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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 (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (25)
- 1 Castle Ardenvale$0.28 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
- 2 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
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix - 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 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 2 Sanctifier en-Vec
$0.31
0.13 tix
- 1 Spreading Seas
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Summary Dismissal
$0.17
0.02 tix - 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.31
4.59 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (6)
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 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
- 3 Mystic Gate$2.98 0.02 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Crumble to Dust
$0.05
0.03 tix - 3 Dovin's Veto
$2.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.54
3.15 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Fracturing Gust
$1.63
0.02 tix - 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 2 Torpor Orb
$3.88
0.40 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
- 2 Ash Barrens$0.19 0.02 tix
- 1 Evolving Wilds$0.10 0.01 tix
- 1 Evolving Wilds$0.10 0.01 tix
- 1 Evolving Wilds$0.10 0.01 tix
- 3 Ice Tunnel$0.45 0.03 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 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
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.51 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (25)
- 1 Castle Ardenvale$0.28 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
- 2 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: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.30
0.46 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Test of Talents
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Torpor Orb
$3.88
0.40 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.36
0.54 tix
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Prismari Command
$0.28
0.07 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (25)
- 1 Castle Ardenvale$0.28 0.02 tix
- 2 Castle Vantress$0.32 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 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
- 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: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (14)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (20)
Lands (25)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.82 0.02 tix
- 1 Castle Vantress$0.32 0.02 tix
- 2 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 Glacial Fortress$0.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Glacial Fortress$0.22 0.02 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 5 Island$0.05 0.01 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
- 1 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.16
0.03 tix - 1 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 2 Fracturing Gust
$1.63
0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Sanctifier en-Vec
$0.31
0.13 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.24
0.10 tix
- 2 Timely Reinforcements
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.31
4.59 tix
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
- 3 Electrolyze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Cryptic Command
$3.19
0.09 tix
- 3 Lightning Bolt
$0.80
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.80
0.02 tix
- 1 Opt
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Opt
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 2 Opt
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 2 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 4 Archmage's Charm
$1.11
0.20 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.12
0.02 tix
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (24)
- 2 Castle Vantress$0.32 0.02 tix
- 1 Celestial Colonnade$0.36 0.02 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Glacial Fortress$0.22 0.02 tix
- 2 Glacial Fortress$0.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.41 0.14 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
- 2 Sulfur Falls$0.27 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.26
0.02 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
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Fracturing Gust
$1.63
0.02 tix
- 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
$41.62
0.02 tix - 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.12
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.31
4.59 tix
Final: 6 |
