Does countering a spell destroy it?

701.5a To counter a spell or ability means to cancel it, removing it from the stack. It doesn’t resolve and none of its effects occur. A countered spell is put into its owner’s graveyard. 701.5b The player who cast a countered spell or activated a countered ability doesn’t get a “refund” of any costs that were paid.

What does it mean to counter a target spell?

Countering a spell means putting the spell card into its owner’s graveyard, unless an effect specifically puts it somewhere else (like Remand). The fact that a card specifies “target creature spell” just means you can’t use it on other kinds of spells that aren’t creatures.

Can you counter a counter spell MTG?

Can you counter a counter spell? Yes, cards like Counterspell are spells. Certainly. A counterspell is a spell, and is thus itself a legal target for plenty of other counterspells.

Can you counter a spell before it gets copied?

Yes. The copy is a completely different spell on the stack and your opponent can counter that one too.

Does Counter target spell include creatures?

Yes. Creature spells are spells just like any other before they resolve and can be countered by counterspells.

Can you counter a spell with cascade?

A card cast with cascade behaves like any other spell. It can be countered. If you cast another card with cascade this way, the new spell’s cascade ability will trigger, and you’ll repeat the process for the new spell. Casting a card with the cascade ability is optional.

How do counters work in magic?

A counter is a marker placed on an object or player that modifies its characteristics and/or interacts with a rule, ability, or effect. Counters are not objects and have no characteristics. Notably, a counter is not a token, and a token is not a counter. Counters with the same name or description are interchangeable.

Can you copy a copy of a spell?

To copy a spell, activated ability, or triggered ability means to put a copy of it onto the stack; a copy of a spell isn’t cast and a copy of an activated ability isn’t activated. A copy of a spell is itself a spell, even though it has no spell card associated with it. A copy of an ability is itself an ability.

Does Cascade still trigger if countered?

thanks in advance for your explanation! Cascade is a triggered ability that triggers when the spell is cast, it is not part of the spell itself. Abilities are independent of their sources once on the stack so even if the spell is countered the cascade is still there.