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
plgm
ptc
ptc
ice
4ed
4bb
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pmei
sum
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fbb
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cei
2ed
leb
lea
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: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Sorceries (7)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.19
0.04 tix - 1 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 1 Lose Focus
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 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
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Crypt Incursion
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den$2.39 0.02 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute$0.41 0.02 tix
- 3 Soul-Guide Lantern$0.21 0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix - 1 Unmoored Ego
$0.21
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (5)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Sorceries (7)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (7)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (28)
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.60 3.49 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.82 0.02 tix
- 3 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 Prismatic Vista$25.91 3.23 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
- 3 Windswept Heath$9.73 0.88 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (31)
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.60 3.49 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
- 1 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
- 4 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Gate$2.98 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Raugrin Triome$16.41 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.73 0.14 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
- 1 Sulfur Falls$0.27 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 3 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.59
2.19 tix - 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix - 2 Wear/Tear
$1.31
4.59 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.30
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (25)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.82 0.02 tix
- 2 Castle Vantress$0.32 0.02 tix
- 1 Celestial Colonnade$0.36 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 4 Glacial Fortress$0.22 0.02 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$2.98 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.41 0.14 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (25)
- 1 Castle Ardenvale$0.28 0.02 tix
- 2 Castle Vantress$0.32 0.02 tix
- 1 Celestial Colonnade$0.36 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 3 Glacial Fortress$0.22 0.02 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 4 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$2.98 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.41 0.14 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (7)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (27)
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.60 3.49 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.82 0.02 tix
- 3 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 Prismatic Vista$25.91 3.23 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 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
- 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)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (7)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (27)
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.60 3.49 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.82 0.02 tix
- 3 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 Prismatic Vista$25.91 3.23 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 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
- 3 Windswept Heath$9.73 0.88 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (7)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (28)
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.60 3.49 tix
- 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 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 Prismatic Vista$25.91 3.23 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 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: 3 | Swiss: 1
