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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
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (10)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (25)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (8)
Lands (24)
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 2 Godless Shrine$8.72 0.03 tix
- 1 Hissing Quagmire$0.43 0.02 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.46 0.88 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Shambling Vent$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Stirring Wildwood$0.29 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Temple Garden$7.35 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 3 Windswept Heath$9.73 0.88 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Creeping Corrosion
$5.99
0.02 tix - 1 Damnation
$15.65
0.06 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix - 1 Feed the Clan
$0.12
0.03 tix - 3 Fulminator Mage
$1.14
0.06 tix - 1 Kitchen Finks
$0.19
0.02 tix - 1 Spellskite
$7.57
0.02 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix - 1 Worship
$0.39
0.02 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.24
0.03 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.17 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.05
0.10 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (11)
Lands (22)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 2 Creeping Tar Pit$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 3 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 2 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.50
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.05
0.10 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Aetherling
$0.28
0.02 tix - 1 Ashen Rider
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Massacre
$0.46
1.12 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.87 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 2 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$16.15
0.11 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (24)
Instants (13)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.17 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.05
0.10 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Aetherling
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Ashen Rider
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Inkwell Leviathan
$0.50
0.02 tix - 1 Massacre
$0.46
1.12 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 1 Shaman of the Pack
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 4 Elvish Visionary
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Wren's Run Packmaster
$1.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
$18.52
0.03 tix - 4 Deathrite Shaman
$4.89
0.80 tix - 1 Birchlore Rangers
$0.84
0.05 tix
- 3 Heritage Druid
$3.02
0.23 tix
- 2 Llanowar Elves
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 3 Nettle Sentinel
$0.28
0.08 tix
- 3 Quirion Ranger
$1.49
0.65 tix
- 4 Wirewood Symbiote
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Gaddock Teeg
$1.04
0.09 tix
Sorceries (8)
Instants (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.87 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 2 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$16.15
0.11 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (12)
Lands (22)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 2 Creeping Tar Pit$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 3 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 2 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.50
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.05
0.10 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (24)
Instants (14)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.17 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.05
0.10 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (24)
Instants (13)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.17 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.05
0.10 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Scryb Ranger
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 3 Knight of the Reliquary
$1.65
0.02 tix
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.09 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 2 Aven Mindcensor
$0.60
0.02 tix
- 4 Deathrite Shaman
$4.89
0.80 tix
- 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
$4.69
0.06 tix
- 1 Gaddock Teeg
$1.04
0.09 tix
- 2 Qasali Pridemage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.21
2.17 tix
Instants (7)
Lands (24)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.85 0.01 tix
- 1 Dark Depths$1.44 0.21 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.72 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Horizon Canopy$2.13 0.16 tix
- 2 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Savannah$194.99 3.51 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.12 tix
- 1 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$9.73 0.88 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Batterskull
$3.27
0.02 tix
- 2 Choke
$0.65
0.79 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Gaddock Teeg
$1.04
0.09 tix
- 1 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 3 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.30
0.10 tix
- 1 Oblivion Ring
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 3 Swan Song
$8.29
0.25 tix
- 1 Zealous Persecution
$0.14
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (24)
Instants (13)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (24)
Instants (13)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.54
5.74 tix
- 2 Chain of Vapor
$9.44
0.05 tix
- 1 Dark Petition
$2.67
0.02 tix
- 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.14
0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Massacre
$0.46
1.12 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Xantid Swarm
$3.83
4.99 tix