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cmm
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30a
30a
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mh2
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sta
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sld
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sld
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ss1
a25
mp2
ema
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vma
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purl
dd2
me2
f05
wc02
prm
prm
prm
prm
wc01
wc01
wc01
wc01
7ed
7ed
btd
wc00
g00
brb
mmq
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6ed
wc98
tmp
wc97
wc97
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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 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (22)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (21)
- 3 Lightning Bolt
$0.83
0.02 tix - 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.83
0.02 tix
- 4 Unholy Heat
$0.29
0.01 tix
- 4 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 3 Archmage's Charm
$1.10
0.23 tix
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 - 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: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (22)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
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
- 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
- 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
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (9)
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 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
- 1 Temple Garden$7.39 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.13 0.86 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.51 tix
- 1 Eladamri's Call
$9.61
0.02 tix - 1 Endurance
$4.09
4.00 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.07
1.17 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.48
0.10 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.30
0.02 tix
Final: 1 |
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 (14)
Instants (18)
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
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 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: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
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 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 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
- 3 Windswept Heath$10.13 0.86 tix
- 3 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$49.11 9.33 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
$16.36
8.82 tix - 1 Endurance
$4.09
4.00 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 3 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 3 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.30
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (19)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (4)
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: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.36 7.30 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 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
- 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
- 3 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
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
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (8)
Lands (30)
- 2 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 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
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 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 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
- 1 Temple Garden$7.39 0.02 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.13 0.86 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$49.11 9.33 tix
- 2 Chalice of the Void$14.91 3.49 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
$16.36
8.82 tix
- 1 Endurance$4.09 4.00 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor$4.23 3.00 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.40 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace$0.61 0.23 tix
- 2 Supreme Verdict
$1.48
0.10 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer$3.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad$0.30 0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 4 Moon-Circuit Hacker
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 4 Spellstutter Sprite
$4.02
0.03 tix
- 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
$1.24
6.19 tix
- 2 Ninja of the Deep Hours
$1.24
6.19 tix
- 2 Spire Golem
$0.14
0.03 tix - 1 Delver of Secrets
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Delver of Secrets
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 4 Faerie Miscreant
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 4 Faerie Seer
$0.33
0.71 tix
Sorceries (7)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (19)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (22)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (14)
Lands (21)
- 4 Ash Barrens$0.18 0.02 tix
- 4 Azorius Chancery$0.17 0.01 tix
- 1 Evolving Wilds$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Evolving Wilds$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ice Tunnel$0.54 0.03 tix
- 2 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 Mortuary Mire$0.33 0.03 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
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
- 1 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 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
