Counter

Counter
A card that is Countered has no effect

Counter is an ability that causes the next card of a specified type played by the opponent to be removed from the game without taking effect.

Notes[edit | edit source]

Countered cards are removed from the game and cannot be returned with Resurrection effects.
Cards are countered before they enter play, and they will not activate on-play Triggered effects.
Counters will only activate when the card is directly played. Cast spell effects will not be interrupted.

Cards with Counter[edit | edit source]

Listed below are all cards with the Counter ability.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

Counter has been a keyword since the game's first release. However, prior to Voyage to the Sunken City, it only appeared on the card Counterspell.
Oh My Yogg! and Ice Trap have effects that function similarly to a Counter, but do not use the keyword.

Cards

By type

By class

By minion type

By spell school

By rune

By rarity

Mechanics

Evergreen keywords	Battlecry Casts When Drawn Charge Choose One Choose Twice/Thrice Combo Counter Deathrattle Discover Divine Shield Dormant Elusive Freeze Immune Lifesteal Mega-Windfury Outcast Overheal Overload Passive Poisonous Reborn Rush Secret Silence Spell Damage Start of Game Stealth Summoned When Drawn Taunt Temporary Tradeable Windfury

Card set keywords	Adapt Colossal Corrupt (Corrupted) Dark Gift Dredge Echo Excavate Fabled Finale Forge (Forged) Frenzy Gigantify (Gigantic) Honorable Kill Imbue Infuse (Infused) Inspire Invoke Jade Golem Kindred Lackey Magnetic Manathirst Miniaturize (Mini) Overkill Quest Questline Quickdraw Recruit Rewind Sidequest Spare Part Spellburst Starship (Starship Piece) Titan Tourist Twinspell

Non-constructed	Allied Auto-Attack Auto-cast Avenge Once per Turn Rally Refresh Revive Shrine Spellcraft Start of Combat Venomous

Classification	Adventurer Anomaly Aura Basic Hero Power Basic Totem Cat Classic Basic Totem Concoction Galakrond Imp Libram Poison Relic SI:7 Spy Gizmo Treant Upgraded Hero Power Watch Post Whelp

Other mechanics	Bonus Effect Can't attack Cast spell Change cost type Change maximum Mana Copy Corpse (Spend/Gain) Deal damage Destroy Discard Draw cards Enrage Equip Force attack Forgetful Gain Armor Gain Mana Generate Increment attribute Joust Keep enchantment Modify cost Multiply attribute Permanent Permanent attribute Playerbound Put into battlefield Put into hand Put on deck Recurring Refresh Mana Remove from game Replace Restore Health Return to hand Set attribute Shuffle into deck Spend mana Steal Summon Swap attribute Swap effects Take control Transform (Transform in hand, Transform when drawn) Unlimited attacks Upgradable

Unknown / Upcoming	Shatter

Effect types

By range	Area of effect Hero zone Positional Random Resurrection

By condition	Deckbuilding Highlander In-deck In-hand One-time On-discard On-draw Ongoing Triggered

Card sets (Expansions / Adventures / Mini-sets)

Standard	Event Core Across the Timeways The Lost City of Un'Goro (Day of Rebirth) Into the Emerald Dream (Embers of the World Tree) The Great Dark Beyond (Heroes of StarCraft) Perils in Paradise (The Traveling Travel Agency) Whizbang's Workshop (Dr. Boom's Incredible Inventions)

Wild	Showdown in the Badlands (Delve into Deepholm) Caverns of Time TITANS (Fall of Ulduar) Festival of Legends (Audiopocalypse) March of the Lich King (Return to Naxxramas) Path of Arthas Murder at Castle Nathria (Maw and Disorder) Voyage to the Sunken City (Throne of the Tides) Fractured in Alterac Valley (Onyxia's Lair) United in Stormwind (Deadmines) Forged in the Barrens (Wailing Caverns) Madness at the Darkmoon Faire (Darkmoon Races) Scholomance Academy Demon Hunter Initiate Ashes of Outland Galakrond's Awakening Descent of Dragons Saviors of Uldum Rise of Shadows Rastakhan's Rumble The Boomsday Project The Witchwood Kobolds & Catacombs Knights of the Frozen Throne Journey to Un'Goro Mean Streets of Gadgetzan One Night in Karazhan Whispers of the Old Gods The League of Explorers The Grand Tournament Blackrock Mountain Goblins vs Gnomes Curse of Naxxramas Legacy

Removed	Promotion Reward Basic Classic Hall of Fame Wild Event Core reserve Classic format