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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Innistrad: Midnight HuntMID · #78
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.02 € · ★ 0.24 € · 0.21 $ · ★ 0.22 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn. Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.) Draw a card.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Craig J Spearing
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2021-09-24
Rulings
Decayed does not create any attacking requirements. You may choose not to attack with a creature that has decayed.
Decayed does not grant haste. Creatures with decayed that enter the battlefield during your turn may not attack until your next turn.
Decayed represents a static ability and a triggered ability. "Decayed" means "This creature can't block" and "When this creature attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat."
Once a creature with decayed attacks, it will be sacrificed at end of combat, even if it no longer has decayed at that time.
