---
name: "Glorious Decay"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "150"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Camille Alquier"
oracle_id: "ac4277d7-d78a-4d6e-8d6d-11f9e56f8ae7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/glorious-decay-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Glorious Decay
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Glorious Decay deals 4 damage to target creature with flying.
• Exile target card from a graveyard. Draw a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Crushing Vines](/printing/crushing-vines-2xm.md) — Instant
2. [Crushing Canopy](/printing/crushing-canopy-jmp.md) — Instant
3. [Atraxa's Fall](/printing/atraxas-fall-plst.md) — Sorcery
4. [Shoot Down](/printing/shoot-down-bro.md) — Sorcery
5. [Heritage Reclamation](/printing/heritage-reclamation-tdm.md) — Instant
6. [Return to the Earth](/printing/return-to-the-earth-bbd.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #150
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Camille Alquier
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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