Abrupt Decay
- Mana cost
- {B}{G}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Breaking News #34 (rare)
- Price
- $2.22 USD
This spell can't be countered.
Destroy target nonland permanent with mana value 3 or less.
Abrupt Decay has 10 printings, first in Return to Ravnica (2012). EDHREC ranks it #761 among Commander cards. It appears most in Sisay, Weatherlight Captain decks (6,553 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Abrupt Decay most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Sisay, Weatherlight Captain: 6,553 decks
- Lathril, Blade of the Elves: 6,304 decks
- Korvold, Fae-Cursed King: 5,841 decks
- Glarb, Calamity's Augur: 5,335 decks
- The Gitrog Monster: 4,807 decks
- Chatterfang, Squirrel General: 4,760 decks
- Meren of Clan Nel Toth: 4,685 decks
- Teval, the Balanced Scale: 3,850 decks
Often played with Abrupt Decay
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The mana value of a token that isn't a copy of another object is 0. A token that is a copy of another object has the same mana cost as that object.
- : A spell or ability that counters spells can still target Abrupt Decay. When that spell or ability resolves, Abrupt Decay won't be countered, but any additional effects of the countering spell or ability will still happen.
- : If a permanent has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
- : If you target a creature with ward, you may still pay the ward cost, but Abrupt Decay won't be countered even if you don't.