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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
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (10)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (27)
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.27 0.02 tix
- 1 Dragonskull Summit$0.45 0.02 tix
- 2 Drowned Catacomb$1.29 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Glacial Fortress$0.22 0.02 tix
- 2 Indatha Triome$18.74 6.76 tix
- 1 Ketria Triome$17.28 0.15 tix
- 1 Mana Confluence$34.10 0.42 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 3 Raugrin Triome$16.41 0.14 tix
- 2 Rootbound Crag$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Savai Triome$20.33 0.11 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$12.06 0.20 tix
- 1 Sulfur Falls$0.27 0.02 tix
- 2 Sunpetal Grove$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.35 0.02 tix
- 3 Zagoth Triome$24.97 0.06 tix
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (7)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (23)
- 2 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.85 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.27 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.78 tix
- 1 Nurturing Peatland$6.54 1.33 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.51 0.01 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.36 0.06 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.26
0.02 tix - 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix - 1 Doom Blade
$0.13
0.02 tix - 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix - 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.88
0.40 tix - 1 Void Mirror
$0.32
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (7)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (23)
- 2 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.85 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.27 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.78 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Nurturing Peatland$6.54 1.33 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.36 0.06 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 2 Doom Blade
$0.13
0.02 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.88
0.40 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Sorceries (14)
Instants (15)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (7)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (23)
- 3 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.85 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.27 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.78 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.36 0.06 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 1 Cleansing Wildfire
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 2 Collective Brutality
$0.34
0.09 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Gaea's Blessing
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Terminate
$0.28
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (7)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (23)
- 2 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.85 0.02 tix
- 2 Blood Crypt$9.27 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.78 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.36 0.06 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Terminate
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.88
0.40 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.65
0.02 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix - 1 Endurance
$4.15
4.00 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.13 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 3 Force of Vigor
$4.29
3.00 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (13)
- 1 Abrupt Decay$0.90 0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall$559.99 6.47 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.29
3.00 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix - 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.65
0.02 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.13 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.29
3.00 tix
- 1 Gleeful Sabotage
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Noxious Grasp$0.13 0.03 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$19.58
7.62 tix
- 2 Planar Void
$4.44
2.08 tix
- 1 Ramunap Excavator
$5.72
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer$3.17 0.02 tix
- 2 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (14)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
52.25 tix - 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.03 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
25.02 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.09 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.81 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.04
1.43 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.86 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$9.61
0.02 tix
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 3 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix
- 1 Oko, Thief of Crowns
$4.01
0.22 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Serra's Emissary
$8.26
0.02 tix - 3 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (13)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
52.25 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.03 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
25.02 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.09 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.81 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.04
1.43 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.86 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$9.61
0.02 tix
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.65
0.02 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Endurance
$4.15
4.00 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.13 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 3 Force of Vigor
$4.29
3.00 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (13)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
52.25 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.03 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
25.02 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.09 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.81 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.04
1.43 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.86 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$9.61
0.02 tix
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Serra's Emissary
$8.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (8)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (23)
- 2 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.85 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.27 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.78 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Nurturing Peatland$6.54 1.33 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.36 0.06 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 1 Doom Blade
$0.13
0.02 tix
- 1 Doom Blade
$0.13
0.02 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Run Afoul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.88
0.40 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (8)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (23)
- 2 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.85 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.27 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.78 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Nurturing Peatland$6.54 1.33 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.36 0.06 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Gaea's Blessing
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Terminate
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.88
0.40 tix
- 1 Void Mirror
$0.32
0.03 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.65
0.02 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Endurance
$4.15
4.00 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.13 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 3 Force of Vigor
$4.29
3.00 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.73
1.50 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (15)
- 1 Fatal Push$0.41 0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.29
3.00 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Assassin's Trophy
$0.65
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.47 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.13 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.29
3.00 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix
- 1 Noxious Grasp
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Ramunap Excavator
$5.72
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
- 2 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (8)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (23)
- 3 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.85 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.27 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.78 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.51 0.01 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.36 0.06 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.76 13.35 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$16.84 2.49 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.81 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.39
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Terminate
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.88
0.40 tix
- 1 Void Mirror
$0.32
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (15)
- 1 Force of Will$25.46 10.21 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$48.99
19.20 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.29
3.00 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$25.46
10.21 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.22
0.02 tix - 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Assassin's Trophy
$0.65
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.47 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.99 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.17
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.65
0.02 tix
- 1 Endurance
$4.15
4.00 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.13 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 3 Force of Vigor
$4.29
3.00 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.05
0.10 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
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