Manacles of Decay
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack.
: Enchanted creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
: Enchanted creature can't block this turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BRW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Apocalypse
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #30684
Manacles of Decay is a one-mana Aura that taps a creature and strips two of its activated abilities — solid on-board disruption for almost no investment. It sees fringe play at best, since it doesn't remove the threat and falls off badly against decks that win through combat triggers or static abilities rather than activated ones.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Manacles of Decay is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it's niche in all of them. In Commander, the format where activated abilities matter most — Krenko, Mob Boss, Selvala, Heart of the Wilds, Yawgmoth, Thran Physician — it has a real target pool, but one-for-one Auras that don't answer the permanent are almost always outclassed by hard removal. In Pauper, where the card pool is tightest and one-mana interaction is genuinely valued, it has the most credible case, particularly against utility creatures with tap abilities. Legacy and Vintage have better options at the same cost, and Manacles of Decay simply doesn't see meaningful play in either format.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Manacles of Decay is deep bulk — you'll find copies in any dollar-rare box or thrown into trade binders for free. There's no meaningful demand driving it up, so don't expect the price to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.