Cards That Counter Spells
Counterspells are blue's signature interaction. These cards counter opponent spells before they resolve, stopping threats before they hit the battlefield.
139 cards
Absorb
{W}{U}{U}
Instant
Absorb Energy
{1}{U}{U}
Instant
Access Denied
{3}{U}{U}
Instant
Amazing Acrobatics
{1}{U}{U}
Instant
Arcane Denial
{1}{U}
Instant
Assert Authority
{5}{U}{U}
Instant
Avoid Fate
{G}
Instant
Ayesha Tanaka
{W}{W}{U}{U}
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
Azorius Guildmage
{W/U}{W/U}
Creature — Vedalken Wizard
Bant Charm
{G}{W}{U}
Instant
Bind
{1}{G}
Instant
Bone to Ash
{2}{U}{U}
Instant
Brine Shaman
{1}{B}
Creature — Human Cleric Shaman
Broken Ambitions
{X}{U}
Instant
Brown Ouphe
{G}
Creature — Ouphe
Burnout
{1}{R}
Instant
Censor
{1}{U}
Instant
Confounding Riddle
{2}{U}
Instant
Counterbore
{3}{U}{U}
Instant
Counterlash
{4}{U}{U}
Instant
Countermand
{2}{U}{U}
Instant
Counterspell
{U}{U}
Instant
Countervailing Winds
{2}{U}
Instant
Crush Dissent
{3}{U}
Instant
Daring Apprentice
{1}{U}{U}
Creature — Human Wizard
Decisive Denial
{G}{U}
Instant
Deprive
{U}{U}
Instant
Desertion
{3}{U}{U}
Instant
Disappearing Act
{1}{U}{U}
Instant
Disdainful Stroke
{1}{U}
Instant
Dismal Failure
{2}{U}{U}
Instant
Disrupting Shoal
{X}{U}{U}
Instant — Arcane
Disruption Protocol
{U}{U}
Instant
Dissipate
{1}{U}{U}
Instant
Dissolve
{1}{U}{U}
Instant
Diversion Unit
{1}{U}
Artifact Creature — Robot
Drown in the Loch
{U}{B}
Instant
Electrosiphon
{U}{U}{R}
Instant
Equinox
{W}
Enchantment — Aura
Ertai Resurrected
{2}{U}{B}
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Human Wizard
Ertai, the Corrupted
{2}{W}{U}{B}
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Human Wizard
Essence Capture
{U}{U}
Instant
Essence Scatter
{1}{U}
Instant
Evasive Action
{1}{U}
Instant
False Summoning
{1}{U}
Instant
Fervent Denial
{3}{U}{U}
Instant
Flaccify
{2}{U}
Instant
Flare of Denial
{1}{U}{U}
Instant
Flash Counter
{1}{U}
Instant
Force Spike
{U}
Instant
Force Void
{2}{U}
Instant
Force of Will
{3}{U}{U}
Instant
Forceful Denial
{3}{U}{U}
Instant
Frightful Delusion
{2}{U}
Instant
Frontline Medic
{2}{W}
Creature — Human Cleric
Geistlight Snare
{2}{U}
Instant
Green Slime
{2}{G}
Creature — Ooze
Grip of Amnesia
{1}{U}
Instant
Hydroblast
{U}
Instant
Hydromorph Gull
{3}{U}{U}
Creature — Elemental Bird
Hypnotic Sprite // Mesmeric Glare
{U}{U} // {2}{U}
Creature — Faerie // Instant — Adventure
Intervene
{U}
Instant
Ionize
{1}{U}{R}
Instant
Jaded Response
{1}{U}
Instant
Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins
Instant // Land
Kozilek, the Great Distortion
{8}{C}{C}
Legendary Creature — Eldrazi
