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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 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (37)
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Cosmogoyf
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Grief
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Questing Beast
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
Sorceries (7)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blightstep Pathway
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
- 1 Karplusan Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 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 Starting Town
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (37)
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Grief
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Questing Beast
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
Sorceries (7)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blightstep Pathway
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
- 1 Karplusan Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 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 Starting Town
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (37)
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Cosmogoyf
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Grief
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Questing Beast
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
Sorceries (7)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blightstep Pathway
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
- 1 Karplusan Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 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 Starting Town
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Haywire Mite
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
- 1 Devoted Druid
- 1 Fauna Shaman
- 1 Tower Winder
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Nadu, Winged Wisdom
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Six
- 1 Spellseeker
- 1 Hazel's Brewmaster
- 1 Generous Ent
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Noble Hierarch
- 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
- 1 Brightglass Gearhulk
- 1 Voice of Resurgence
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Nomads en-Kor
- 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
- 1 Walking Ballista
Sorceries (7)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Botanical Sanctum
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 City of Brass
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hushwood Verge
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Razorverge Thicket
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Temple Garden
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Sin, Spira's Punishment
- 1 Titan of Industry
- 1 Marang River Regent
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Hoarding Broodlord
- 1 Generous Ent
- 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
- 1 Woodfall Primus
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- 1 Astral Dragon
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (16)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (37)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Botanical Sanctum
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Deathcap Glade
- 1 Dreamroot Cascade
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Forest
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shifting Woodland
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Swamp
- 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
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
- 1 Tireless Provisioner
- 1 Aftermath Analyst
- 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
- 1 Lotus Cobra
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
- 1 Nissa, Resurgent Animist
- 1 Ramunap Excavator
- 1 Six
- 1 Icetill Explorer
- 1 Dread Presence
- 1 Sowing Mycospawn
- 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
- 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
- 1 Primeval Titan
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Elvish Reclaimer
- 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
Sorceries (18)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Life from the Loam
- 1 Malevolent Rumble
- 1 Nature's Lore
- 1 Sylvan Scrying
- 1 Three Visits
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Culling Ritual
- 1 Search for Tomorrow
- 1 Splendid Reclamation
- 1 Raven's Crime
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Pillage the Bog
- 1 Witherbloom Command
- 1 Green Sun's Zenith
- 1 Finale of Devastation
Instants (8)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (7)
Lands (47)
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 1 Barren Moor
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Bojuka Bog
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Cabal Coffers
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Dark Depths
- 1 Fabled Passage
- 6 Forest
- 1 Ghost Quarter
- 1 Glacial Chasm
- 1 Golgari Rot Farm
- 1 Hickory Woodlot
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Peat Bog
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Shifting Woodland
- 4 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Talon Gates of Madara
- 1 Thespian's Stage
- 1 Tranquil Thicket
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Cave
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volrath's Stronghold
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
- 1 Tireless Provisioner
- 1 Aftermath Analyst
- 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
- 1 Lotus Cobra
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
- 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
- 1 Nissa, Resurgent Animist
- 1 Ramunap Excavator
- 1 Six
- 1 Icetill Explorer
- 1 Dread Presence
- 1 Sowing Mycospawn
- 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
- 1 Primeval Titan
- 1 Arboreal Grazer
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Elvish Reclaimer
- 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
Sorceries (18)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Life from the Loam
- 1 Malevolent Rumble
- 1 Nature's Lore
- 1 Sylvan Scrying
- 1 Three Visits
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Culling Ritual
- 1 Search for Tomorrow
- 1 Splendid Reclamation
- 1 Raven's Crime
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Witherbloom Command
- 1 Green Sun's Zenith
- 1 Finale of Devastation
Instants (7)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (7)
Lands (47)
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 1 Barren Moor
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Bojuka Bog
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Cabal Coffers
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Dark Depths
- 1 Drownyard Temple
- 1 Fabled Passage
- 7 Forest
- 1 Ghost Quarter
- 1 Glacial Chasm
- 1 Golgari Rot Farm
- 1 Hickory Woodlot
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Peat Bog
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Shifting Woodland
- 3 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Talon Gates of Madara
- 1 Thespian's Stage
- 1 Tranquil Thicket
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Cave
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volrath's Stronghold
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
