Counterspell (Pauper)
Counterspell appears in 25.7% of Pauper decks in the last 90 days (1407 decks), averaging 4.0 copies in the main deck. It is played above all in Mono-Blue Terror.
Share of decks
25.7%
▲ 2.8
vs previous 90 days
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
1407
1401 main, 7 sideboard
Avg. copies
4.0
in the main deck
Win rate
59%
213 top 8 (challenges only)
Weekly data
| Week from | Share of decks |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | 30.4% |
| 2026-08-17 | 29.3% |
| 2026-08-24 | 27.4% |
| 2026-08-31 | 20.6% |
| 2026-09-07 | 22.4% |
| 2026-09-14 | 24.0% |
| 2026-09-21 | 25.3% |
| 2026-09-28 | 23.2% |
| 2026-10-05 | 29.7% |
| 2026-10-12 | 29.9% |
| 2026-10-19 | 28.3% |
| 2026-10-26 | 23.6% |
Played together with
| Card | Together | Lift |
|---|---|---|
| Lórien Revealed | 87% | 3.5 |
| Brainstorm | 68% | 3.8 |
| Dispel | 64% | 3.8 |
| Murmuring Mystic | 50% | 3.6 |
| Tolarian Terror | 40% | 3.9 |
| Ponder | 39% | 3.8 |
| Cast Down | 39% | 2.1 |
| Snuff Out | 37% | 2.7 |
| Contaminated Aquifer | 36% | 3.9 |
| Thought Scour | 36% | 3.9 |
| Mental Note | 35% | 3.9 |
| Spellstutter Sprite | 33% | 3.9 |
| Ninja of the Deep Hours | 33% | 3.9 |
| Faerie Seer | 33% | 3.9 |
| Bojuka Bog | 33% | 1.6 |
| Sleep of the Dead | 32% | 3.9 |
| Thorn of the Black Rose | 32% | 3.7 |
| Cryptic Serpent | 32% | 3.9 |
| Baleful Strix | 31% | 3.0 |
| Augur of Bolas | 29% | 3.8 |
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mono-Blue Terror | 8.0% | 100% |
| UB (unclassified) | 6.1% | 93% |
| WUB (unclassified) | 3.3% | 19% |
| Mono-Blue Faeries | 3.2% | 100% |
| Dimir Control | 3.0% | 100% |
| UBR (unclassified) | 2.4% | 42% |
| Jeskai Ephemerate | 2.2% | 95% |
| Naya Gates | 1.3% | 7% |