Remand is the best strictly counterspell in the format, Cryptic Command is good but its too expensive to be used as a strict counterspell. Other than that Mana Leak/Rune Snag and Spell Snare are really good too. In terms of strict counterspells, Cryptic Command is like 5th.
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1 Child of Alara
Lands
1 Forest
1 Snow-Covered Forest
1 Academy Ruins
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Bayou
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1 Breeding Pool
1 Brushland
1 Cavern of Souls
1 City of Brass
1 Command Tower
1 Copperline Gorge
1 Dark Depths
1 Deserted Temple
1 Gemstone Caverns
1 Glacial Chasm
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Grove of the Burnwillows
1 Gruul Turf
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Inkmoth Nexus
1 Karplusan Forest
1 Kessig Wolf Run
1 Kor Haven
1 Llanowar Wastes
1 Mana Confluence
1 Maze of Ith
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Murmuring Bosk
1 Nomad Stadium
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Petrified Field
1 Razorverge Thicket
1 Riftstone Portal
1 Rishadan Port
1 Savannah
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Simic Growth Chamber
1 Stomping Ground
1 Strip Mine
1 Taiga
1 Temple Garden
1 Temple of Abandon
1 Temple of Malady
1 Temple of Mystery
1 Temple of Plenty
1 Thespian's Stage
1 Tolaria West
1 Tranquil Thicket
1 Tropical Island
1 Twilight Mire
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Vesuva
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Wasteland
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Yavimaya Coast
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Diamond
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Gamble
1 Burgeoning
1 Crop Rotation
1 Exploration
1 Manabond
1 Expedition Map
1 Treasure Hunt
1 Trickbind
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Punishing Fire
1 Constant Mists
1 Edge of Autumn
1 Explore
1 Life from the Loam
1 Mulch
1 Summer Bloom
1 Sylvan Scrying
1 Intuition
1 Grim Tutor
1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
1 Rites of Flourishing
1 Eternal Witness
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Horn of Greed
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Oracle of Mul Daya
1 Tempt with Discovery
1 Kiora, the Crashing Wave
1 Unexpected Results
1 Ad Nauseam
1 Urban Evolution
1 Beseech the Queen
1 Animist's Awakening
1 Wargate
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