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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
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
- 2 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix - 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
$30.14
0.09 tix - 4 Deathrite Shaman
$4.67
0.72 tix - 1 Baleful Strix
$0.96
0.22 tix
- 2 Baleful Strix
$0.96
0.22 tix
- 4 Tidehollow Sculler
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 3 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.47 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.47 tix
Instants (12)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 1 Batterskull
$3.27
0.02 tix - 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Engineered Plague
$7.89
9.55 tix - 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.38
0.02 tix
- 2 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 4 Thoughtseize
$6.54
1.60 tix
- 1 Zealous Persecution
$0.14
0.03 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (24)
Instants (14)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (7)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (24)
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$8.86 0.02 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.43 0.88 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.07 0.02 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.07 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Shambling Vent$0.31 0.02 tix
- 2 Stirring Wildwood$0.29 0.02 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.26 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 3 Windswept Heath$9.68 1.01 tix
- 1 Woodland Cemetery$0.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Damnation
$15.62
0.06 tix
- 1 Dromoka's Command
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.72 tix - 3 Fulminator Mage
$1.14
0.06 tix - 1 Kitchen Finks
$0.19
0.02 tix - 1 Maelstrom Pulse
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Painful Truths
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.71
0.06 tix
- 1 Thragtusk
$0.26
0.02 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Lands (21)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 5.78 tix
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Bitterblossom
$32.75
0.02 tix
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Life from the Loam
$4.75
3.09 tix
- 1 Night of Souls' Betrayal
$1.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.27
0.10 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (29)
- 2 Arid Mesa$31.07 3.92 tix
- 3 Badlands$235.61 7.87 tix
- 2 Bayou$226.24 5.78 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.74 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 2 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 2 Maze of Ith$9.58 3.02 tix
- 2 Mishra's Factory$0.15 0.03 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.61 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.52 0.01 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.46 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$16.81 2.67 tix
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (9)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 2 Arc Trail
$0.06
0.03 tix - 2 Choke
$0.65
0.79 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$6.65
1.50 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix - 1 Umezawa's Jitte
$2.88
0.09 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (7)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (24)
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$8.86 0.02 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.43 0.88 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.07 0.02 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.07 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Shambling Vent$0.31 0.02 tix
- 2 Stirring Wildwood$0.29 0.02 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.26 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 3 Windswept Heath$9.68 1.01 tix
- 1 Woodland Cemetery$0.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Damnation
$15.62
0.06 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.72 tix
- 3 Fulminator Mage
$1.14
0.06 tix
- 1 Kitchen Finks
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Maelstrom Pulse
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Painful Truths
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.71
0.06 tix
- 1 Thragtusk
$0.26
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (7)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (24)
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Gavony Township$4.98 0.02 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$8.86 0.02 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.43 0.88 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.07 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Stirring Wildwood$0.29 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.26 0.02 tix
- 1 Treetop Village$0.33 0.03 tix
- 1 Twilight Mire$0.35 0.02 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.07 0.03 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 3 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 3 Windswept Heath$9.68 1.01 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Choke
$0.65
0.79 tix
- 1 Damnation
$15.62
0.06 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.72 tix
- 3 Fulminator Mage
$1.14
0.06 tix
- 1 Kitchen Finks
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 2 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.71
0.06 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.71
0.06 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.54
1.60 tix
- 2 Timely Reinforcements
$0.22
0.03 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (13)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (24)
- 4 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.78 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.61 0.02 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.74 tix
- 2 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.07 0.02 tix
- 3 Raging Ravine$0.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.38 0.02 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Treetop Village$0.33 0.03 tix
- 1 Twilight Mire$0.35 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.81 2.67 tix
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (11)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (24)
- 4 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.78 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.61 0.02 tix
- 3 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.74 tix
- 2 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.07 0.02 tix
- 4 Raging Ravine$0.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.38 0.02 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$16.81 2.67 tix
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (9)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (24)
- 4 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.78 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.61 0.02 tix
- 3 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.74 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.07 0.02 tix
- 4 Raging Ravine$0.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.38 0.02 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$16.81 2.67 tix
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (27)
Instants (11)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 4 Elvish Visionary
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 2 Craterhoof Behemoth
$18.83
0.03 tix
- 4 Deathrite Shaman
$4.67
0.72 tix
- 2 Birchlore Rangers
$0.83
0.05 tix
- 4 Heritage Druid
$2.99
0.23 tix
- 1 Llanowar Elves
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 4 Nettle Sentinel
$0.28
0.08 tix
- 4 Quirion Ranger
$1.49
0.65 tix
- 4 Wirewood Symbiote
$0.24
0.03 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (7)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
- 2 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Gavony Township$4.98 0.02 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 2 Godless Shrine$8.86 0.02 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.43 0.88 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.07 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Shambling Vent$0.31 0.02 tix
- 2 Stirring Wildwood$0.29 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.26 0.02 tix
- 1 Twilight Mire$0.35 0.02 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.07 0.03 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 3 Windswept Heath$9.68 1.01 tix
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (8)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (21)
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit$0.33 0.02 tix
- 4 Forbidden Orchard$9.73 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 3 Mishra's Factory$0.15 0.03 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.65 tix
- 1 Treetop Village$0.33 0.03 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (11)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (24)
- 4 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.78 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.61 0.02 tix
- 3 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.74 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.07 0.02 tix
- 3 Raging Ravine$0.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.38 0.02 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Twilight Mire$0.35 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.81 2.67 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Chandra, Pyromaster
$0.47
0.02 tix
- 4 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 Night of Souls' Betrayal
$1.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Olivia Voldaren
$3.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
$0.16
0.02 tix
- 1 Thrun, the Last Troll
$0.71
0.02 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (8)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (21)
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit$0.33 0.02 tix
- 4 Forbidden Orchard$9.73 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 3 Mishra's Factory$0.15 0.03 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.65 tix
- 1 Treetop Village$0.33 0.03 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (17)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.45
6.03 tix
- 1 Merchant Scroll
$4.55
2.50 tix
- 1 Time Walk
$489.98
5.85 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
2.05 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Imperial Seal
$163.78
6.05 tix
- 4 Doomsday
$2.86
0.10 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.73
0.01 tix
- 4 Preordain
$0.45
0.01 tix
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
$3.95
0.01 tix
Instants (21)
Artifacts (5)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (24)
Instants (14)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 1 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.50
5.84 tix
- 2 Chain of Vapor
$9.39
0.07 tix
- 2 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.03 tix - 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
