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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 (14)
Instants (21)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (24)
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
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (8)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (8)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
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
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (19)
- 1 Enlightened Tutor
- 1 Feed the Cycle
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Withering Boon
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Get Lost
- 1 Razorgrass Ambush
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tithe
- 1 Unexpectedly Absent
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Abstergo Entertainment
- 1 Ancient Den
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Bojuka Bog
- 1 Brightclimb Pathway
- 1 Caves of Koilos
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Concealed Courtyard
- 1 Dust Bowl
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Fetid Heath
- 1 Flagstones of Trokair
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
- 1 Isolated Chapel
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Maze of Ith
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Shattered Sanctum
- 3 Snow-Covered Plains
- 4 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (8)
Lands (24)
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
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (8)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (22)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (38)
- 1 Hope of Ghirapur
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Blood Artist
- 1 Caustic Bronco
- 1 Dark Confidant
- 1 Deep-Cavern Bat
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Mai, Scornful Striker
- 1 Marionette Apprentice
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Sorin of House Markov
- 1 Starscape Cleric
- 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
- 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
- 1 Zulaport Cutthroat
- 1 Cathar Commando
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Carrion Feeder
- 1 Viscera Seer
- 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
- 1 Alseid of Life's Bounty
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Hinterland Sanctifier
- 1 Lunarch Veteran
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Ocelot Pride
- 1 Ruin-Lurker Bat
- 1 Soul Warden
- 1 Soul's Attendant
- 1 Speaker of the Heavens
- 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
- 1 Cruel Celebrant
- 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
- 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
- 1 Auriok Champion
- 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
Sorceries (9)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (5)
Lands (35)
- 1 Abundant Countryside
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Brightclimb Pathway
- 1 Caves of Koilos
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Concealed Courtyard
- 1 Dalkovan Encampment
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Fetid Heath
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Great Arashin City
- 1 Isolated Chapel
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plaza of Heroes
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Shattered Sanctum
- 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
- 1 Silent Clearing
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Spymaster's Vault
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Talon Gates of Madara
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Fury
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (6)
Instants (30)
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Daze
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Tithe
Enchantments (3)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Brass
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Elegant Parlor
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (42)
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Heritage Reclamation
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cremate
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Requiting Hex
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Auroral Procession
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Mental Note
- 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 Shadow of Doubt
- 1 Mental Misstep
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (40)
- 1 Bad River
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flood Plain
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Hinterland Harbor
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Maze of Ith
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 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 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Swamp
- 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
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (23)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (8)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Fury
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (6)
Instants (30)
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Daze
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Tithe
Enchantments (3)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Brass
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Elegant Parlor
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
