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mp2
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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 (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (8)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (32)
- 2 Castle Vantress$0.32 0.02 tix
- 3 Celestial Colonnade$0.36 0.02 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 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
- 5 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$2.98 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.41 0.14 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (10)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Sorceries (7)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (5)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.19
0.04 tix - 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 3 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 1 Moonblade Shinobi
$0.21
0.03 tix - 1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
$1.05
0.03 tix
- 2 Peppersmoke
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 1 Stormbound Geist
$0.03
0.03 tix
- 1 Unexpected Fangs
$0.21
0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (14)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast$1.28 14.21 tix
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 1 Devour Flesh
$0.09
0.03 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
- 2 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
- 1 Unexpected Fangs
$0.21
0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (10)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (10)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (6)
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
- 1 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
- 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
- 2 Dovin's Veto
$2.15
0.03 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Fracturing Gust
$1.63
0.02 tix - 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.75
0.02 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Spreading Seas
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Sunset Revelry
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.88
0.40 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (9)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (24)
- 1 Castle Vantress$0.32 0.02 tix
- 2 Darkslick Shores$1.75 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$8.72 0.03 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.46 0.88 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$2.98 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$8.76 0.02 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$8.76 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 2 Damn
$1.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Dovin's Veto
$2.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 3 Spreading Seas
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Sunset Revelry
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
$2.70
0.26 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (24)
- 1 Castle Vantress$0.32 0.02 tix
- 2 Celestial Colonnade$0.36 0.02 tix
- 2 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 2 Glacial Fortress$0.22 0.02 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 4 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$2.98 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.41 0.14 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 3 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 1 Bonder's Ornament
$0.23
3.31 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 Unexpected Fangs
$0.21
0.03 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 3 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 Unexpected Fangs
$0.21
0.03 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Instants (21)
- 1 Negate$0.13 0.03 tix
- 2 Moment's Peace
$2.17
7.48 tix - 1 Weather the Storm
$1.14
1.50 tix
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix - 4 Impulse
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Prohibit
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Pulse of Murasa
$0.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Scattershot
$0.43
0.04 tix
- 1 Forbidden Alchemy
$0.06
0.02 tix
- 2 Ghostly Flicker
$1.09
0.03 tix
- 2 Mystical Teachings
$0.11
0.02 tix
- 1 Crop Rotation
$3.53
2.12 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Ephemerate
$3.91
1.70 tix
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (6)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.19
0.04 tix
- 2 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 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
- 1 Suffocating Fumes
$0.21
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 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 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
$1.05
0.03 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 3 Suffocating Fumes
$0.21
0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 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
- 1 Moonblade Shinobi
$0.21
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 Unexpected Fangs
$0.21
0.03 tix