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Abrupt Decay 
Instant
Oracle Text
This spell can't be countered.
Destroy target nonland permanent with mana value 3 or less.
Format Legality
PioneerModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Abrupt Decay, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer | 64 | 2.9 | 332 | 2.4 |
| Duel Commander | 4 | 1 | 151 | 1 |
| Vintage | 9 | 2.4 | 109 | 1.7 |
| Legacy | 3 | 1.5 | 54 | 1.7 |
| Modern | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.7 |
Details
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 2
- Collector #
- 78
Non-foilBorderless
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Abrupt Decay
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (1)
Artifacts (8)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (35)
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 2 Breeding Pool
- 4 Fabled Passage
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 2 Hushwood Verge
- 1 Indatha Triome
- 1 Island
- 2 Jetmir's Garden
- 2 Ketria Triome
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Plains
- 1 Raugrin Triome
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple Garden
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Watery Grave
- 2 Xander's Lounge
- 2 Zagoth Triome
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (36)
- 1 Badgermole Cub
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Springheart Nantuko
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Hexing Squelcher
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
- 1 Grief
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Desecrex, Gift of Servitude
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Fury
- 1 Vibrance
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (6)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
- 1 Karplusan Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (35)
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 2 Breeding Pool
- 4 Fabled Passage
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 2 Hushwood Verge
- 1 Indatha Triome
- 1 Island
- 2 Jetmir's Garden
- 2 Ketria Triome
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Plains
- 1 Raugrin Triome
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple Garden
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Watery Grave
- 2 Xander's Lounge
- 2 Zagoth Triome
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Badgermole Cub
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
- 1 Fury
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Grief
- 1 Hexing Squelcher
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Molt Tender
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Springheart Nantuko
- 1 Vibrance
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (5)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (38)
- 1 Abundant Countryside
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shadowblood Ridge
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (40)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Heritage Reclamation
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cremate
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Requiting Hex
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Hinterland Harbor
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Maze of Ith
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (35)
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 2 Breeding Pool
- 4 Fabled Passage
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 2 Hushwood Verge
- 1 Indatha Triome
- 1 Island
- 2 Jetmir's Garden
- 2 Ketria Triome
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Plains
- 1 Raugrin Triome
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple Garden
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Watery Grave
- 2 Xander's Lounge
- 2 Zagoth Triome
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Sorceries (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (30)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
