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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 | 62 | 2.9 | 335 | 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
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
- 1 Beast Within
$0.46
0.04 tix - 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix - 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix - 3 Gush
$2.52
0.04 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
0.02 tix - 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Swan Song
$8.48
0.20 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix - 1 Blazing Archon
$0.32
0.02 tix - 1 Forbidden Orchard$9.43 0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 3 Nature's Claim
$0.38
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.31
0.06 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Baleful Strix
$0.95
0.22 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 4 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix - 2 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
- 2 Dark Confidant
$3.89
0.02 tix
- 1 Dark Confidant
$3.89
0.02 tix
- 3 Mayor of Avabruck
$0.50
0.02 tix
- 4 Scab-Clan Berserker
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 3 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
$1.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Noble Hierarch
$10.40
0.21 tix
- 2 Noble Hierarch
$10.40
0.21 tix
- 3 Qasali Pridemage
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Mantis Rider
$0.16
0.02 tix
- 1 Grand Abolisher
$16.49
0.02 tix
- 1 Grand Abolisher
$16.49
0.02 tix
Sorceries (1)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (2)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (22)
- 2 Blooming Marsh$1.90 0.10 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$8.86 0.03 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.12 0.83 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Shambling Vent$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.39 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
- 3 Windswept Heath$10.13 0.86 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Blessed Alliance
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Collective Brutality
$0.34
0.09 tix
- 1 Damnation
$15.52
0.06 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix - 2 Fulminator Mage
$1.14
0.06 tix - 2 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Liliana, the Last Hope
$4.68
0.10 tix
- 1 Maelstrom Pulse
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Sorin, Solemn Visitor
$0.64
0.02 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (11)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (24)
- 3 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.80 0.02 tix
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.80 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$8.83 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 3 Raging Ravine$0.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.68 0.02 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Twilight Mire$0.36 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (21)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 8.15 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix
- 1 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Life from the Loam
$4.76
3.18 tix
- 1 Maelstrom Pulse
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$16.04
0.11 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
- 1 Eternal Witness
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 4 Shardless Agent
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Dream Stalker
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 4 Imperial Recruiter
$13.60
0.02 tix
- 1 Parasitic Strix
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 4 Deathrite Shaman
$4.89
0.73 tix - 1 Baleful Strix
$0.95
0.22 tix
- 2 Baleful Strix
$0.95
0.22 tix
- 1 Baleful Strix
$0.95
0.22 tix
- 1 Cavern Harpy
$0.27
0.06 tix
Sorceries (7)
Instants (7)
Lands (21)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 8.15 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 6.36 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.57 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Bloodbraid Elf
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Bone Shredder
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.92
0.01 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Minister of Pain
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Skylasher
$0.19
0.02 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 4 Gush
$2.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Extract
$5.14
0.57 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.38
0.01 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.46
0.02 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (21)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 4 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.51 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Expedition Map
$1.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.55
1.36 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 2 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Scroll Rack
$13.90
14.00 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.88 tix
- 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
$19.53
0.02 tix
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (12)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (10)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (11)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.55
1.36 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.88 tix
Enchantments (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.20
15.73 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 tix
- 3 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.51 tix
- 4 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.55
1.36 tix
- 1 Tezzeret the Seeker
$24.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.14 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 3 Dark Confidant
$3.89
0.02 tix
- 2 Knight of the Reliquary
$1.64
0.02 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 2 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
$6.14
0.02 tix
- 3 Eldrazi Displacer
$1.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
$1.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Vryn Wingmare
$0.18
0.02 tix
- 4 Deathrite Shaman
$4.89
0.73 tix
- 1 Qasali Pridemage
$0.17
0.03 tix
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 6.36 tix
- 2 Brushland$0.41 0.02 tix
- 4 Cavern of Souls$51.61 0.53 tix
- 1 Caves of Koilos$0.52 0.02 tix
- 1 Dark Depths$1.49 0.21 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 2 Savannah$194.99 3.09 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.12 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.12 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.68 tix
- 1 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.13 0.86 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix
- 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.26
0.02 tix
- 3 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 2 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.86
0.02 tix
- 3 Nature's Claim
$0.38
0.01 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.09
0.02 tix
- 1 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
$1.22
0.02 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (17)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 4 Forbidden Orchard$9.43 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Mana Confluence$34.12 0.45 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.68 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.14 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
$15.34
0.02 tix - 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.38
0.01 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (17)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 4 Forbidden Orchard$9.43 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Mana Confluence$34.12 0.45 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.68 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.14 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
$15.34
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.38
0.01 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (10)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |