Glorious Decay

Secrets of Strixhaven #150

Type: Instant

Mana cost: {1}{G}

Card 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.

Rarity: common

Artist: Camille Alquier

Released: April 24, 2026

Prices

$0.16 USD · $0.22 USD (Foil) · €0.11 EUR

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Format Legality

Format	Legality
Standard	✓ Legal
Pioneer	✓ Legal
Modern	✓ Legal
Legacy	✓ Legal
Commander	✓ Legal
Vintage	✓ Legal
Pauper	✓ Legal
Oathbreaker	✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Glorious Decay in Secrets of Strixhaven limited

common

Owlin Historian

Creature — Bird Cleric

Gets +1/+1 when you exile cards from graveyards with Glorious Decay's third mode, and surveils to fill your graveyard for more targets.

Stone Docent

Creature — Spirit Chimera

Can be exiled from your graveyard for value, and Glorious Decay can exile it from opponent's graveyards or destroy artifacts while Stone Docent provides lifegain and surveil.

Muse's Encouragement

Instant

Creates flying tokens that Glorious Decay can protect by destroying opposing flyers, and surveils to fill graveyards for Glorious Decay's exile mode.

uncommon

Garrison Excavator

Creature — Orc Sorcerer

Creates Spirit tokens whenever cards leave your graveyard, and Glorious Decay's exile mode triggers this ability while also drawing you a card.

rare

Ark of Hunger

Artifact

Triggers whenever cards leave graveyards including from Glorious Decay's exile mode, and mills cards to create more graveyard targets for Glorious Decay.

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