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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 | 59 | 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
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (20)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (37)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 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 Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
Enchantments (2)
Lands (37)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Botanical Sanctum
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Hinterland Harbor
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (8)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (5)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (31)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (37)
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Requiting Hex
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (37)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Botanical Sanctum
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Hinterland Harbor
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (37)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 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 Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
Enchantments (2)
Lands (37)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Botanical Sanctum
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Hinterland Harbor
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Quantum Riddler
- 1 Hullbreaker Horror
- 1 Cosmogoyf
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Sorceries (10)
Instants (31)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Requiting Hex
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Mental Misstep
Enchantments (1)
Lands (36)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Botanical Sanctum
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 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 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Woodland Cemetery
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (8)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (20)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (5)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (31)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (37)
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 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 Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
Enchantments (1)
Lands (39)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Botanical Sanctum
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Hinterland Harbor
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 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 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (5)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (32)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
