Decimate

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4cmc Gruul sorcery that destroys one artifact, one creature, one enchantment, and one land simultaneously — extraordinary value when all four targets are available, but the hard requirement that ALL four legal targets exist makes it a dead card against decks with few artifacts or enchantments, and is notably worse in Brawl where a single opponent is less likely to have all four permanent types on board. A signature "catch-all" removal spell in multiplayer Commander midrange and control, but its castability restriction keeps it out of tier-1.

• Decimate requires legal choices for ALL four target types simultaneously — it cannot be cast if any of the four (artifact, creature, enchantment, land) has no valid target, including your own permanents, which can sometimes be used to meet a missing target requirement.

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• In multiplayer Commander the four-target requirement is much easier to meet across three opponents' boards, which is why it's significantly better there than in 1v1 Brawl where a single opponent's board may lack artifacts or enchantments.

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• Decimate can hit your own permanents to satisfy a missing target type — for example, sacrificing a land you control to enable the spell when an opponent has no land-destroying vulnerability is a legitimate line, but it represents real card-disadvantage.

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• EDHREC rank: #895