MTG: What happens when Delay is used against a Counterspell? How does Delay really work?

Question

If an opponent casted Counterspell against one of my spells and I cast Delay on it, is the Countered Spell still countered when it comes out of Suspend?

How exactly does Delay really work? Are the casted spells still countered if they are already in the field? How does it work against instants or sorceries? Please explain to me in detail.

Thank You!

Answer 1

Cards on the battlefield are permanents, on the stack are spells, and everywhere else are just "cards".



Delay removes the card from the stack and put it in Suspend state for three turns. Afterward, it gets re-cast as if you had just paid the mana to cast it from your hand.



In the situation you present, if you cast Delay on "Card X" (whatever it was you originally played), Card X would get suspended, Counterspell would resolve with no legal targets and be automatically countered as a result, and 3 turns later on your upkeep, Card X would cast again. However, the smarter move (unless you actually want to suspend your card) is to cast Delay on the Counterspell, since this would suspend the counterspell, preventing it from countering Card X, and then when it finishes the suspend 3 turns later, would get cast during the upkeep at a point when nothing could be on the stack to be a legal target for the Counterspell.

Answer 2

if a spell is put into suspend and when it is supposed to resolve, but there is no target, the spell stays exiled for the rest of the game. Delay would be very good on a counterspell type of card because the suspend only happens during the upkeep of the turn. Unless you are stupid enough to cast something during that time, that spell is out for the game.

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