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 | 625 | 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: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (24)
- 4 Arid Mesa$31.07 3.92 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium$1.42 0.02 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.82 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Meticulous Archive$9.35 3.99 tix
- 1 Monumental Henge$0.36 0.02 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$2.97 0.02 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.44 0.16 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.07 0.20 tix
- 2 Thundering Falls$14.51 6.59 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (24)
- 1 Arid Mesa$31.07 3.92 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.44 0.02 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.82 0.06 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$11.36 1.90 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Meticulous Archive$9.35 3.99 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 1 Monumental Henge$0.36 0.02 tix
- 1 Mystic Gate$2.97 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.31 2.08 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.07 0.20 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix - 4 Consign to Memory
$3.39
28.42 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
18.36 tix
- 2 High Noon
$4.42
14.38 tix
- 1 Isochron Scepter
$8.74
0.02 tix - 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.71
0.02 tix - 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.19 tix
- 2 Wrath of the Skies
$1.49
4.73 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (33)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (32)
Artifacts (1)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (33)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Instants (15)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (32)
- 2 Consult the Star Charts$3.48 4.61 tix
- 3 Into the Flood Maw$2.38 9.73 tix
- 4 Sink into Stupor— —
- 2 Stern Scolding$0.28 0.30 tix
- 4 Whir of Invention$5.15 0.02 tix
- 4 Jwari Disruption
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 3 Force of Negation
$48.99
18.36 tix
- 3 Waterlogged Teachings
$0.41
0.03 tix - 3 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 4 Disrupting Shoal
$10.99
0.51 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (33)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (9)
Instants (26)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (21)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (3)
Instants (25)
- 4 Swords to Plowshares$1.16 0.04 tix
- 4 Accumulated Knowledge
$0.32
0.04 tix
- 1 Impulse
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 3 Mana Leak
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Forbid
$0.69
0.05 tix
- 3 Cunning Wish
$1.00
9.08 tix
- 1 Fact or Fiction
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 3 Chain of Vapor
$9.39
0.07 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Flash of Insight
$0.45
1.80 tix
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (24)
- 4 Arid Mesa$31.07 3.92 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.16 4.91 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium$1.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.82 0.06 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Meticulous Archive$9.35 3.99 tix
- 1 Monumental Henge$0.36 0.02 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.44 0.16 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.07 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.51 6.59 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (27)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
- 4 Spellstutter Sprite$4.02 0.03 tix
- 4 Moon-Circuit Hacker
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Saiba Cryptomancer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 4 Ninja of the Deep Hours
$1.23
5.63 tix
- 2 Brinebarrow Intruder
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 4 Faerie Miscreant
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 4 Faerie Seer
$0.34
0.78 tix
- 2 Harrier Strix
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 2 Humbling Elder
$0.06
0.03 tix
