$0.37 0.51 tix
- 1 Hallowed Moonlight
$0.31
0.02 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
- 2 Spreading Seas
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix - 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 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.57
4.45 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.49
0.04 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 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Invasive Surgery
$0.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix - 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (13)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 3 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
16.29 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast$1.29 16.29 tix
- 3 Dust to Dust
$9.15
12.50 tix
- 1 Holy Light
$1.96
1.01 tix
- 1 Negate
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Prohibit
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Revoke Existence
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Sage's Row Denizen
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 2 Stonehorn Dignitary
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (28)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (28)
- 1 Cast Down
$0.34
2.94 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Dispel
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 3 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
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
16.29 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 4 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Shrivel
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 2 Stormbound Geist
$0.03
0.03 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: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (16)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Arms of Hadar
$0.45
7.38 tix
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
16.29 tix
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
16.29 tix
- 1 Destroy Evil
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 3 Dust to Dust
$9.15
12.50 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 3 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 1 Revoke Existence
$0.16
0.03 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (16)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (16)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (7)
Planeswalkers (8)
Lands (28)
- 1 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 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.39 2.02 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.38 0.14 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Spara's Headquarters$13.61 0.26 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
- 4 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Sorceries (8)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (25)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.06 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 tix
- 3 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
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.38 0.14 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.13 0.86 tix
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.97 0.06 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (26)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (16)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (16)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 7
