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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
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (37)
- 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 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
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (5)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (32)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (5)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (32)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (37)
- 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 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
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (8)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (8)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (8)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (8)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (20)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (34)
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Requiting Hex
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Orim's Chant
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (9)
Lands (40)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 City of Brass
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Forest
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Island
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (8)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (5)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (31)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (38)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 1 Hexing Squelcher
- 1 Kraza, the Swarm as One
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
- 1 Grief
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Fury
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Generous Ent
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
Sorceries (6)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (36)
- 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 Karplusan Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Pendelhaven
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (37)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stubborn Denial
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (39)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Botanical Sanctum
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Dreamroot Cascade
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 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
- 1 Zagoth Triome
