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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: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (14)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Sorceries (1)
Artifacts (25)
- 1 Shadowspear$17.66 0.62 tix
- 4 Mishra's Bauble
$1.64
0.02 tix - 1 Aether Spellbomb
$0.29
0.03 tix - 2 Chromatic Star
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Sword of the Meek
$0.30
0.02 tix - 2 Talisman of Progress
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
5.02 tix - 4 Portable Hole
$0.30
0.03 tix - 4 Thopter Foundry
$0.16
0.02 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix - 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (24)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 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 Razortide Bridge$0.24 0.03 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 4 Seachrome Coast$0.32 0.02 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 3 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.24
0.10 tix
- 3 Wear/Tear
$1.31
4.59 tix - 1 Welding Jar
$1.35
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Aether Gust$0.24 0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 2 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 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
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Subtlety$14.86 8.00 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (22)
Lands (22)
- 2 Darkslick Shores$1.75 0.02 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$8.76 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$8.76 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.64
7.96 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 1 Monastery Mentor
$0.43
0.06 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (23)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.19
0.04 tix - 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 2 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 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: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 3 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 4 Dauthi Voidwalker
$3.13
0.53 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
$2.31
0.63 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix
- 1 Stubborn Denial
$3.07
0.03 tix
- 1 Terminate
$0.28
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
- 3 Fiery Islet$4.31 7.03 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 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
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$5.15 0.59 tix
- 3 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 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Entrancing Melody
$0.18
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Invasive Surgery
$0.20
0.04 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (14)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$14.86
8.00 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.64
7.96 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 1 Monastery Mentor
$0.43
0.06 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (23)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (11)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (21)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (23)
- 3 Cast Down
$0.33
3.32 tix
- 1 Echoing Decay
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 4 Snuff Out
$5.53
9.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 2 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
- 3 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.19
0.04 tix
- 3 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 2 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 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
