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30a
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mp2
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prm
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wc01
wc01
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: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (21)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
- 2 Fiery Islet$4.31 7.03 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$5.15 0.59 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
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 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix - 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.30
0.46 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$14.86
8.00 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
- 2 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.85 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.27 0.02 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.78 tix
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.75 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$8.76 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix - 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 2 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 - 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Search for Azcanta
$1.64
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 3 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 2 Kozilek's Return
$0.30
0.46 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (17)
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— —
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Force of Negation$48.99 19.20 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.30
0.46 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute$0.41 0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern$0.21 0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.30
0.46 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Shattering Spree
$0.89
0.22 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$14.86
8.00 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (5)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Instants (17)
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
- 1 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 2 Divest
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 2 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 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: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Archmage's Charm
$1.11
0.20 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Entrancing Melody
$0.18
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.30
0.46 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (7)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (5)
Lands (24)
- 3 Arid Mesa$30.60 3.49 tix
- 1 Castle Ardenvale$0.28 0.02 tix
- 2 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Glacial Fortress$0.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.41 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.73 0.14 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
- 1 Sulfur Falls$0.27 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 3 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Crumble to Dust
$0.05
0.03 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Rule of Law
$0.54
0.02 tix - 1 Spreading Seas
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.24
0.10 tix
- 1 Void Mirror
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.31
4.59 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 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
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.30
0.46 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (13)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
