Decree of Pain
Decree of Pain: Sorcery, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {6}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 8
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
- Released
- 2024-09-27
- Collector number
- 136
- Artist
- Mathias Kollros
- Commander rank
- 1,357 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Cycling
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About Decree of Pain
Decree of Pain is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black sorcery from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 136 in that set, with art by Mathias Kollros. It costs {6}{B}{B} (six generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 8. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 13 sets, from Scourge (2003) to Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.38 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.38 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Decree of Pain by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Decree of Pain
Decree of Pain has been printed in 13 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Stardates (SDS) #9 | Mythic | 2026 |
| Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #182 | Rare | 2024 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #148 | Rare | 2023 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #508 | Rare | 2023 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #199 | Rare | 2023 |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #198 | Rare | 2022 |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #198★ | Rare | 2022 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #187 | Rare | 2021 |
| Commander 2017 (C17) #111 | Rare | 2017 |
| Legendary Cube Prize Pack (PZ1) #43 | Rare | 2015 |
| Commander 2013 (C13) #72 | Rare | 2013 |
| Commander's Arsenal (CM1) #3 | Rare | 2012 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Decree of Pain, newest first.
- 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.
- 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.
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Decree of Pain is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
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