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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: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
- 2 Echoing Decay
$0.19
0.03 tix - 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Suffocating Fumes
$0.21
0.03 tix - 3 Tragic Lesson
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 3 Snuff Out
$5.53
9.53 tix - 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 3 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 3 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Agony Warp
$0.05
0.03 tix
- 2 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Deprive
$0.35
0.03 tix
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
- 3 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix - 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix - 2 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 2 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix - 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (27)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Mystic Sanctuary$1.11 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.91 3.23 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.54 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix - 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.30
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (27)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Mystic Sanctuary$1.11 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.91 3.23 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.54 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad$0.30 0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Instants (16)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Instants (16)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (27)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Mystic Sanctuary$1.11 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.91 3.23 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.54 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad$0.30 0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (23)
- 3 Echoing Decay
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Prohibit
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 2 Tragic Lesson
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 3 Snuff Out
$5.53
9.53 tix
- 3 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Agony Warp
$0.05
0.03 tix
- 3 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Deprive
$0.35
0.03 tix
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Cartouche of Ambition
$0.12
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 Nausea
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
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
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Instants (16)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
- 2 Echoing Decay
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 3 Tragic Lesson
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 3 Snuff Out
$5.53
9.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 3 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 3 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Agony Warp
$0.05
0.03 tix
- 2 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Deprive
$0.35
0.03 tix
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.54
5.74 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix - 1 Entreat the Angels
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 2 Goblin Cratermaker
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix - 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 1 Seal of Cleansing
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix - 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
