Decree of Pain

Mana cost: {6}{B}{B}
Type: Sorcery
Set: Stardates #9 (mythic)
Price: $0.63 USD

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated. Draw a card for each creature destroyed this way.
Cycling {3}{B}{B} ({3}{B}{B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, all creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.

Decree of Pain has 15 printings, first in Scourge (2003). EDHREC ranks it #1,478 among Commander cards. It appears most in Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls decks (8,210 on EDHREC). 6 public decks on TCG run it. It has 2 official rulings.

Legality

commander: legal
legacy: legal
vintage: legal
pauper: not legal
modern: not legal
pioneer: not legal
standard: not legal
brawl: not legal

Public decks that run Decree of Pain

Arcane Wizardry - Commander 2017, led by Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
Endless Punishment - Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander, led by Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
Hosts of Mordor - Tales of Middle-earth Commander, led by Sauron, Lord of the Rings
Mind Seize - Commander 2013, led by Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge
Squirreled Away - Bloomburrow Commander, led by Hazel of the Rootbloom
The Ruinous Powers - Warhammer 40,000 Commander, led by Abaddon the Despoiler

Commanders that run Decree of Pain most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls: 8,210 decks
Sauron, the Dark Lord: 6,364 decks
Hazel of the Rootbloom: 5,209 decks
Chatterfang, Squirrel General: 2,973 decks
Sauron, Lord of the Rings: 2,340 decks
Be'lakor, the Dark Master: 2,093 decks
Abaddon the Despoiler: 1,762 decks
Saruman, the White Hand: 1,716 decks

Often played with Decree of Pain

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

Rulings

2022-12-08: When you cycle this card, first the cycling ability goes on the stack, then the triggered ability goes on the stack on top of it. The triggered ability will resolve before you draw a card from the cycling ability.
2022-12-08: The cycling ability and the triggered ability are separate. If the triggered ability doesn't resolve (because, for example, it has been countered, or all of its targets have become illegal), the cycling ability will still resolve, and you'll draw a card.