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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 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.50 2.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$5.15 0.59 tix
- 3 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix - 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.36
0.54 tix - 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.30
0.46 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Prismari Command
$0.28
0.07 tix
- 3 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 1 Wall of Blossoms
$0.22
0.03 tix - 1 Endurance
$4.15
4.00 tix
- 2 Eternal Witness
$0.70
0.03 tix
- 2 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.53
4.44 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 2 Wall of Omens
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Fury
$0.59
0.70 tix - 1 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.59
2.19 tix
- 4 Solitude
$34.02
5.00 tix
- 4 Ice-Fang Coatl
$0.61
0.10 tix
- 4 Omnath, Locus of Creation
$4.02
0.84 tix
Sorceries (8)
Instants (7)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (28)
- 2 Arid Mesa$30.60 3.49 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.82 0.02 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Ketria Triome$17.28 0.15 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.41 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.73 0.14 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.36 0.06 tix
- 1 Sunbaked Canyon$3.54 1.91 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.35 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$9.73 0.88 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Eladamri's Call
$9.53
0.02 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 2 Ephemerate
$3.91
1.70 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.29
3.00 tix
- 1 Knight of Autumn
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$3.99
1.17 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix
- 1 Sanctifier en-Vec
$0.31
0.13 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.30
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (29)
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.98 9.25 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.82 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 1 Ketria Triome$17.28 0.15 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.41 0.14 tix
- 1 Reflecting Pool$11.32 0.10 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.73 0.14 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.36 0.06 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.35 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$9.73 0.88 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Dead/Gone
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.36
0.54 tix
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (29)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.82 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 1 Ketria Triome$17.28 0.15 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.41 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.73 0.14 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.36 0.06 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.35 0.02 tix
- 3 Windswept Heath$9.73 0.88 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 1 Dovin's Veto
$2.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.29
3.00 tix
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$3.99
1.17 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 1 Sanctifier en-Vec
$0.31
0.13 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad$0.30 0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (12)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (6)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (5)
Lands (24)
- 2 Castle Vantress$0.32 0.02 tix
- 1 Celestial Colonnade$0.36 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.45 0.02 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 4 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Mystic Gate$2.98 0.02 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.41 0.14 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 3 Dovin's Veto
$2.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.36
0.54 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.54
3.15 tix - 1 Fracturing Gust
$1.63
0.02 tix - 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.75
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (29)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.82 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 1 Ketria Triome$17.28 0.15 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.41 0.14 tix
- 1 Reflecting Pool$11.32 0.10 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.73 0.14 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.36 0.06 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.35 0.02 tix
- 1 Tranquil Thicket$0.09 0.03 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$9.73 0.88 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$9.73 0.88 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (5)
Lands (24)
- 2 Castle Vantress$0.32 0.02 tix
- 1 Celestial Colonnade$0.36 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.45 0.02 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 4 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Mystic Gate$2.98 0.02 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.41 0.14 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 3 Dovin's Veto
$2.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.36
0.54 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.54
3.15 tix
- 1 Fracturing Gust
$1.63
0.02 tix
- 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.75
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (12)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 4 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 2 Chainer's Edict
$0.19
0.04 tix - 1 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
$1.05
0.03 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 2 Stormbound Geist
$0.03
0.03 tix
- 2 Suffocating Fumes
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
$0.12
6.37 tix
- 1 Unexpected Fangs
$0.21
0.03 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 4 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 2 Chainer's Edict
$0.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
$1.05
0.03 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 3 Stormbound Geist
$0.03
0.03 tix
- 1 Suffocating Fumes
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
$0.12
6.37 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Devour Flesh
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 3 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
$1.05
0.03 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 2 Stormbound Geist
$0.03
0.03 tix
- 2 Suffocating Fumes
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
$0.12
6.37 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (9)
Instants (30)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
