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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: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
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
- 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
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 4 Mystic Gate$3.11 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.39 2.02 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.06
0.03 tix - 2 Blossoming Calm
$0.20
0.03 tix - 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix - 2 Dovin's Veto
$1.96
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.80
0.02 tix - 2 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 Summary Dismissal
$0.18
0.02 tix
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (7)
Lands (30)
- 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 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 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 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
- 3 Windswept Heath$10.13 0.86 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (18)
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
- 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 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix - 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 7 |
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 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (22)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 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
- 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: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (11)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 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 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 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
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (30)
- 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 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 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 1 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 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
- 3 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.36 7.30 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 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
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 2 Spirebluff Canal$5.09 0.67 tix
- 2 Spirebluff Canal$5.09 0.67 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 |
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
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 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 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (25)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (24)
- 2 Castle Vantress$0.32 0.02 tix
- 1 Celestial Colonnade$0.35 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
- 1 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 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Raffine's Tower$13.97 0.15 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.28 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 3 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
- 2 Dovin's Veto
$1.96
0.03 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
$16.36
8.82 tix - 2 Kaya's Guile
$1.54
0.02 tix - 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Summary Dismissal
$0.18
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.48
0.10 tix
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
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
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.38 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.91 0.17 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 2 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 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
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Instants (22)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (7)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (30)
- 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 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 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 1 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 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
- 3 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (22)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.39 2.02 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 4 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 Archmage's Charm
$1.10
0.23 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 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