Counterspell (Modern)
Counterspell appears in 5.9% of Modern decks in the last 30 days (133 decks), averaging 3.1 copies in the main deck. It is played above all in Azorius Control.
Official MTGO and magic.gg results and paper tournaments, data provided by TopDeck.gg, updated . How we count
Share of decks
5.9%
▼ 1.6
vs previous 30 days
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
133
133 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
3.1
in the main deck
Win rate
59%
27 top 8 (challenges only)
Weekly data
| Week from | Share of decks |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | – |
| 2026-08-13 | 13.1% |
| 2026-08-20 | 8.3% |
| 2026-08-27 | 5.8% |
| 2026-09-03 | 12.3% |
| 2026-09-10 | 8.7% |
| 2026-09-17 | 5.4% |
| 2026-09-24 | 6.6% |
| 2026-10-01 | 8.3% |
| 2026-10-08 | 3.3% |
| 2026-10-15 | 5.2% |
| 2026-10-22 | 5.5% |
Played together with
| Card | Together | Lift |
|---|---|---|
| Spell Snare | 92% | 7.1 |
| Force of Negation | 85% | 5.1 |
| Polluted Delta | 67% | 2.7 |
| Scalding Tarn | 61% | 2.5 |
| Flooded Strand | 58% | 2.2 |
| Subtlety | 53% | 8.0 |
| Consign to Memory | 50% | 3.7 |
| Murktide Regent | 48% | 16.8 |
| Steam Vents | 47% | 1.7 |
| Undercity Sewers | 46% | 4.2 |
| Watery Grave | 46% | 3.9 |
| Preordain | 46% | 3.0 |
| Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs | 45% | 3.0 |
| Fatal Push | 45% | 2.4 |
| Sheoldred's Edict | 43% | 14.3 |
| Thundering Falls | 42% | 1.8 |
| Misty Rainforest | 40% | 3.0 |
| Otawara, Soaring City | 33% | 3.0 |
| Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar | 32% | 9.1 |
| Orcish Bowmasters | 32% | 5.5 |
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Azorius Control | 4.5% | 2% |
| UBG (unclassified) | 2.1% | 66% |
| WUR (unclassified) | 1.9% | 26% |
| WUB (unclassified) | 1.6% | 11% |
| UR (unclassified) | 1.6% | 83% |
| UB (unclassified) | 1.2% | 46% |
| Mono-Blue (unclassified) | 1.1% | 88% |
| UBR (unclassified) | 1.0% | 26% |