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Cling to Dust 
Instant
Oracle Text
Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, you gain 3 life. Otherwise, you draw a card.
Escape—
, Exile five other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
, Exile five other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)Format Legality
PioneerModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Cling to Dust, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duel Commander | 3 | 1 | 249 | 1 |
| Modern | 7 | 1 | 158 | 1.5 |
| Pioneer | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1.1 |
| Legacy | 3 | 1 | 34 | 1.5 |
Details
- Set
- The List
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 1
- Collector #
- THB-87
Non-foil
Other Printings
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Cling to Dust
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (31)
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Tear Asunder
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Murderous Cut
- 1 Gush
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Witherbloom Charm
- 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
- 1 Noxious Revival
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Enchantments (2)
Lands (40)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Fetid Pools
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Horizon of Progress
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Rain-Slicked Copse
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (37)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Requiting Hex
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
Enchantments (2)
Lands (37)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Botanical Sanctum
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Hinterland Harbor
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 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
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (8)
Lands (24)
- 2 Bleachbone Verge
- 2 Brightclimb Pathway
- 1 Concealed Courtyard
- 3 Concealed Courtyard
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
- 2 Godless Shrine
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Ishgard, the Holy See
- 1 Plains
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 4 The Mycosynth Gardens
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (35)
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Flashback
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Prismari Charm
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Untimely Malfunction
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
- 1 Daze
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (38)
- 1 Agna Qel'a
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (36)
- 1 Erode
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Orim's Chant
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tithe
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Void Rend
- 1 Logic Knot
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (41)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Gate
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raffine's Tower
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Tectonic Edge
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Aang, Swift Savior
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Grief
- 1 Spellseeker
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Overlord of the Floodpits
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (12)
Instants (24)
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cremate
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Requiting Hex
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (7)
Lands (36)
- 1 Adarkar Wastes
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (29)
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Murderous Cut
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Noxious Revival
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Enchantments (3)
Lands (39)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Botanical Sanctum
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Dreamroot Cascade
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Forest
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (12)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (8)
Lands (24)
- 2 Bleachbone Verge
- 2 Brightclimb Pathway
- 1 Concealed Courtyard
- 3 Concealed Courtyard
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
- 2 Godless Shrine
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Plains
- 2 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 4 The Mycosynth Gardens
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Instants (25)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (17)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (36)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Power Word Kill
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Flare of Malice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Requiting Hex
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Enchantments (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Agna Qel'a
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Castle Locthwain
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 High Market
- 4 Island
- 2 Island
- 2 Island
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 2 Swamp
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urza's Cave
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (23)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Check for Traps
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Resentful Revelation
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Necrotic Hex
- 1 Blackmail
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Innocent Blood
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Insatiable Avarice
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
- 1 Sign in Blood
- 1 Mind Twist
Instants (17)
- 1 Cabal Ritual
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Withering Boon
- 1 Force of Despair
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Spinning Darkness
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Defile
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Requiting Hex
- 1 Consuming Corruption
- 1 Erebos's Intervention
- 1 March of Wretched Sorrow
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (8)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
