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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
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
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 Languish
- 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 (15)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
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 Languish
- 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 (15)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
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 Languish
- 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 (15)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
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 Languish
- 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 (16)
Artifacts (5)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
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 Languish
- 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 (15)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
- 1 Kellogg, Dangerous Mind
- 1 Carnage Interpreter
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Graveyard Trespasser
- 1 Grief
- 1 Anje's Ravager
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Fury
- 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Barbarian Ring
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blast Zone
- 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 Sulfurous Springs
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
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 Languish
- 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 (15)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
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 Languish
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 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 Sinkhole
- 1 Mind Twist
Instants (15)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
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 Languish
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 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 Sinkhole
- 1 Mind Twist
Instants (15)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (23)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Mutilate
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 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 Sinkhole
- 1 Mind Twist
Instants (15)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (19)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Invoke Despair
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Insatiable Avarice
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
- 1 Sign in Blood
Instants (14)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (7)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (41)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (29)
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Agonizing Remorse
- 1 Check for Traps
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Feed the Swarm
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Mutilate
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
- 1 Bubbling Muck
- 1 Duress
- 1 Innocent Blood
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Insatiable Avarice
- 1 Specter's Shriek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
- 1 Sign in Blood
Instants (12)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (41)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (41)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Bojuka Bog
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Cabal Coffers
- 1 Cascading Cataracts
- 1 Castle Locthwain
- 1 Dark Depths
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 18 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Thespian's Stage
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Cave
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Sinister Concierge
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Aboleth Spawn
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Notion Thief
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (8)
Instants (35)
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Force of Despair
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Daze
- 1 Jwari Disruption
- 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 Fell the Profane
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cremate
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Hydroblast
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Shadow of Doubt
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (36)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Darkwater Catacombs
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Fetid Pools
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riptide Laboratory
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seat of the Synod
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sunken Hollow
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Sorceries (30)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Agonizing Remorse
- 1 Check for Traps
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Feed the Swarm
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Mutilate
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 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 Mind Twist
Instants (13)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (28)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Agonizing Remorse
- 1 Check for Traps
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 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 Mind Twist
Instants (13)
Artifacts (13)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Sinister Concierge
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Aboleth Spawn
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Notion Thief
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (9)
Instants (31)
- 1 Force of Despair
- 1 Dismember
- 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 Fell the Profane
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cremate
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Hydroblast
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Shadow of Doubt
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (38)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 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 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Riptide Laboratory
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 4 Snow-Covered Island
- 9 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sunken Hollow
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Nimble Obstructionist
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Notion Thief
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Murktide Regent
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (9)
Instants (32)
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Force of Despair
- 1 Dismember
- 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 Fell the Profane
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Disrupt
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Hydroblast
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Shadow of Doubt
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (37)
- 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 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Riptide Laboratory
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 11 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sunken Hollow
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (27)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Agonizing Remorse
- 1 Check for Traps
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 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 Mind Twist
