ALL Counterspells in MTG

Casual Control Cruel Control Five Color Mono-Blue Theme/Gimmick

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Instant (174)

• 1x Abjure
• 1x Absorb
• 1x Annul
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Artifact Blast
• 1x Assert Authority
• 1x Avoid Fate
• 1x Bind
• 1x Blue Elemental Blast
• 1x Bone to Ash
• 1x Broken Ambitions
• 1x Burnout
• 1x Cancel
• 1x Circular Logic
• 1x Complicate
• 1x Condescend
• 1x Confound
• 1x Controvert
• 1x Convolute
• 1x Counterbore
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Counterlash
• 1x Countermand
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Dash Hopes
• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Daze
• 1x Delay
• 1x Denied!
• 1x Deprive
• 1x Desertion
• 1x Discombobulate
• 1x Dismal Failure
• 1x Dismiss
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dispersal Shield
• 1x Disrupt
• 1x Disrupting Shoal
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Double Negative
• 1x Dream Fracture
• 1x Dromar's Charm
• 1x Envelop
• 1x Essence Backlash
• 1x Essence Scatter
• 1x Evasive Action
• 1x Exclude
• 1x Extinguish
• 1x Fall of the Gavel
• 1x False Summoning
• 1x Familiar's Ruse
• 1x Fervent Denial
• 1x Flaccify
• 1x Flash Counter
• 1x Flashfreeze
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Foil
• 1x Fold into AEther
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Force Spike
• 1x Force Void
• 1x Frazzle
• 1x Frightful Delusion
• 1x Fuel for the Cause
• 1x Gainsay
• 1x Geist Snatch
• 1x Grip of Amnesia
• 1x Guttural Response
• 1x Halt Order
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Hindering Light
• 1x Hindering Touch
• 1x Hydroblast
• 1x Illumination
• 1x Induce Paranoia
• 1x Intervene
• 1x Ixidor's Will
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Lapse of Certainty
• 1x Last Word
• 1x Lay Bare
• 1x Liquify
• 1x Logic Knot
• 1x Lost in the Mist
• 1x Mages' Contest
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Mana Tithe
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Minamo's Meddling
• 1x Mindstatic
• 1x Miscalculation
• 1x Molten Influence
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystic Denial
• 1x Mystic Genesis
• 1x Negate
• 1x Nullify
• 1x Odds / Ends
• 1x Offering to Asha
• 1x Oppressive Will
• 1x Outwit
• 1x Override
• 1x Overrule
• 1x Overwhelming Intellect
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Plasm Capture
• 1x Power Sink
• 1x Preemptive Strike
• 1x Prohibit
• 1x Psychic Barrier
• 1x Psychic Strike
• 1x Psychic Trance
• 1x Punish Ignorance
• 1x Put Away
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Quash
• 1x Rebuff the Wicked
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Remand
• 1x Remove Soul
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Repel Intruders
• 1x Rethink
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Rites of Refusal
• 1x Rune Snag
• 1x Runeboggle
• 1x Sage's Dousing
• 1x Scatter Arc
• 1x Scattering Stroke
• 1x Scent of Brine
• 1x Soul Manipulation
• 1x Spell Blast
• 1x Spell Burst
• 1x Spell Contortion
• 1x Spell Counter
• 1x Spell Crumple
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Spell Rupture
• 1x Spell Snare
• 1x Spell Snip
• 1x Spell Syphon
• 1x Spelljack
• 1x Spite / Malice
• 1x Squelch
• 1x Statute of Denial
• 1x Steel Sabotage
• 1x Stifle
• 1x Stoic Rebuttal
• 1x Stymied Hopes
• 1x Suffocating Blast
• 1x Summoner's Bane
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Syncopate
• 1x Teferi's Response
• 1x Thassa's Rebuff
• 1x Thoughtbind
• 1x Thwart
• 1x Traumatic Visions
• 1x Trial / Error
• 1x Trickbind
• 1x Turn Aside
• 1x Undermine
• 1x Vex
• 1x Voidslime
• 1x Who / What / When / Where / Why
• 1x Withering Boon

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Arenson's Aura
• 1x Counterbalance
• 1x Deathgrip
• 1x Declaration of Naught
• 1x Decree of Silence
• 1x Douse
• 1x Lifeforce
• 1x Lilting Refrain
• 1x Sunken Field
• 1x Teferi's Care
• 1x Tidal Control

