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
cei
ced
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 | 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: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Instants (26)
- 1 Arcane Denial
$1.50
0.15 tix - 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 4 Frantic Inventory
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Lose Focus
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 3 Snap
$3.46
0.05 tix
- 4 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Force Spike
$0.91
0.04 tix
- 1 Shore Up
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 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: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (25)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (26)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.36 7.30 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$5.09 0.67 tix
- 3 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (20)
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
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
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
- 2 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix - 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Thieving Skydiver
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (28)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$49.11 9.33 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.06 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 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: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (7)
Lands (28)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$49.11 9.33 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.06 0.02 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Ketria Triome$17.00 0.18 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 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 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
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.97 0.06 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 1 Endurance
$4.09
4.00 tix - 3 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Hallowed Moonlight
$0.31
0.02 tix - 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.07
1.17 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.48
0.10 tix
- 3 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.30
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (5)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (26)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (14)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 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
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 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: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (6)
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: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (15)
Lands (22)
- 1 Ash Barrens$0.18 0.02 tix
- 1 Ash Barrens$0.18 0.02 tix
- 2 Azorius Guildgate$0.10 0.01 tix
- 4 Basilisk Gate$0.30 0.01 tix
- 4 Citadel Gate$1.27 10.89 tix
- 1 Heap Gate$0.40 1.08 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Sea Gate$1.73 1.64 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
