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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 | 620 | 1 |
| Pauper | 52 | 3.9 | 442 | 3.7 |
| Modern | 42 | 3.1 | 346 | 3.3 |
| Premodern | 45 | 4 | 328 | 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: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix - 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 1 Soul Manipulation
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Stormbound Geist
$0.03
0.03 tix
- 1 Suffocating Fumes
$0.21
0.03 tix - 2 Unexpected Fangs
$0.21
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (20)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (21)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity$13.08 0.02 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.91 3.23 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 13.54 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 2 Curfew
$0.33
0.10 tix
- 2 Electrickery
$0.24
0.03 tix - 1 Gorilla Shaman
$0.21
0.15 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 1 Moonblade Shinobi
$0.21
0.03 tix - 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 1 Swirling Sandstorm
$0.16
0.23 tix
- 1 Winter's Rest
$0.24
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
- 2 Moment's Peace
$2.17
7.48 tix - 1 Weather the Storm
$1.14
1.50 tix
- 4 Impulse
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Reaping the Graves
$0.33
0.35 tix
- 1 Pulse of Murasa
$0.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Ghostly Flicker
$1.09
0.03 tix
- 1 Unwind
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 2 Mystical Teachings
$0.11
0.02 tix
- 1 Crop Rotation
$3.53
2.12 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Ephemerate
$3.91
1.70 tix
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Dinrova Horror
$0.09
0.03 tix - 1 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Exclude
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 2 Stonehorn Dignitary
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Weather the Storm
$1.14
1.50 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (15)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (20)
- 2 Ash Barrens$0.19 0.02 tix
- 1 Azorius Chancery$0.18 0.01 tix
- 1 Izzet Boilerworks$0.26 0.01 tix
- 8 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.51 0.01 tix
- 3 Thriving Bluff$0.11 0.01 tix
- 2 Thriving Isle$0.10 0.01 tix
Sideboard
- 3 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Gorilla Shaman
$0.21
0.15 tix
- 1 Guardian of the Guildpact
$1.57
0.33 tix
- 2 Lone Missionary
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Ob Nixilis's Cruelty
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 3 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 2 Stonehorn Dignitary
$0.27
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (15)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Gorilla Shaman
$0.21
0.15 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 1 Moonblade Shinobi
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 3 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 1 Shenanigans
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 2 Swirling Sandstorm
$0.16
0.23 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (19)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 2 Annul
$0.13
0.03 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
- 3 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 1 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: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 2 Curfew
$0.33
0.10 tix
- 2 Electrickery
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Gorilla Shaman
$0.21
0.15 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 1 Stormbound Geist
$0.03
0.03 tix
- 1 Swirling Sandstorm
$0.16
0.23 tix
- 1 Winter's Rest
$0.24
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (7)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Mystic Sanctuary$1.11 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.54 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.54
5.74 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Entreat the Angels
$0.42
0.03 tix - 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix - 1 Terminus
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Wilt$0.12 0.03 tix
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (20)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (13)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (7)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Instants (18)
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Tragic Lesson
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.80
0.02 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.80
0.02 tix
- 4 Skred
$1.86
4.38 tix
- 2 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 1 Curfew
$0.33
0.10 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Deprive
$0.35
0.03 tix
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
- 1 Frantic Inventory$0.17 0.03 tix
- 2 Echoing Decay
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 3 Frantic Inventory
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Tragic Lesson
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 3 Snuff Out
$5.53
9.53 tix
- 4 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 3 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Agony Warp
$0.05
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Deprive
$0.35
0.03 tix
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 3 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 1 Chainer's Edict
$0.19
0.04 tix
- 2 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Shrivel
$0.09
0.03 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
