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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
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Formidable Speaker
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Noble Hierarch
- 1 Territorial Kavu
- 1 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Esper Sentinel
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Ocelot Pride
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 City of Brass
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 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 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (32)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 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 Flare of Denial
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 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 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Shadow of Doubt
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (39)
- 1 Agna Qel'a
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Fetid Pools
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riptide Laboratory
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sunken Hollow
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Tectonic Edge
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (23)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (34)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (8)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (23)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (8)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (8)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (8)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (21)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (7)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (23)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
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
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Fury
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (4)
Instants (34)
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Consider
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 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 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
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (37)
- 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 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 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (37)
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 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
Artifacts (2)
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 (23)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Grief
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Sorceries (4)
Instants (33)
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
- 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 Flame of Anor
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (36)
- 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 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 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
