Counterspell (Pauper)
Counterspell appears in 26.1% of Pauper decks in the last 30 days (545 decks), averaging 4.0 copies in the main deck. It is played above all in Dimir Control.
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Share of decks
26.1%
▲ 2.9
vs previous 30 days
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
545
542 main, 3 sideboard
Avg. copies
4.0
in the main deck
Win rate
58%
94 top 8 (challenges only)
Weekly data
| Week from | Share of decks |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | 27.9% |
| 2026-08-13 | 26.3% |
| 2026-08-20 | 33.6% |
| 2026-08-27 | 23.7% |
| 2026-09-03 | 20.9% |
| 2026-09-10 | 23.7% |
| 2026-09-17 | 23.0% |
| 2026-09-24 | 27.4% |
| 2026-10-01 | 22.8% |
| 2026-10-08 | 30.3% |
| 2026-10-15 | 30.0% |
| 2026-10-22 | 25.5% |
Played together with
| Card | Together | Lift |
|---|---|---|
| Lórien Revealed | 95% | 3.4 |
| Brainstorm | 64% | 3.8 |
| Baleful Strix | 61% | 3.1 |
| Cast Down | 60% | 2.5 |
| Dispel | 56% | 3.8 |
| Contaminated Aquifer | 55% | 3.8 |
| Snuff Out | 55% | 3.0 |
| Murmuring Mystic | 55% | 3.6 |
| Bojuka Bog | 53% | 2.1 |
| Thorn of the Black Rose | 52% | 3.8 |
| Extract a Confession | 46% | 3.9 |
| Plunder the Trollshaws | 43% | 3.2 |
| Cut Down | 36% | 3.4 |
| Dimir Aqueduct | 35% | 3.6 |
| Suffocating Fumes | 34% | 3.0 |
| Augur of Bolas | 34% | 3.9 |
| Ninja of the Deep Hours | 34% | 3.8 |
| Preordain | 33% | 3.2 |
| Spellstutter Sprite | 33% | 3.8 |
| Faerie Seer | 33% | 3.9 |
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dimir Control | 13.6% | 100% |
| Affinity | 9.1% | 6% |
| Mono-Blue Terror | 6.5% | 99% |
| Jeskai Ephemerate | 1.7% | 100% |
| Turbo Fog | 1.3% | 18% |
| WUB (unclassified) | 0.8% | 75% |
| UB (unclassified) | 0.7% | 93% |
| Mono-Blue Faeries | 0.6% | 100% |