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30a
30a
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mp2
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prm
prm
wc01
wc01
wc01
wc01
7ed
7ed
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brb
mmq
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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: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (7)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (14)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (21)
- 2 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.85 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.27 0.02 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.78 tix
- 2 Darkslick Shores$1.75 0.02 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$8.76 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.26
0.02 tix - 3 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.36
0.54 tix - 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix - 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix - 1 Memory Deluge
$0.31
0.17 tix - 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Painful Truths
$0.28
0.02 tix - 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Terminate
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (9)
Enchantments (7)
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 Reflecting Pool$11.32 0.10 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.73 0.14 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 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
- 4 Windswept Heath$9.73 0.88 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Dovin's Veto
$2.15
0.03 tix - 1 Endurance
$4.15
4.00 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.29
3.00 tix
- 1 Lightning Helix
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 1 Spreading Seas
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 3 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.30
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 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
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix - 1 Torpor Orb
$3.88
0.40 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (25)
- 3 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
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 4 Mystic Gate$2.98 0.02 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.41 0.14 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Lands (21)
- 1 Ash Barrens$0.19 0.02 tix
- 2 Razortide Bridge$0.24 0.03 tix
- 4 Rustvale Bridge$0.26 0.03 tix
- 2 Seat of the Synod$0.64 1.09 tix
- 4 Silverbluff Bridge$0.27 0.03 tix
- 5 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 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (7)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (25)
- 1 Castle Ardenvale$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Castle Vantress$0.32 0.02 tix
- 1 Celestial Colonnade$0.36 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 2 Glacial Fortress$0.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.45 0.02 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$2.98 0.02 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.41 0.14 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (7)
Lands (25)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.82 0.02 tix
- 3 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
Sideboard
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 3 Dovin's Veto
$2.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.54
3.15 tix - 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Fracturing Gust
$1.63
0.02 tix - 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.75
0.02 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Shark Typhoon
$1.38
0.06 tix - 1 Subtlety
$14.86
8.00 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (21)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Annul
$0.13
0.03 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
- 3 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 2 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: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
