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Counterspell 
Counterspell appeared in 1,750 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 | 617 | 1 |
| Pauper | 57 | 3.9 | 446 | 3.8 |
| Modern | 42 | 3 | 347 | 3.3 |
| Premodern | 52 | 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: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
- 1 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix - 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix - 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 3 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 2 Stubborn Denial
$3.04
0.03 tix
- 4 Drown in the Loch
$0.99
0.03 tix
- 3 Tainted Indulgence
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 2 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Archmage's Charm
$1.10
0.23 tix
- 2 Archmage's Charm
$1.10
0.23 tix
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Archmage's Charm
$1.10
0.23 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix - 1 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix - 1 Stubborn Denial
$3.04
0.03 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.50
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.36 7.30 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.89
0.40 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (19)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (19)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Crimson Fleet Commodore
$0.10
2.00 tix - 1 Curfew
$0.32
0.10 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Fiery Cannonade
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Gorilla Shaman
$0.21
0.24 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 1 Shenanigans
$0.20
0.03 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
16.29 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast$1.29 16.29 tix
- 2 Curfew
$0.32
0.10 tix
- 1 Hermetic Study
$0.11
0.04 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 3 Piracy Charm
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Sigil of Sleep
$4.21
0.17 tix
- 2 Stormbound Geist
$0.03
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (21)
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
- 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
- 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: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (30)
- 2 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (8)
Planeswalkers (9)
Lands (32)
- 2 Castle Vantress$0.32 0.02 tix
- 1 Celestial Colonnade$0.35 0.02 tix
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire$5.54 0.18 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Glacial Fortress$0.24 0.02 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.44 0.02 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 tix
- 6 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 4 Mystic Gate$3.11 0.02 tix
- 2 Otawara, Soaring City$27.39 2.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.38 0.14 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (24)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (12)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (10)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (7)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (3)
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 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire$5.54 0.18 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Glacial Fortress$0.24 0.02 tix
- 1 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 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 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
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.38 0.14 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Dovin's Veto
$1.96
0.03 tix - 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
$16.36
8.82 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Fracturing Gust
$1.63
0.02 tix - 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.80
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 2 Shark Typhoon
$1.40
0.06 tix - 1 Sunset Revelry
$0.18
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (21)
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 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
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix - 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
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
- 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
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
