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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 | 248 | 1 |
| Modern | 9 | 1.1 | 160 | 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 (12)
Instants (29)
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Cosmic Rebirth
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Eladamri's Call
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Lightning Helix
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tithe
- 1 No More Lies
Enchantments (2)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Forest
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Ketria Triome
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raffine's Tower
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Xander's Lounge
- 1 Zagoth Triome
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (24)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Agonizing Remorse
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Yahenni's Expertise
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 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 Sinkhole
- 1 Mind Twist
Instants (17)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (7)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (38)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 1 Bloodtithe Harvester
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
- 1 Setzer, Wandering Gambler
- 1 Carnage Interpreter
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Anje's Ravager
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Caves of Chaos Adventurer
- 1 Fury
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
- 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
Sorceries (11)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blightstep Pathway
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Dragonskull Summit
- 1 Graven Cairns
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Haunted Ridge
- 1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mount Doom
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
- 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Spymaster's Vault
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (27)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Agonizing Remorse
- 1 Check for Traps
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Invoke Despair
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Languish
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
- 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 Sinkhole
- 1 Mind Twist
Instants (15)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (32)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Flare of Malice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Louisoix's Sacrifice
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Lands (40)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Castle Vantress
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 High Market
- 8 Island
- 2 Island
- 1 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
- 1 Swamp
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (35)
- 1 Eliminate
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Flare of Malice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Consume the Meek
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Gollum's Bite
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
Lands (40)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Castle Vantress
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 High Market
- 12 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
- 3 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (27)
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Prismari Command
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Terminate
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (4)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Haunted Ridge
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seat of the Synod
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (33)
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cosmic Rebirth
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (41)
- 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 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 Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (25)
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Prismari Command
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Terminate
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
Artifacts (4)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Haunted Ridge
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seat of the Synod
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (15)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (22)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (31)
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 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 Reprieve
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tithe
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Void Rend
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
Artifacts (2)
Lands (41)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 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 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains
- 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
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (5)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 1 Bloodtithe Harvester
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
- 1 Setzer, Wandering Gambler
- 1 Carnage Interpreter
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Anje's Ravager
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Fury
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
- 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
Sorceries (11)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blightstep Pathway
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Dragonskull Summit
- 1 Graven Cairns
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Haunted Ridge
- 1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mount Doom
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
- 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Spymaster's Vault
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Tectonic Edge
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wooded Foothills