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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
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (12)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (34)
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 4 Fabled Passage
- 1 Forest
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 2 Hushwood Verge
- 1 Indatha Triome
- 1 Island
- 1 Jetmir's Garden
- 2 Ketria Triome
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Plains
- 1 Raffine's Tower
- 1 Raugrin Triome
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Savai Triome
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple Garden
- 1 Thornspire Verge
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Xander's Lounge
- 1 Zagoth Triome
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (36)
- 1 Haywire Mite
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
- 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
- 1 Night Clubber
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Springheart Nantuko
- 1 Tower Winder
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
- 1 Grief
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 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 Mawloc
Sorceries (6)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (5)
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 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (37)
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Molt Tender
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
- 1 Springheart Nantuko
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Haywire Mite
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
- 1 Night Clubber
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Tower Winder
- 1 Grief
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Fury
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (5)
Instants (9)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 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 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shadowblood Ridge
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (36)
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Grief
- 1 Questing Beast
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 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 Frenzied Baloth
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (8)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (6)
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 Dryad Arbor
- 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 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (36)
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Molt Tender
- 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
- 1 Springheart Nantuko
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Haywire Mite
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
- 1 Night Clubber
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Tower Winder
- 1 Grief
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Fury
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (5)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 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 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shadowblood Ridge
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
- 1 Grief
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Undermountain Adventurer
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
- 1 Generous Ent
- 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 Keen-Eyed Curator
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 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 Karplusan 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 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Woodland Cemetery
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (12)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (35)
- 2 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 3 Fabled Passage
- 1 Fabled Passage
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 2 Hushwood Verge
- 4 Indatha Triome
- 1 Island
- 2 Jetmir's Garden
- 2 Ketria Triome
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Plains
- 1 Raffine's Tower
- 1 Raugrin Triome
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Savai Triome
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (36)
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Molt Tender
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
- 1 Springheart Nantuko
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Haywire Mite
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Night Clubber
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Tower Winder
- 1 Grief
- 1 Simian Spirit Guide
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Fury
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (5)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (5)
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 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 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 (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (32)
- 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 Memory Deluge
- 1 Force of Will
- 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
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (17)
Instants (8)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (2)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (36)
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Molt Tender
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
- 1 Springheart Nantuko
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Haywire Mite
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Night Clubber
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Tower Winder
- 1 Grief
- 1 Simian Spirit Guide
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Fury
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (5)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (5)
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 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 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