pf26
mar
mar
omb
fca
dsc
mb2
pf24
cmm
cmm
dmr
dmr
dmr
scd
30a
30a
gn3
mh2
mh2
sta
sta
cmr
cmr
plst
plst
sld
sld
sld
sld
sld
sld
sld
sld
ss1
a25
mp2
ema
tpr
jvc
vma
me4
purl
dd2
me2
f05
wc02
prm
prm
prm
prm
wc01
wc01
wc01
wc01
7ed
7ed
btd
wc00
g00
brb
mmq
s99
6ed
wc98
tmp
wc97
wc97
5ed
plgm
ptc
ptc
ice
4bb
4ed
pmei
pmei
sum
fbb
3ed
ced
cei
2ed
leb
lea
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 | 347 | 3.3 |
| Premodern | 49 | 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: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (22)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
- 2 Echoing Decay
$0.19
0.03 tix - 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 3 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Foil
$1.98
0.01 tix - 2 Snuff Out
$5.46
9.53 tix - 3 Gush
$2.54
0.04 tix - 4 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.89 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Agony Warp
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (21)
Lands (18)
- 1 Ash Barrens$0.18 0.02 tix
- 1 Evolving Wilds$0.10 0.01 tix
- 1 Evolving Wilds$0.10 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 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Terramorphic Expanse$0.14 0.01 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix - 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Disenchant
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.72 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
$0.58
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.45
0.10 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.45
0.10 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix - 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Sorceries (16)
Instants (26)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Sun's Zenith
$1.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Brain Freeze
$2.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Pact of Negation
$18.23
0.31 tix - 1 Snap
$3.36
0.05 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 2 Teferi's Realm
$2.24
2.04 tix
- 1 Turnabout
$0.18
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.72 tix
- 3 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.94
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix - 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (20)
- 1 Arid Mesa$31.07 3.92 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$31.07 3.92 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 1 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 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 13.61 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.72 tix
- 3 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 2 Supreme Verdict
$1.45
0.10 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (22)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (22)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (2)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.72 tix
- 3 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 2 Supreme Verdict
$1.45
0.10 tix
- 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
$26.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
