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wc01
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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 (7)
Instants (24)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.27 0.02 tix
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit$0.33 0.02 tix
- 2 Drowned Catacomb$1.29 0.02 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
- 2 Sulfur Falls$0.27 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$8.76 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ceremonious Rejection
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix - 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.54
3.15 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
$4.67
0.23 tix - 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix - 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix - 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Search for Azcanta
$1.64
0.02 tix
- 2 Void Mirror
$0.32
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Instants (26)
Enchantments (2)
(1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Dead/Gone— —
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 3 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 1 Search for Azcanta
$1.64
0.02 tix
- 1 Shark Typhoon
$1.38
0.06 tix - 2 Spreading Seas
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Test of Talents
$0.34
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (21)
Lands (22)
- 2 Darkslick Shores$1.75 0.02 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.63 0.03 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 3 Prismatic Vista$25.91 3.23 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.51 0.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$8.76 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$8.76 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 1 Crypt Incursion
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Dead of Winter
$0.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Feed the Swarm
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix
- 4 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix - 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
$34.60
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (21)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
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
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 2 Dragon's Claw
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 1 Threads of Disloyalty
$0.24
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (26)
- 1 Celestial Colonnade$0.36 0.02 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Gemstone Caverns$52.31 0.90 tix
- 3 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 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.41 0.14 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.07
1.48 tix
- 3 Dovin's Veto
$2.15
0.03 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 2 Path to Exile
$1.12
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Shark Typhoon
$1.38
0.06 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.24
0.10 tix
- 1 Winds of Abandon
$3.65
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (22)
- 2 Darkslick Shores$1.75 0.02 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 4 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.63 0.03 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.91 3.23 tix
- 1 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$8.76 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$8.76 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Crypt Incursion
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Extirpate
$1.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix
- 1 Set Adrift
$0.06
0.03 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 2 Test of Talents
$0.34
0.03 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Sorceries (7)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (22)
- 3 Cast Down
$0.33
3.32 tix
- 1 Echoing Decay
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Suffocating Fumes
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 4 Snuff Out
$5.53
9.53 tix - 1 Behold the Multiverse
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 3 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 2 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Chainer's Edict
$0.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Divest
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 3 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 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 Unexpected Fangs
$0.21
0.03 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
