Counterspells staples in Legacy

17 cards played in at least 2% of the 3964 Legacy decks of the last 120 days, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Force of Will (53% of decks).

Official MTGO and magic.gg results and paper tournaments, data provided by TopDeck.gg, updated 28 Oct 2026. How we count

Main deck (10)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Force of WillInstant	Instant	52.7%	4.0
2	DazeInstant	Instant	26.6%	3.1
3	Force of NegationInstant	Instant	16.3%	1.9
4	Chalice of the VoidArtifact	Artifact	8.3%	3.9
5	Sink into Stupor // Soporific SpringsInstant // Land	Instant // Land	8.3%	2.4
6	StifleInstant	Instant	5.8%	3.4
7	Spell PierceInstant	Instant	5.2%	1.6
8	Consign to MemoryInstant	Instant	3.9%	1.6
9	FlusterstormInstant	Instant	3.1%	1.7
10	Spell SnareInstant	Instant	2.2%	1.3

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (11)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Consign to MemoryInstant	Instant	46.4%	2.4
2	Force of NegationInstant	Instant	37.6%	1.8
3	HydroblastInstant	Instant	22.7%	1.5
4	PyroblastInstant	Instant	21.1%	2.1
5	Red Elemental BlastInstant	Instant	7.8%	1.4
6	Mindbreak TrapInstant — Trap	Instant — Trap	7.4%	1.9
7	Lavinia, Azorius RenegadeLegendary Creature — Human Soldier	Legendary Creature — Human Soldier	6.4%	1.6
8	FlusterstormInstant	Instant	6.4%	1.4
9	Blue Elemental BlastInstant	Instant	4.7%	1.2
10	Warping WailInstant	Instant	3.7%	2.0
11	Spell PierceInstant	Instant	2.1%	1.4

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Basic lands are left out. Themes come from the functional tags of Scryfall Tagger. How it is calculated