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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 (24)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (23)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Diabolic Intent
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Bonus Round
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Massacre
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Jeska's Will
- 1 Storm of Memories
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
- 1 Elemental Eruption
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Pillage the Bog
- 1 Infernal Plunge
- 1 Rite of Flame
Instants (20)
- 1 Cabal Ritual
- 1 Deadly Dispute
- 1 Mausoleum Secrets
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Desperate Ritual
- 1 Pyretic Ritual
- 1 Flare of Duplication
- 1 Manamorphose
- 1 Seething Song
- 1 Ricochet Trap
- 1 Culling the Weak
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Crop Rotation
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Pyroblast
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
- 1 Redirect Lightning
- 1 Final Fortune
Artifacts (6)
Lands (32)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Geothermal Crevice
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Peat Bog
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Sandstone Needle
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (23)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Chain of Smog
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Diabolic Intent
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Bonus Round
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Massacre
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Jeska's Will
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
- 1 Elemental Eruption
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Pillage the Bog
- 1 Infernal Plunge
- 1 Rite of Flame
Instants (19)
- 1 Cabal Ritual
- 1 Mausoleum Secrets
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Desperate Ritual
- 1 Pyretic Ritual
- 1 Flare of Duplication
- 1 Manamorphose
- 1 Seething Song
- 1 Ricochet Trap
- 1 Culling the Weak
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Crop Rotation
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Pyroblast
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
- 1 Redirect Lightning
- 1 Final Fortune
Artifacts (6)
Lands (32)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Geothermal Crevice
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Peat Bog
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Sandstone Needle
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (1)
Artifacts (8)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (37)
- 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 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 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 Molt Tender
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
Sorceries (6)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (7)
Lands (35)
- 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
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (31)
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Dismember
- 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 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (6)
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 Lush Portico
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Swamp
- 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
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (24)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Chain of Smog
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Diabolic Intent
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Bonus Round
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Massacre
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Jeska's Will
- 1 Storm of Memories
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
- 1 Elemental Eruption
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Traverse the Ulvenwald
- 1 Infernal Plunge
- 1 Rite of Flame
Instants (19)
- 1 Cabal Ritual
- 1 Deadly Dispute
- 1 Mausoleum Secrets
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Desperate Ritual
- 1 Pyretic Ritual
- 1 Flare of Duplication
- 1 Manamorphose
- 1 Seething Song
- 1 Culling the Weak
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Crop Rotation
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Pyroblast
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
- 1 Redirect Lightning
- 1 Final Fortune
Artifacts (6)
Lands (32)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Geothermal Crevice
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Peat Bog
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Sandstone Needle
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (13)
Lands (36)
- 2 Blazemire Verge
- 2 Blood Crypt
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 3 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 2 Hallowed Fountain
- 2 Hushwood Verge
- 2 Indatha Triome
- 2 Jetmir's Garden
- 1 Ketria Triome
- 1 Plains
- 1 Raugrin Triome
- 1 Savai Triome
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Steam Vents
- 3 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 2 Wastewood Verge
- 2 Watery Grave
- 2 Xander's Lounge
- 1 Zagoth Triome
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (23)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Chain of Smog
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Diabolic Intent
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Bonus Round
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Massacre
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Jeska's Will
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
- 1 Elemental Eruption
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Traverse the Ulvenwald
- 1 Infernal Plunge
- 1 Rite of Flame
Instants (19)
- 1 Cabal Ritual
- 1 Deadly Dispute
- 1 Mausoleum Secrets
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Desperate Ritual
- 1 Pyretic Ritual
- 1 Flare of Duplication
- 1 Manamorphose
- 1 Seething Song
- 1 Culling the Weak
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Crop Rotation
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Pyroblast
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
- 1 Redirect Lightning
- 1 Final Fortune
Artifacts (6)
Lands (32)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Geothermal Crevice
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Peat Bog
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Sandstone Needle
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (10)
Artifacts (6)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (31)
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Dismember
- 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 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (6)
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 Lush Portico
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Swamp
- 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
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Instants (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (33)
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Orim's Chant
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (41)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Hinterland Harbor
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
