pf26
mar
mar
omb
fca
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mb2
pf24
cmm
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dmr
dmr
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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
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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 (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix - 1 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 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.07
1.17 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix - 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 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 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Subtlety$15.09 8.00 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (20)
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Behold the Multiverse
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.83
0.02 tix
- 4 Skred
$1.87
4.06 tix
- 2 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 2 Force Spike
$0.91
0.04 tix
- 1 Izzet Charm
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (29)
- 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
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 tix
- 1 Ketria Triome$17.00 0.18 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.91 0.17 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance$2.19 0.03 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
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.13 0.86 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
- 2 Castle Vantress$0.32 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Glacial Fortress$0.24 0.02 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
- 3 Mystic Gate$3.11 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.39 2.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.38 0.14 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
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
- 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
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 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 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 Magus of the Moon
$4.07
1.17 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
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: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (20)
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Behold the Multiverse
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.83
0.02 tix
- 4 Skred
$1.87
4.06 tix
- 2 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 2 Force Spike
$0.91
0.04 tix
- 1 Izzet Charm
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.36 7.30 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 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
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 3 Spirebluff Canal$5.09 0.67 tix
- 3 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.49
0.04 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.06
1.44 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.86
0.02 tix - 3 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.30
4.72 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.36 7.30 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 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
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 3 Spirebluff Canal$5.09 0.67 tix
- 3 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.06
1.44 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 1 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.86
0.02 tix
- 3 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.30
4.72 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.36 7.30 tix
- 2 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
- 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
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 1 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 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.07
1.17 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 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 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.07
1.17 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt$0.39 0.03 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
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
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 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 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 1 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 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.07
1.17 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix