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Abrupt Decay

Instant MV 2

Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.

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What it doesRulingsIn the 99Every version

What it does

This spell can't be countered.

Destroy target nonland permanent with mana value 3 or less.

Rulings

4 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2021-03-19

    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.

  • 2021-03-19

    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.

  • 2021-03-19

    If a permanent has X in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

  • 2024-04-12

    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.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Abrupt Decay, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 4
Games played 0
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games — not enough to publish a rate yet.
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Hearthhull, the Worldseed 2 0 —
Chevill, Bane of Monsters 1 0 —
Teval, the Balanced Scale 1 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Jund 2 decks
  • Golgari 1 deck
  • Sultai 1 deck

Every version of Abrupt Decay

9 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.

Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Abrupt Decay — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.

Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.