The Battlefield

Counterspell

$3.89

Display of Power

$0.39

Peer into the Abyss

$3.35

AI DraftSep 11, 2026

Counterspell + Display of Power + Peer into the Abyss

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Overview

Yes — if you cast Display of Power in response to an opponent's Counterspell that targets your Peer into the Abyss, Display can copy both the Peer into the Abyss and the Counterspell. When Display resolves it puts copies of those spells onto the stack ; you may choose new targets for the copies . If you have the copy of Counterspell resolve targeting the original Counterspell before that original resolves, the original Counterspell will be countered and the original Peer into the Abyss will remain on the stack to later resolve (in addition to the Peer copy), allowing both the copy and the original Peer into the Abyss to resolve and potentially kill the opponent. See , , and .

Step 1

Cast Peer into the Abyss on your main phase; it is now a sorcery on the stack with a target chosen when cast .

Step 2

Your opponent casts Counterspell targeting your Peer into the Abyss; Counterspell is placed on the stack above Peer into the Abyss .

Step 3

You cast Display of Power in response to the opponent’s Counterspell (an instant), targeting any number of instant and/or sorcery spells on the stack — in this case you choose to target both the original Peer into the Abyss and the opponent’s Counterspell [601.2, 706.10c].

Step 4

Display of Power resolves. It creates copies of the targeted spells and puts those copies onto the stack; each copy is a spell on the stack controlled by you .

Step 5

When creating the copies you may choose new targets for each copy (Display’s text grants this choice) . Choose the copy of Counterspell to target the original Counterspell on the stack, and choose the copy of Peer into the Abyss to target whichever player you prefer .

Step 6

The copies are now the topmost objects on the stack and will resolve first (stack is LIFO) . Let the copy of Counterspell resolve — it resolves and counters the original Counterspell (the copy targeted that original) and the original Counterspell is put into its owner’s graveyard.

Step 7

Next the copy of Peer into the Abyss resolves (if it remains on the stack and isn’t countered). It causes its chosen target to draw cards and lose life equal to half their library / half their life, rounding up as specified .

Step 8

After those copies resolve, the original Peer into the Abyss (which was never countered because the original Counterspell was removed by the copy) remains on the stack and will resolve next, causing the same effect again .

Step 9

If the life-loss from one or both resolutions reduces the opponent to 0 or less life, state-based actions cause them to lose the game .

Resolution

If you cast Peer into the Abyss and an opponent casts Counterspell targeting it, you may cast Display of Power in response to the Counterspell. When Display resolves it creates copies of the targeted instant/sorcery spells and puts them onto the stack . You may choose new targets for those copies , so you can make the copy of Counterspell target the original Counterspell. The copies are spells on the stack and will resolve before the original spells already lower on the stack . Therefore the copy of Counterspell can counter the original Counterspell, leaving the original Peer into the Abyss un-countered; the copy of Peer and then the original Peer can resolve (rounding of life loss/draw follows ). This sequence is legal provided you cast Display while the original Counterspell is still on the stack and no other responses change the stack .

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