Counterspell
Counterspell is a blue card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Sixth Edition printing.
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How often Counterspell is played
Counterspell is maindecked in 5 of 39 tournament decks in this archive (13%), averaging 3.4 copies; used by 5 of 17 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 17 decks that can cast blue cards, 5 of them play it (29%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Counterspell
- Stiflenought: Hard answer to their removal and the backbone of the control half once the threat is online.
- Landstill: The backbone, backed by Mana Leak and Prohibit: eleven-plus permission spells mean the opponent's best card usually never resolves. Prohibit's kicker catches the four-drops the Leaks miss late.
- Psychatog: The unconditional answer that lets a deck with one creature simply say no to whatever actually beats it.
- The Solution (2x)
- Dromar Control (3x)
Tournament decks with Counterspell
- UW Landstill: 1st Place at New England Summer Regional (4× mainboard)
- Super Wayfarer: 1st Place at Premodern Online Monthly (4× mainboard)
- Dromar Solution: 3rd Place at Side Event Final Pudraiser (3× mainboard)
- UW Control: 1st Place at Moxforge League May 2026 (4× mainboard)
- The Solution: 2nd Place at Monthly Italiano Maggio (2× mainboard)
