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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 (11)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Gut, True Soul Zealot
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Generous Ent
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Eagles of the North
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Ocelot Pride
Sorceries (10)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 City of Brass
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Path of Ancestry
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Temple Garden
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Sorceries (2)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (40)
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
- 1 Grief
- 1 Ursine Monstrosity
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Generous Ent
- 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 Molt Tender
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (6)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (38)
- 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 Forest
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
- 1 Karplusan Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Nurturing Peatland
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Thornspire Verge
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
- 1 Grief
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Cosmogoyf
- 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
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (8)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (7)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 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 Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Mutavault
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Pendelhaven
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (30)
- 1 Cosmic Rebirth
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Auroral Procession
- 1 Growth Spiral
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Voidslime
- 1 Eladamri's Call
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Lightning Helix
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Izzet Charm
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Elegant Parlor
- 1 Fabled Passage
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Forest
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Island
- 1 Ketria Triome
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Raffine's Tower
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Floodpits Drowner
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Molt Tender
- 1 Nadu, Winged Wisdom
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Springheart Nantuko
- 1 Haywire Mite
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Night Clubber
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Tower Winder
- 1 Wall of Roots
- 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
- 1 Tribute Mage
- 1 Trinket Mage
- 1 Harvester of Misery
- 1 Undermountain Adventurer
- 1 Fallen Shinobi
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
- 1 Baleful Strix
Sorceries (6)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (38)
- 1 Barkchannel Pathway
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Botanical Sanctum
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Darkwater Catacombs
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 2 Forest
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Island
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Starting Town
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (24)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Diabolic Intent
- 1 Ransack the Lab
- 1 Resentful Revelation
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Bonus Round
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Massacre
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Wheel of Fortune
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
- 1 Cabal Therapy
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Traverse the Ulvenwald
- 1 Infernal Plunge
- 1 Rite of Flame
Instants (18)
- 1 Cabal Ritual
- 1 Deadly Dispute
- 1 Mausoleum Secrets
- 1 Nasty End
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Desperate Ritual
- 1 Pyretic Ritual
- 1 Flare of Duplication
- 1 Manamorphose
- 1 Seething Song
- 1 Culling the Weak
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Songs of the Damned
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Crop Rotation
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Final Fortune
Artifacts (8)
Lands (33)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Dwarven Ruins
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Hickory Woodlot
- 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 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 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
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (34)
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Cosmic Rebirth
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Growth Spiral
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (40)
- 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 Gemstone Caverns
- 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 Gate
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Raffine's Tower
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (34)
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Cosmic Rebirth
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Growth Spiral
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (40)
- 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 Gemstone Caverns
- 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 Gate
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Raffine's Tower
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Sorceries (12)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (20)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (10)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (34)
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Cosmic Rebirth
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Growth Spiral
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (40)
- 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 Gemstone Caverns
- 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 Gate
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Raffine's Tower
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
