slp
sld
mh1
Force of Despair 
Instant
Oracle Text
If it's not your turn, you may exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy all creatures that entered this turn.
Format Legality
ModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Force of Despair, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern | 11 | 1.8 | 66 | 2.1 |
| Duel Commander | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
| Legacy | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1.6 |
Details
- Set
- Secret Lair Promo
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 3
- Collector #
- 29
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Force of Despair
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (24)
- 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 Beseech the Queen
- 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 (15)
Artifacts (12)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Sorceries (11)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Sorceries (11)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Loyal Apprentice
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 Moon-Circuit Hacker
- 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
- 1 Sea-Dasher Octopus
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Gut, True Soul Zealot
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Yuffie, Materia Hunter
- 1 Skyfire Phoenix
- 1 Mist-Syndicate Naga
- 1 Prosperous Thief
- 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Satoru, the Infiltrator
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Sorceries (8)
Instants (23)
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Force of Despair
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (35)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (11)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (11)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Loyal Apprentice
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 Moon-Circuit Hacker
- 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Gut, True Soul Zealot
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Yuffie, Materia Hunter
- 1 Skyfire Phoenix
- 1 Mist-Syndicate Naga
- 1 Prosperous Thief
- 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Satoru, the Infiltrator
- 1 Malcolm, the Eyes
Sorceries (9)
Instants (21)
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Force of Despair
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (35)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (7)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (20)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (15)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (15)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (12)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (7)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (23)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Invoke Despair
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 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 Mind Twist
Instants (13)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (29)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Agonizing Remorse
- 1 Check for Traps
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Languish
- 1 Mutilate
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Yahenni's Expertise
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Blackmail
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
- 1 Bubbling Muck
- 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 (14)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (22)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Praetor's Grasp
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Mutilate
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Necrotic Hex
- 1 Worst Fears
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
- 1 Bubbling Muck
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Innocent Blood
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
- 1 Sinkhole
Instants (18)
- 1 Deadly Dispute
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Withering Boon
- 1 Force of Despair
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Withering Torment
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Spinning Darkness
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Defile
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Consuming Corruption
- 1 Erebos's Intervention
- 1 March of Wretched Sorrow
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (29)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Agonizing Remorse
- 1 Check for Traps
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Languish
- 1 Mutilate
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Yahenni's Expertise
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Blackmail
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
- 1 Bubbling Muck
- 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 (14)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (24)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Invoke Despair
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 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 (12)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (29)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Agonizing Remorse
- 1 Check for Traps
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Languish
- 1 Mutilate
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Yahenni's Expertise
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Blackmail
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
- 1 Bubbling Muck
- 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 (14)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (24)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Invoke Despair
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 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
