<p>Yes, you can. By the time <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bHive%20Mind%5d">Hive Mind</a>'s ability copies your opponent's <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bCounterspell%5d">Counterspell</a>, that Counterspell is already on the stack. So you can choose it as a target for your own copy of Counterspell.</p>

<p>In more detail, what happens is this:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>You cast your creature spell, which let's say is a <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bWeirded%20Vampire%5d">Weirded Vampire</a>. (Why would you be playing Weirded Vampire against Hive Mind? Weird, huh.) The stack is</p>

<ul>
<li>Weirded Vampire</li>
</ul></li>
<li><p>Your opponent casts Counterspell, and Hive Mind's ability triggers. The stack is</p>

<ul>
<li>Hive Mind's ability</li>
<li>Counterspell (opponent's)</li>
<li>Weirded Vampire</li>
</ul></li>
<li><p>The ability resolves, giving you a copy of Counterspell, which you can choose to have target the original Counterspell. The stack is</p>

<ul>
<li>Counterspell (yours)</li>
<li>Counterspell (opponent's)</li>
<li>Weirded Vampire</li>
</ul></li>
<li><p>Your Counterspell resolves, countering your opponent's Counterspell. The stack is</p>

<ul>
<li>Weirded Vampire</li>
</ul></li>
<li><p>The Weirded Vampire now resolves.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>This does mean that (in a 2-player game) Hive Mind basically nullifies any counterspell which can target a copy of itself.</p>

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<p>Let say I have <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bHive%20Mind%5d">Hive Mind</a> in game:</p>

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<p>The opponent casts Counterspell on my creature spell. Can I counter the Counterspell with the clone of Counterspell I get from Hive Mind?</p>

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# Hive Mind and Counterspell

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-07-24)

Let say I have [Hive Mind](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bHive%20Mind%5d) in game:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/ZFWqf.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/ZFWqf.jpg)

The opponent casts Counterspell on my creature spell. Can I counter the Counterspell with the clone of Counterspell I get from Hive Mind?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-07-24. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

Yes, you can. By the time [Hive Mind](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bHive%20Mind%5d)'s ability copies your opponent's [Counterspell](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bCounterspell%5d), that Counterspell is already on the stack. So you can choose it as a target for your own copy of Counterspell.

In more detail, what happens is this:

1. You cast your creature spell, which let's say is a [Weirded Vampire](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bWeirded%20Vampire%5d). (Why would you be playing Weirded Vampire against Hive Mind? Weird, huh.) The stack is

   * Weirded Vampire
2. Your opponent casts Counterspell, and Hive Mind's ability triggers. The stack is

   * Hive Mind's ability
   * Counterspell (opponent's)
   * Weirded Vampire
3. The ability resolves, giving you a copy of Counterspell, which you can choose to have target the original Counterspell. The stack is

   * Counterspell (yours)
   * Counterspell (opponent's)
   * Weirded Vampire
4. Your Counterspell resolves, countering your opponent's Counterspell. The stack is

   * Weirded Vampire
5. The Weirded Vampire now resolves.

This does mean that (in a 2-player game) Hive Mind basically nullifies any counterspell which can target a copy of itself.


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