Artifact (2)

• 1x Chalice of the Void
• 1x Null Brooch

Creature (40)

• 1x Brine Seer
• 1x Brine Shaman
• 1x Cursecatcher
• 1x Daring Apprentice
• 1x Diplomatic Escort
• 1x Disruptive Pitmage
• 1x Disruptive Student
• 1x Draining Whelk
• 1x Echo Mage
• 1x Ertai, the Corrupted
• 1x Ertai, Wizard Adept
• 1x Ghost-Lit Warder
• 1x Hisoka, Minamo Sensei
• 1x Hydromorph Guardian
• 1x Hydromorph Gull
• 1x Jaraku the Interloper  ^Flip
• 1x Judge's Familiar
• 1x Lullmage Mentor
• 1x Martyr of Frost
• 1x Mundungu
• 1x Mystic Snake
• 1x Order of the Sacred Torch
• 1x Patron Wizard
• 1x Soratami Savant
• 1x Soulsworn Jury
• 1x Spellstutter Sprite
• 1x Spiketail Drake
• 1x Spiketail Drakeling
• 1x Spiketail Hatchling
• 1x Stromgald Cabal
• 1x Stronghold Biologist
• 1x Stronghold Machinist
• 1x Thrull Wizard
• 1x Unyaro Griffin
• 1x Vigilant Martyr
• 1x Vodalian Mage
• 1x Voidmage Apprentice
• 1x Voidmage Husher
• 1x Voidmage Prodigy
• 1x Wizard Replica

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Sideboard

Instant (12)

• 1x Corrupted Resolve
• 1x Ertai's Meddling
• 1x Ertai's Trickery
• 1x Faerie Trickery
• 1x Hisoka's Defiance
• 1x Jaded Response
• 1x Laquatus's Disdain
• 1x Nix
• 1x Not of this World
• 1x Second Guess
• 1x Split Decision
• 1x Unified Will

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Dovescape
• 1x Equinox

Artifact (2)

• 1x Jester's Scepter
• 1x Ring of Immortals

Creature (10)

• 1x Diffusion Sliver
• 1x Frontline Medic
• 1x Frost Titan
• 1x Grimoire Thief
• 1x Jetting Glasskite
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Mindreaver
• 1x Mistfolk
• 1x Shimmering Glasskite
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant

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A list of all cards that counter spells in MTG

Card lists take a lot of time to compile so don't forget to +1 if this helped you out in anyway.



Counter TARGET spell- Abjure / Absorb /Arcane Denial/Assert Authority/ Brine Seer /Broken Ambitions/Cancel/ Circular Logic / Complicate /Condescend/Controvert/ Convolute / Counterbore /Counterflux/Counterlash/ Countermand /Counterspell/Cryptic Command/Daring Apprentice/Dash Hopes/Daze/Decree of Silence/Delay/ Deprive / Desertion / Discombobulate / Dismal Failure / Dismiss / Disruptive Pitmage /Disruptive Student/ Dissipate /Dissolve/ Double Negative /Draining Whelk/ Dream Fracture /Dromar's Charm/ Ertai, the Corrupted /Ertai, Wizard Adept/ Evasive Action / Fall of the Gavel /Familiar's Ruse/ Fervent Denial / Flaccify /Foil/ Fold into AEther /Forbid/Force of Will/ Force Spike / Force Void / Frightful Delusion /Fuel for the Cause/ Geist Snatch / Ghost-Lit Warder /Grip of Amnesia/Hinder/ Hindering Touch / Induce Paranoia / Ixidor's Will / Jaraku the Interloper / Lapse of Certainty / Last Word / Lay Bare / Lilting Refrain /Logic Knot/ Lost in the Mist / Lullmage Mentor / Mages' Contest / Mana Drain /Mana Leak/Mana Tithe/ Martyr of Frost /Memory Lapse/ Minamo's Meddling / Mindstatic / Miscalculation / Mundungu / Mystic Genesis /Mystic Snake/ Offering to Asha / Oppressive Will /Override/ Overrule /Pact of Negation/ Patron Wizard /Perplex/ Plasm Capture / Psychic Strike / Psychic Trance / Punish Ignorance / Put Away /Remand/ Render Silent / Rethink /Rewind/ Rites of Refusal /Rune Snag/ Runeboggle / Sage's Dousing / Scattering Stroke / Scent of Brine /Soratami Savant/ Spell Contortion / Spell Counter /Spell Crumple/ Spell Rupture / Spell Snip / Spell Syphon /Spelljack/ Spiketail Drake / Spiketail Drakeling /Spiketail Hatchling/ Statute of Denial /Stoic Rebuttal/ Stymied Hopes / Suffocating Blast / Sunken Field /Syncopate/ Thassa's Rebuff / Thwart / Traumatic Visions / Undermine / Vex / Vodalian Mage / Voidmage Apprentice /Voidmage Prodigy/Voidslime/ Wizard Replica

