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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 | 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: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.39
28.42 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.38
1.29 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
13.96 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.24
0.10 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix - 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix - 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.45
0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix - 1 Wrath of the Skies
$1.49
4.73 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
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
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Meticulous Archive$9.35 3.99 tix
- 1 Monumental Henge$0.36 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 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: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (25)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 2 Annul
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.10 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.39
0.07 tix
- 1 Fact or Fiction
$0.20
0.03 tix - 1 Foil
$1.98
0.01 tix
- 1 Ghastly Demise
$0.17
0.04 tix - 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
13.96 tix
- 1 Psychatog
$8.86
0.04 tix
- 1 Shadow Rift
$1.65
0.04 tix
- 1 Smother
$0.21
0.33 tix
- 1 Stifle
$7.00
16.70 tix
- 1 Tsabo's Decree
$1.33
0.42 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (33)
- 4 Accumulated Knowledge
$0.32
0.04 tix
- 2 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 3 Impulse
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 4 Foil
$1.98
0.01 tix
- 1 Thwart
$0.95
10.54 tix
- 3 Gush
$2.54
0.04 tix - 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.39
0.07 tix
- 1 Opt
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 3 Stifle
$7.00
16.70 tix
- 1 Stifle
$7.00
16.70 tix
- 4 Vision Charm
$1.85
7.69 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Flash of Insight
$0.45
1.80 tix
Artifacts (1)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (21)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (33)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
$2.87
0.09 tix
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
$2.63
0.21 tix
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
$10.64
0.03 tix
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
$1.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$16.15
0.14 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.49
0.04 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Ademi of the Silkchutes
$5.38
0.39 tix
- 1 Archivist of Oghma
$5.88
8.93 tix
- 1 Cathar Commando
$0.16
0.01 tix
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
$4.65
0.51 tix
- 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Aang, Swift Savior
$2.23
0.10 tix
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
$0.26
0.10 tix
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.65
7.96 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.21
0.61 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$14.77
8.00 tix
- 1 Pyrogoyf
$1.77
5.25 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.59
0.70 tix
- 1 Solitude
$34.08
5.00 tix
- 1 Mother of Runes
$8.41
2.17 tix
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
$34.98
9.05 tix
Sorceries (6)
Instants (28)
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
$3.48
4.61 tix
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Lose Focus
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Mana Leak
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Memory Lapse
$0.38
0.04 tix
- 1 Remand
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Tale's End
$1.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
18.36 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
$5.35
8.16 tix
- 1 Reprieve
$1.26
0.17 tix
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
19.12 tix
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.79
0.02 tix
- 1 Redirect Lightning
$9.99
0.31 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.28
0.01 tix
- 1 Lightning Helix
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.89 tix
- 1 Force Spike
$0.99
0.04 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.29
0.21 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.28
0.30 tix
- 1 Wash Away
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix - 1 Mana Tithe
$0.80
0.04 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.16
0.04 tix
- 1 No More Lies
$0.33
0.25 tix
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.08 0.73 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$31.07 3.92 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.74 tix
- 1 Command Tower$0.27 0.01 tix
- 1 Deserted Beach$4.66 0.03 tix
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire$5.42 0.15 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.16 4.91 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Floodfarm Verge$8.83 0.19 tix
- 1 Glacial Fortress$0.23 0.02 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.82 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.43 0.88 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.35 3.99 tix
- 1 Mistrise Village$8.19 0.54 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Gate$2.97 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.31 2.08 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plateau$200.00 3.27 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.94 3.18 tix
- 1 Reflecting Pool$11.32 0.10 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.44 0.16 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Seachrome Coast$0.34 0.02 tix
- 1 Spirebluff Canal$5.22 0.58 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.07 0.20 tix
- 1 Stormcarved Coast$1.87 0.02 tix
- 1 Sulfur Falls$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.51 6.59 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.61 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$9.68 1.01 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.81 2.67 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Instants (21)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (29)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (25)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 4 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.10 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.39
0.07 tix
- 1 Fact or Fiction
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Foil
$1.98
0.01 tix
- 1 Hibernation
$0.26
0.04 tix
- 1 Powder Keg
$31.45
28.27 tix
- 1 Psychatog
$8.86
0.04 tix
- 1 Shadow Rift
$1.65
0.04 tix
- 1 Smother
$0.21
0.33 tix
- 1 Stifle
$7.00
16.70 tix
- 1 Tsabo's Decree
$1.33
0.42 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (27)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Instants (23)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (21)
Lands (26)
- 4 Adarkar Wastes$0.26 0.02 tix
- 1 Coastal Tower$0.14 0.04 tix
- 2 Dust Bowl$0.89 0.20 tix
