pf26
mar
mar
omb
fca
dsc
mb2
pf24
cmm
cmm
dmr
dmr
dmr
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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ptc
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4bb
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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: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (7)
Lands (24)
- 2 Castle Vantress$0.32 0.02 tix
- 2 Celestial Colonnade$0.36 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 4 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$2.98 0.02 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.41 0.14 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
- 2 Fiery Islet$4.31 7.03 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 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$5.15 0.59 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix - 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.36
0.54 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (6)
Lands (25)
- 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
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$2.98 0.02 tix
- 1 Mystic Gate$2.98 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.41 0.14 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix - 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 2 Dovin's Veto
$2.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.54
3.15 tix - 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
$16.81
8.75 tix - 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.75
0.02 tix - 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Shark Typhoon
$1.38
0.06 tix - 4 Spreading Seas
$0.19
0.03 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 3 Blue Elemental Blast$1.28 14.21 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.19
0.04 tix - 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 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 Unexpected Fangs
$0.21
0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
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: 4 | Swiss: 8
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 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
- 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: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (21)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 3 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 1 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
- 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: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (29)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.82 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.41 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.73 0.14 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Windswept Heath$9.73 0.88 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$9.73 0.88 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$9.73 0.88 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (11)
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
- 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 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
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (22)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Curfew
$0.33
0.10 tix
- 2 Electrickery
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Fiery Cannonade
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Gorilla Shaman
$0.21
0.15 tix
- 1 Gorilla Shaman
$0.21
0.15 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 1 Shenanigans
$0.20
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Bonder's Ornament
$0.23
3.31 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 4 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 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
