Counterspell
Counterspell is a blue card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Sixth Edition printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€1.2) · TCGplayer ($2.32) · Scryfall
How often Counterspell is played
Counterspell is maindecked in 13 of 77 tournament decks in this archive (17%), averaging 3.7 copies; used by 5 of 21 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 34 decks that can cast blue cards, 13 of them play it (38%).
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
- Mono Blue Control: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (4× mainboard)
- Mirari's Wake: 1st Place at Road to Mexican Nationals 2027 (4× mainboard)
- UBG Control Sideboard: 1st Place at Mercadian Frogs @ Troll2jeux (Paris, France) (4× mainboard)
- Minotaurs: 2nd Place at Adriatic Pile - 3° Tappa (4× mainboard)
- Treva Oath Control: 8th Place at Liga Premodern Alicante 2026 (4× mainboard)
- Mono Blue Control: 1st Place at MTGO Challenge (4× mainboard)
- Bwg Control: 1st Place at LA Open 2026 (4× mainboard)
- Tropical Naught: 2nd Place at Mensual Premodern Valencia (3× mainboard)
- 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)
Spicy brews with Counterspell
- 4c Blessing Control (4×)
