First printed in Modern Horizons (2019)

All 7 prints

Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2562, 2026
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1793, 2024
Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #199, 2022
Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #199★, 2022
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #91269, 2021 (digital)
Modern Horizons 1 Timeshifts (H1R) #13, 2021
Modern Horizons (MH1) #86, 2019

Defile

Instant

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.

MTGO price: 0.04 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 2.3% of Pauper decks played it (49 of 2088). Most played in Golgari Ichor. In the last 30 days 0.1% of Commander decks played it (4 of 6150). Most played in K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth.

Staple

Pauper staples: main deck, 2% of decks (#209)
Black, Instants, Removal, Creature removal

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Pauper Other periods →

In 49 of 2088 decks (2.3%).

Share of decks

2.3%

▼ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

49 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

3.3

in the main deck

Win rate

59%

11 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Golgari Ichor	1.9%	100%
BG (unclassified)	0.5%	45%
WB (unclassified)	0.4%	13%
Mono-Black (unclassified)	0.2%	75%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher	98%	14.0
Eviscerator's Insight	98%	13.0
Cast Down	98%	4.1
Troll of Khazad-dûm	96%	16.6
Ichor Wellspring	96%	10.4
Lembas	96%	10.4
Campfire	96%	8.5
Nihil Spellbomb	96%	6.5
Snuff Out	96%	5.3
Crypt Rats	94%	39.2

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Golgari Ichor Ectoplazm in Rebound Samedi	5-0 100%
Golgari Ichor __Noob__ in Pauper Challenge 32	8-1 89%
Golgari Ichor Trailovsky in Pauper Challenge 32	6-2 75%
Golgari Ichor __Noob__ in Pauper Challenge 32	6-2 75%
Golgari Ichor NickNorman in Pauper Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Golgari Ichor NickNorman in Pauper Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Golgari Ichor NickNorman in Pauper Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Golgari Ichor BrunoGuerra in Pauper Challenge 32	4-2 67%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Golgari Ichor __Noob__, 26 Oct	4 main	#22 3-3
Golgari Ichor NickNorman, 25 Oct	3 main	#7 5-2
Golgari Ichor __Noob__, 25 Oct	4 main	#20 3-3
Mono-Black Uagli1, 24 Oct	4 main	#21 2-2
Golgari Ichor NickNorman, 23 Oct	3 main	#29 3-3
Golgari Ichor NickNorman, 22 Oct	3 main	#18 3-3
Mono-Black __Noob__, 22 Oct	4 main	#28 2-3
Golgari Ichor BrunoGuerra, 19 Oct	3 main	#17 4-2

Commander Other periods →

In 4 of 6150 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

4 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

40%

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth	0.8%	2%
Ayara, First of Locthwain	0.0%	100%
Black Waltz No. 3	0.0%	100%
Starscream, Power Hungry	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Imp's Mischief	100%	94.6
Dark Ritual	100%	2.5
Sign in Blood	75%	242.8
Bolas's Citadel	75%	18.7
Toxic Deluge	75%	15.0
Culling the Weak	75%	2.7
Cabal Ritual	75%	2.6
Demonic Tutor	75%	1.6
Arcane Signet	75%	1.2
Sol Ring	75%	0.8

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Black Waltz No. 3 Ju Sen Lim in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K	3-2 60%
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth William Penrod in Eye of The Tiger (Lion) CEDH Tournament- Win a Lion's Eye Diamond	1-4 20%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth William Penrod, 18 Oct	1 main	#33 1-4
Starscream, Power Hungry Adam carpenter, 17 Oct	1 main	#22 0-4
Ayara, First of Locthwain Luis Azorín, 16 Oct	1 main	#1 2-0
Black Waltz No. 3 Ju Sen Lim, 3 Oct	1 main	#11 3-2

Duel Commander Other periods →

In 2 of 112 decks (1.8%).

Share of decks

1.8%

▼ 2.6 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

2 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

–

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
BG (unclassified)	6.3%	29%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
BG ZacharyHaleComstock, 12 Oct	1 main	5-0
BG qaN, 1 Oct	1 main	5-0

No recent decks in: Modern, Legacy, Vintage.