---
name: "Decree of Pain"
mana_cost: "{6}{B}{B}"
cmc: 8
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "PRM"
set_name: "Magic Online Promos"
collector_number: "47985"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mathias Kollros"
oracle_id: "932668fa-d6e3-41c0-ad0c-8e0a00e68d11"
printings_count: 14
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/decree-of-pain-prm"
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-scg.md) — Sorcery
2. [Damnation](/printing/damnation-2x2.md) — Sorcery
3. [Expunge](/printing/expunge-vma.md) — Instant
4. [Death Begets Life](/printing/death-begets-life-tdm.md) — Sorcery
5. [Wrath of God](/printing/wrath-of-god-cmm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Deadly Tempest](/printing/deadly-tempest-c21.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic Online Promos (PRM) #47985
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mathias Kollros
- **Total Printings:** 14 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`

## Official Rulings
- *(2022-12-08)* 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.
- *(2022-12-08)* 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.