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mh2
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prm
prm
wc01
wc01
wc01
wc01
7ed
7ed
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wc00
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wc97
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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: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (16)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (14)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (15)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Annul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Arms of Hadar
$0.46
7.33 tix - 4 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 1 Crypt Incursion
$0.30
0.03 tix - 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 1 Mind Extraction
$0.15
0.04 tix
- 1 Mukotai Ambusher
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix - 1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
$1.05
0.03 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (7)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (14)
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (20)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (14)
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (6)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Annul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Arms of Hadar
$0.46
7.33 tix
- 3 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.28
14.21 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Extract a Confession
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 1 Mukotai Ambusher
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Murmuring Mystic
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
$1.05
0.03 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
$10.49
0.03 tix
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
$1.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$16.15
0.11 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
$0.23
0.02 tix - 1 Detective's Phoenix
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$3.99
1.17 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.64
7.96 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$14.86
8.00 tix
- 1 Pyrogoyf
$1.81
5.25 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.59
0.70 tix
- 1 Quantum Riddler
$31.31
33.50 tix
- 1 Oliphaunt
$0.22
0.01 tix - 1 Murktide Regent
$7.48
7.16 tix
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
$1.33
0.02 tix
Sorceries (12)
- 1 Sundering Eruption
$0.93
0.04 tix
- 1 Fiery Confluence
$0.36
3.70 tix
- 1 Stock Up
$1.26
0.26 tix
- 1 Lórien Revealed
$4.83
4.86 tix
- 1 Chain Lightning
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Flame Slash
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Lithomantic Barrage
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Reckless Charge
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Wild Ride
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Preordain
$0.45
0.01 tix
- 1 Expressive Iteration
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
$3.96
0.01 tix
Instants (30)
- 1 Untimely Malfunction
$7.49
0.14 tix
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
$3.30
4.61 tix
- 1 Daze
$0.88
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
$1.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Flame of Anor
$4.66
0.07 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
$5.25
7.83 tix
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
$0.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Brainsurge
$0.38
0.04 tix
- 1 Memory Deluge
$0.31
0.17 tix
- 1 Misdirection
$5.84
8.89 tix
- 1 Pyrokinesis
$1.59
7.31 tix - 1 Galvanic Discharge
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.80
0.02 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.28
0.01 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 1 Force Spike
$0.91
0.04 tix
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
$2.47
9.73 tix
- 1 Magic Damper
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Peek
$0.45
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.36
0.21 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.29
0.34 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 Disrupting Shoal
$11.09
0.49 tix
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (35)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.26 0.73 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.60 3.49 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.78 tix
- 1 Cascade Bluffs$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Command Tower$0.28 0.01 tix
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery$0.39 0.38 tix
- 1 Den of the Bugbear$1.30 0.17 tix
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.31 7.03 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mistrise Village$8.24 0.50 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.11 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.50 2.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.91 3.23 tix
- 1 Riverglide Pathway$4.85 0.18 tix
- 1 Riverpyre Verge$20.71 0.71 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Shivan Reef$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance$2.19 0.03 tix
- 1 Spirebluff Canal$5.15 0.59 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
- 1 Stormcarved Coast$1.87 0.02 tix
- 1 Sulfur Falls$0.27 0.02 tix
- 1 Swarmyard$3.79 0.02 tix
- 1 Talon Gates of Madara$26.73 17.60 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.67 6.91 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
- 1 Barrowgoyf$12.89 24.41 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower— —
- 1 Detective's Phoenix$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Fear of Missing Out$2.82 0.09 tix
- 1 Fury$0.59 0.70 tix
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel$1.94 0.02 tix
- 1 Oliphaunt$0.22 0.01 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent$19.58 7.62 tix
- 1 Pyrogoyf$1.81 5.25 tix
- 1 Simian Spirit Guide$2.97 0.01 tix
- 1 Subtlety$14.86 8.00 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder$2.21 0.69 tix
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
$45.82
7.15 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$16.15
0.11 tix
- 1 Chaos Defiler
$7.08
92.00 tix
- 1 Anger
$0.45
0.09 tix
- 1 Baleful Strix
$0.96
0.22 tix
- 1 Psychic Frog
$4.70
4.64 tix
Sorceries (9)
Instants (32)
- 1 Cling to Dust$0.28 0.03 tix
- 1 Consult the Star Charts$3.30 4.61 tix
- 1 Fatal Push$0.41 0.02 tix
- 1 Flame of Anor$4.66 0.07 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command$0.32 0.02 tix
- 1 Lose Focus$0.24 0.03 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep$8.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor— —
- 1 Unholy Heat$0.28 0.01 tix
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings— —
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.03
0.03 tix
- 1 Tainted Pact
$33.04
4.04 tix
- 1 Daze
$0.88
0.02 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
$1.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Cryptic Command
$3.19
0.09 tix
- 1 Pyrokinesis
$1.59
7.31 tix
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.80
0.02 tix
- 1 Tarfire
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 1 Force Spike
$0.91
0.04 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.36
0.21 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.29
0.34 tix
- 1 Stifle
$7.02
16.77 tix
- 1 Wash Away
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Drown in the Loch
$1.02
0.03 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.26 0.73 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.60 3.49 tix
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.87 tix
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.85 0.02 tix
- 1 Blazemire Verge$8.71 0.07 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.27 0.02 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.78 tix
- 1 Command Tower$0.28 0.01 tix
- 1 Crystal Vein$1.80 0.02 tix
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.75 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Gloomlake Verge$9.93 0.36 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.46 0.88 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.11 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.50 2.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.91 3.23 tix
- 1 Raucous Theater$10.18 1.27 tix
- 1 Reflecting Pool$11.32 0.10 tix
- 1 Riverpyre Verge$20.71 0.71 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh$5.73 0.06 tix
- 1 Spirebluff Canal$5.15 0.59 tix
- 1 Starting Town$9.92 7.61 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
- 1 Stormcarved Coast$1.87 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.67 6.91 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$9.44 7.26 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$8.76 0.02 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (30)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2