---
name: "Decaying Soil"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Threshold"]
set: "ODY"
set_name: "Odyssey"
collector_number: "127"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Don Hazeltine"
oracle_id: "3a58d68c-7683-4543-a929-8ef12641a564"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/decaying-soil-ody"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Decaying Soil
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Threshold

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile a card from your graveyard.
Threshold — As long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, this enchantment has "Whenever a nontoken creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {1}. If you do, return that card to your hand."

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rancid Earth](/printing/rancid-earth-tor.md) — Sorcery
2. [Oversold Cemetery](/printing/oversold-cemetery-dmr.md) — Enchantment
3. [Hunting Grounds](/printing/hunting-grounds-dmr.md) — Enchantment
4. [Cabal Inquisitor](/printing/cabal-inquisitor-ody.md) — Creature — Human Minion
5. [Trained Blessed Mind](/printing/trained-blessed-mind-sunf.md) — Stickers
6. [Stitch Together](/printing/stitch-together-wc03.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Odyssey (ODY) #127
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Don Hazeltine
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`