---
name: "Decree of Annihilation"
mana_cost: "{8}{R}{R}"
cmc: 10
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "SCG"
set_name: "Scourge"
collector_number: "85"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "John Avon"
oracle_id: "6679b462-3c90-418c-8727-acd1a61d988b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/decree-of-annihilation-scg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Decree of Annihilation
- **Mana Cost:** `{8}{R}{R}` (CMC: 10)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
Exile all artifacts, creatures, and lands from the battlefield, all cards from all graveyards, and all cards from all hands.
Cycling {5}{R}{R} ({5}{R}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, destroy all lands.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Akroma's Vengeance](/printing/akromas-vengeance-c18.md) — Sorcery
2. [Devastation](/printing/devastation-por.md) — Sorcery
3. [Decree of Pain](/printing/decree-of-pain-cm1.md) — Sorcery
4. [Obliterate](/printing/obliterate-8ed.md) — Sorcery
5. [Decimate](/printing/decimate-dmr.md) — Sorcery
6. [Apocalypse](/printing/apocalypse-tmp.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Scourge (SCG) #85
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** John Avon
- **Total Printings:** 11 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: `not_legal`