Lapse of Certainty
{2}{W}
Instant
Lay Bare
{2}{U}{U}
Instant
Lose Focus
{1}{U}
Instant
Mana Drain
{U}{U}
Instant
Martyr of Frost
{U}
Creature — Human Wizard
Mausoleum Wanderer
{U}
Creature — Spirit
Memory Drain
{2}{U}{U}
Instant
Memory Lapse
{1}{U}
Instant
Mental Misstep
{U/P}
Instant
Mindswipe
{X}{U}{R}
Instant
Mistfolk
{U}{U}
Creature — Illusion
Muddle the Mixture
{U}{U}
Instant
Mundungu
{1}{U}{B}
Creature — Human Wizard
Mystic Snake
{1}{G}{U}{U}
Creature — Snake
Mystical Dispute
{2}{U}
Instant
Negate
{1}{U}
Instant
Out of Bounds
{3}{U}
Instant
Patron Wizard
{U}{U}{U}
Creature — Human Wizard
Phantom Interference
{U}
Instant
Plasm Capture
{G}{G}{U}{U}
Instant
Power Sink
{X}{U}
Instant
Preemptive Strike
{1}{U}
Instant
Psychic Barrier
{U}{U}
Instant
Psychic Rebuttal
{1}{U}
Instant
Psychic Strike
{1}{U}{B}
Instant
Punish Ignorance
{W}{U}{U}{B}
Instant
Put Away
{2}{U}{U}
Instant
Pyroblast
{R}
Instant
Quash
{2}{U}{U}
Instant
Reasonable Doubt
{1}{U}
Instant
Reject Imperfection
{1}{U}{U}
Instant
Remove Soul
{1}{U}
Instant
Render Silent
{W}{U}{U}
Instant
Rimewind Cryomancer
{3}{U}
Creature — Human Wizard
Ring of Immortals
{5}
Artifact
Rune Snag
{1}{U}
Instant
Runeboggle
{2}{U}
Instant
Rust
{G}
Instant
Sapphire Dragon // Psionic Pulse
{5}{U}{U} // {2}{U}
Creature — Dragon // Instant — Adventure
Scatter Arc
{3}{U}
Instant
Scatter to the Winds
{1}{U}{U}
Instant
Scattering Stroke
{2}{U}{U}
Instant
Silumgar Sorcerer
{1}{U}{U}
Creature — Human Wizard Sorcerer
Silumgar Spell-Eater
{2}{U}
Creature — Snake Wizard
Soratami Savant
{2}{U}{U}
Creature — Moonfolk Wizard
Soul Manipulation
{1}{U}{B}
Instant
Soulsworn Jury
{2}{W}
Creature — Spirit
Spell Blast
{X}{U}
Instant
Spell Burst
{X}{U}
Instant
Spell Contortion
{2}{U}
Instant
Spell Snare
{U}
Instant
Spell Snuff
{1}{U}{U}
Instant
Spellstutter Sprite
{1}{U}
Creature — Faerie Wizard
Statute of Denial
{2}{U}{U}
Instant
Stern Scolding
{U}
Instant
Stronghold Biologist
{2}{U}
Creature — Human Spellshaper
Stronghold Machinist
{2}{U}
Creature — Human Spellshaper
Stubborn Denial
{U}
Instant
Suffocating Blast
{1}{U}{U}{R}
Instant
Sunken Field
{1}{U}
Enchantment — Aura
Syncopate
{X}{U}
Instant
Temur Charm
{G}{U}{R}
Instant
Three Steps Ahead
{U}
Instant
Trickbind
{1}{U}
Instant
Turn Aside
{U}
Instant
Unravel
{1}{U}{U}
Instant
Vigilant Martyr
{W}
Creature — Human Cleric
Vodalian Hexcatcher
{1}{U}
Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Vodalian Mage
{2}{U}
Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Void Shatter
{1}{U}{U}
Instant
Withering Boon
{1}{B}
Instant
Wizard Replica
{3}
Artifact Creature — Wizard
You Find the Villains' Lair
{1}{U}{U}
Instant