---
name: "Decree of Pain"
mana_cost: "{6}{B}{B}"
cmc: 8
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "BLC"
set_name: "Bloomburrow Commander"
collector_number: "182"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mathias Kollros"
oracle_id: "932668fa-d6e3-41c0-ad0c-8e0a00e68d11"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/decree-of-pain-blc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Decree of Pain
- **Mana Cost:** `{6}{B}{B}` (CMC: 8)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle 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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Decree of Annihilation](/printing/decree-of-annihilation-v14.md) — Sorcery
2. [Damnation](/printing/damnation-prm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Expunge](/printing/expunge-usg.md) — Instant
4. [Death Begets Life](/printing/death-begets-life-tdm.md) — Sorcery
5. [Overwhelming Forces](/printing/overwhelming-forces-otp.md) — Sorcery
6. [Death Pulse](/printing/death-pulse-ons.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #182
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mathias Kollros
- **Total Printings:** 60 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`