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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 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (24)
Instants (13)
Lands (15)
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
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.74 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 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
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.83 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.52 0.01 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.38 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.81 2.67 tix
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (7)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
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
5
Final: 5 |
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
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
- 2 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Tarmogoyf
$5.52
0.03 tix
- 2 Courser of Kruphix
$2.17
0.03 tix
- 3 Eternal Witness
$0.70
0.03 tix
- 1 Spike Feeder
$0.49
0.45 tix
- 4 Kitchen Finks
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Sin Collector
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Spellskite
$7.38
0.02 tix
- 1 Archangel of Thune
$20.18
0.03 tix - 4 Birds of Paradise
$4.98
0.02 tix
- 3 Noble Hierarch
$10.28
0.24 tix
- 1 Qasali Pridemage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 3 Voice of Resurgence
$1.61
0.11 tix
Lands (23)
- 2 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Gavony Township$4.98 0.02 tix
- 1 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 Sunpetal Grove$0.25 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Temple Garden$7.26 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$9.68 1.01 tix
- 1 Woodland Cemetery$0.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 1 Burrenton Forge-Tender
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Eidolon of Rhetoric
$0.54
0.03 tix
- 4 Fulminator Mage
$1.14
0.06 tix
- 1 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Orzhov Pontiff
$0.12
0.02 tix
- 3 Path to Exile
$1.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Sin Collector
$0.13
0.03 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (12)
Planeswalkers (4)
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
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.74 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.07 0.02 tix
- 3 Raging Ravine$0.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.38 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$16.81 2.67 tix
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (7)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (23)
- 2 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Gavony Township$4.98 0.02 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$8.86 0.02 tix
- 4 Marsh Flats$31.43 0.88 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.07 0.02 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Stirring Wildwood$0.29 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.26 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$9.68 1.01 tix
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (24)
Instants (13)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (12)
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
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (7)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (24)
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Godless Shrine$8.86 0.02 tix
- 4 Marsh Flats$31.43 0.88 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.07 0.02 tix
- 3 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.26 0.02 tix
- 4 Treetop Village$0.33 0.03 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.07 0.03 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$9.68 1.01 tix
- 1 Woodland Cemetery$0.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (8)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.87 tix
- 2 Barren Moor$0.15 0.03 tix
- 2 Bayou$226.24 5.78 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.75 0.02 tix
- 3 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.97 0.88 tix
- 1 Horizon Canopy$2.13 0.18 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 1 Maze of Ith$9.58 3.02 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.61 tix
- 2 Scrubland$215.00 4.44 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.46 tix
- 1 Tranquil Thicket$0.09 0.03 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.26 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (14)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.87 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 5.78 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.74 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix - 1 Forked Bolt
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Murderous Cut
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix - 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
$0.23
0.02 tix - 1 Thoughtseize
$6.54
1.60 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 1 Gaddock Teeg
$1.05
0.09 tix
- 1 Giant Solifuge
$0.22
0.02 tix - 1 Kalonian Hydra
$4.98
0.02 tix
- 3 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 1 Massacre
$0.46
1.05 tix
- 1 Qasali Pridemage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Spike Weaver
$0.82
1.59 tix
- 1 Stingerfling Spider
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Tower of the Magistrate$1.65 2.18 tix
- 2 Toxic Deluge
$3.35
0.06 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.29 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (27)
Instants (9)
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 (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.45 1.73 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.91 2.50 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.34 4.20 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.86 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.34 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.24 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.27
0.10 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.91
0.06 tix
- 1 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 2 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Krosan Grip
$0.77
0.03 tix
- 1 Murderous Cut
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.27
0.10 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.54
1.60 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
2
Final: 2 |
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