Counterspell (Modern)
Counterspell appears in 7.3% of Modern decks in the last 90 days (698 decks), averaging 3.0 copies in the main deck. It is played above all in Moonshadow.
Share of decks
7.3%
▼ 2.7
vs previous 90 days
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
698
698 main, 14 sideboard
Avg. copies
3.0
in the main deck
Win rate
64%
107 top 8 (challenges only)
Weekly data
| Week from | Share of decks |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | 9.6% |
| 2026-08-17 | 9.8% |
| 2026-08-24 | 6.2% |
| 2026-08-31 | 8.6% |
| 2026-09-07 | 10.3% |
| 2026-09-14 | 6.1% |
| 2026-09-21 | 7.8% |
| 2026-09-28 | 7.7% |
| 2026-10-05 | 5.2% |
| 2026-10-12 | 2.9% |
| 2026-10-19 | 5.3% |
| 2026-10-26 | 5.5% |
Played together with
| Card | Together | Lift |
|---|---|---|
| Spell Snare | 93% | 7.2 |
| Force of Negation | 80% | 4.5 |
| Flooded Strand | 68% | 2.2 |
| Polluted Delta | 65% | 2.5 |
| Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs | 58% | 4.3 |
| Watery Grave | 57% | 3.0 |
| Subtlety | 57% | 6.7 |
| Undercity Sewers | 55% | 3.1 |
| Scalding Tarn | 55% | 2.2 |
| Fatal Push | 54% | 2.9 |
| Sheoldred's Edict | 50% | 10.7 |
| Otawara, Soaring City | 47% | 4.5 |
| Orcish Bowmasters | 46% | 5.7 |
| Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar | 44% | 7.5 |
| Thoughtseize | 43% | 1.8 |
| Psychic Frog | 43% | 3.4 |
| Quantum Riddler | 43% | 2.0 |
| Murktide Regent | 42% | 13.0 |
| Preordain | 40% | 2.6 |
| Consign to Memory | 37% | 3.0 |
- Together
- decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
- Lift
- how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose
Archetypes by metagame share
| Archetype | Meta | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| Moonshadow | 4.3% | 1% |
| UBG (unclassified) | 3.7% | 74% |
| WUBRG (unclassified) | 2.5% | 1% |
| WUB (unclassified) | 1.9% | 11% |
| WUR (unclassified) | 1.9% | 49% |
| Azorius Control | 1.8% | 1% |
| UB (unclassified) | 1.6% | 41% |
| Mono-Blue (unclassified) | 1.4% | 65% |