With CMC-Chalice of the Void/Counterbalance/ Dispersal Shield / Disrupting Shoal / Hisoka, Minamo Sensei / Liquify /Mental Misstep/ Prohibit / Spell Blast / Spell Burst /Spell Snare/Spellstutter Sprite/ Thoughtbind


(By ITS Target)
You- Dawn Charm/ Hindering Light
Player-Outwit
An enchantment- Vigilant Martyr
Your permanent- Avoid Fate/ Hindering Light /Rebuff the Wicked/Turn Aside
Your land- Teferi's Response
Your creature- Confound / Hydromorph Guardian / Hydromorph Gull
A creature- Diplomatic Escort / Exclude / False Summoning / Intervene / Power Sink

(By Color)
BLUE- Burnout / Gainsay /Pyroblast/Red Elemental Blast(instant) Guttural Response
NONBLUE- Frazzle
RED- Blue Elemental Blast /Douse/ Flashfreeze / Hydroblast / Tidal Control (instant/sorcery) Unyaro Griffin
GREEN- Deathgrip / Flashfreeze / Tidal Control
BLACK- Lifeforce / Order of the Sacred Torch / Thrull Wizard
WHITE- Stromgald Cabal
MULTI- Trial / Error/

Counter CREATURE spell- Bone to Ash / Brine Shaman / Essence Backlash /Essence Scatter/ Mystic Denial / Nullify / Overwhelming Intellect / Psychic Barrier / Remove Soul / Repel Intruders /Soul Manipulation/ Soulsworn Jury / Stronghold Biologist / Summoner's Bane / Who/What/When/Where/Why / Withering Boon

Counter NONCREATURE spell- Countersquall/Glen Elendra Archmage/ Izzet Charm /Negate/ Null Brooch / Scatter Arc /Spell Pierce/Spite/Malice/ Stronghold Machinist

Counter ARTIFACT spell- Annul / Artifact Blast / Halt Order / Illumination / Steel Sabotage

Counter ENCHANTMENT- Annul /Arenson's Aura/ Illumination /Swan Song/ Teferi's Care

Counter SORCERY- Cursecatcher/Dimir Charm/ Disrupt / Echo Mage / Envelop / Extinguish /Flusterstorm/Judge's Familiar/ Molten Influence /Muddle the Mixture/ Mystic Denial /Odds/Ends/ Quash / Spellshift /Swan Song

Counter INSTANT- Avoid Fate/ Bant Charm /Cursecatcher/Dispel/ Disrupt / Echo Mage / Flash Counter /Flusterstorm/Judge's Familiar/ Molten Influence /Muddle the Mixture/Odds/Ends/ Quash / Spellshift /Swan Song

Counter AURA- Avoid Fate/ Nullify /

Counter ABILITY- (activated/triggered) Stifle/Trickbind/Voidslime(activated) Bind / Squelch / Voidmage Husher
that targets a creature- Diplomatic Escort
that targets your land- Teferi's Response

Counter NAMED spell- Declaration of Naught / Denied!

The cards hanging out on the SIDEBOARD are extremely situational counters and/or are unique enough to not fit well into any of the categories above.

Be sure to comment below if you notice one I didn't list!

Top Ranked	Achieved #3 position overall 9 years ago Achieved #1 position in Casual 4 years ago
Date added	9 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 2 Mythic Rares 46 - 9 Rares 82 - 9 Uncommons 98 - 6 Commons
Cards	227
Avg. CMC	2.83
Tokens	1/1 WU Token Creature Bird, Bird 2/2 U, Illusion 2/2 U, Kithkin Soldier 1/1 W, Merfolk 1/1 U, Morph 2/2 C, Ooze */* G, Spirit 1/1 U
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