- 2 Faerie Conclave$0.52 0.03 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 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Mishra's Factory$0.15 0.03 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
- 1 Vendilion Clique$3.51 0.02 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$16.15
0.14 tix
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.38
1.29 tix
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$3.88
1.17 tix
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
$13.10
16.75 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.21
0.61 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$14.77
8.00 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.59
0.70 tix
- 1 Oliphaunt
$0.25
0.01 tix
- 1 Murktide Regent
$7.40
6.57 tix
Sorceries (10)
Instants (39)
- 1 Abrade
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Change the Equation
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
$3.48
4.61 tix
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Lose Focus
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Mana Leak
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Memory Lapse
$0.38
0.04 tix
- 1 Miscalculation
$0.32
0.27 tix
- 1 Remand
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Tale's End
$1.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Flame of Anor
$4.53
0.04 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
18.36 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
$5.35
8.16 tix
- 1 Cryptic Command
$3.13
0.06 tix
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Brainsurge
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
19.12 tix
- 1 Memory Deluge
$0.31
0.17 tix
- 1 Fact or Fiction
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Mystic Confluence
$0.43
0.40 tix
- 1 Pyrokinesis
$1.59
7.31 tix
- 1 Fiery Impulse
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Fire Magic
$0.94
3.88 tix
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.79
0.02 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.28
0.01 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.89 tix
- 1 Consider
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Force Spike
$0.99
0.04 tix
- 1 Opt
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Peek
$0.45
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.29
0.21 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.28
0.30 tix
- 1 Wash Away
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Archmage's Charm
$1.08
0.15 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Logic Knot
$0.18
0.03 tix
Enchantments (2)
Lands (36)
- 1 Arid Mesa$31.07 3.92 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.74 tix
- 1 Cascade Bluffs$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Command Tower$0.27 0.01 tix
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery$0.39 0.35 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 5 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 Mistrise Village$8.19 0.54 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Opal Palace$0.24 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.31 2.08 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.94 3.18 tix
- 1 Riverglide Pathway$4.79 0.18 tix
- 1 Riverpyre Verge$20.75 0.70 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Shivan Reef$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance$2.19 0.03 tix
- 1 Spirebluff Canal$5.22 0.58 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.07 0.20 tix
- 1 Stormcarved Coast$1.87 0.02 tix
- 1 Sulfur Falls$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Swarmyard$3.65 0.02 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.51 6.59 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.81 2.67 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
- 1 Ledger Shredder
$7.65
0.17 tix
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
$1.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$16.15
0.14 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.49
0.04 tix
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.38
1.29 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
$13.10
16.75 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.21
0.61 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$14.77
8.00 tix
- 1 Pyrogoyf
$1.77
5.25 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.59
0.70 tix
- 1 Pinnacle Monk
$1.11
0.04 tix
- 1 Oliphaunt
$0.25
0.01 tix
- 1 Murktide Regent
$7.40
6.57 tix
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
$1.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
$34.98
9.05 tix
Sorceries (8)
Instants (32)
- 1 Change the Equation
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
$3.48
4.61 tix
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Lose Focus
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Mana Leak
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Memory Lapse
$0.38
0.04 tix
- 1 Miscalculation
$0.32
0.27 tix
- 1 Remand
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Tale's End
$1.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Flame of Anor
$4.53
0.04 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
$5.35
8.16 tix
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Brainsurge
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
19.12 tix
- 1 Memory Deluge
$0.31
0.17 tix
- 1 Pyrokinesis
$1.59
7.31 tix
- 1 Burst Lightning
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.79
0.02 tix
- 1 Tarfire
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.28
0.01 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.89 tix
- 1 Consider
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Force Spike
$0.99
0.04 tix
- 1 Peek
$0.45
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.29
0.21 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.28
0.30 tix
- 1 Wash Away
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Logic Knot
$0.18
0.03 tix
Artifacts (3)
Lands (36)
- 1 Agna Qel'a$0.95 0.07 tix
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.08 0.73 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$31.07 3.92 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.74 tix
- 1 Command Tower$0.27 0.01 tix
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery$0.39 0.35 tix
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.29 7.15 tix
- 1 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 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Opal Palace$0.24 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.31 2.08 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.94 3.18 tix
- 1 Riverglide Pathway$4.79 0.18 tix
- 1 Riverpyre Verge$20.75 0.70 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Shivan Reef$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Spirebluff Canal$5.22 0.58 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.07 0.20 tix
- 1 Stormcarved Coast$1.87 0.02 tix
- 1 Sulfur Falls$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Swarmyard$3.65 0.02 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.51 6.59 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.81 2.67 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (16)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
