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Eternal Masters Removal


This is a list of all the removal in Eternal Masters, divided into permanent creature removal, temporary creature removal (such as bounce, tap, and falter effects), non-creature removal, and off-battlefield removal (hand, stack, and graveyard).

Permanent Creature Removal

Color Mana Cost Card Rarity Type Oracle Text
White W Swords to Plowshares Uncommon Instant Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
1W Balance Mythic Sorcery Each player chooses a number of lands he or she controls equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.
1W Pacifism Common Enchantment Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
3W Faith's Fetters Uncommon Enchantment Enchant permanent When Faith's Fetters enters the battlefield, you gain 4 life. Enchanted permanent's activated abilities can't be activated unless they're mana abilities. If enchanted permanent is a creature, it can't attack or block.
2WW Wrath of God Rare Sorcery Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.
4W Second Thoughts Common Instant Exile target attacking creature. Draw a card.
Blue U Hydroblast Uncommon Instant Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's red. • Destroy target permanent if it's red.
1U Stupefying Touch Common Enchantment Enchant creature When Stupefying Touch enters the battlefield, draw a card. Enchanted creature's activated abilities can't be activated.
2U Gaseous Form Common Enchantment Enchant creature Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by enchanted creature.
2U Prodigal Sorcerer Uncommon Creature {T}: Prodigal Sorcerer deals 1 damage to target creature or player.
2U Tidal Wave Common Instant Put a 5/5 blue Wall creature token with defender onto the battlefield. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
2UU Control Magic Rare Enchantment Enchant creature You control enchanted creature.
6U Phyrexian Ingester Uncommon Creature Imprint — When Phyrexian Ingester enters the battlefield, you may exile target nontoken creature. Phyrexian Ingester gets +X/+Y, where X is the exiled creature card's power and Y is its toughness.
Black B Innocent Blood Common Sorcery Each player sacrifices a creature.
B Tragic Slip Common Instant Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Morbid — That creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead if a creature died this turn.
BB Malicious Affliction Rare Instant Morbid — When you cast Malicious Affliction, if a creature died this turn, you may copy Malicious Affliction and may choose a new target for the copy. Destroy target nonblack creature.
1B Nausea Common Sorcery All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
1B Plague Witch Common Creature {B}, {T}, Discard a card: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
2B Eyeblight's Ending Common Tribal Instant Destroy target non-Elf creature.
2B Lys Alana Scarblade Uncommon Creature {T}, Discard an Elf card: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Elves you control.
2B Toxic Deluge Rare Sorcery As an additional cost to cast Toxic Deluge, pay X life. All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
2BB Braids, Cabal Minion Rare Legendary Creature At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices an artifact, creature, or land.
2BB Nekrataal Uncommon Creature First strike When Nekrataal enters the battlefield, destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. That creature can't be regenerated.
3BB Annihilate Uncommon Instant Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. Draw a card.
3BBB Visara the Dreadful Rare Legendary Creature Flying {T}: Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.
5BB Havoc Demon Uncommon Creature Flying When Havoc Demon dies, all creatures get -5/-5 until end of turn.
Red R Chain Lightning Uncommon Sorcery Chain Lightning deals 3 damage to target creature or player. Then that player or that creature's controller may pay {R}{R}. If the player does, he or she may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.
R Firebolt Common Sorcery Firebolt deals 2 damage to target creature or player. Flashback {4}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
R Flame Jab Uncommon Sorcery Flame Jab deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)
R Mogg Fanatic Common Creature Sacrifice Mogg Fanatic: Mogg Fanatic deals 1 damage to target creature or player.
R Pyroblast Uncommon Instant Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's blue. • Destroy target permanent if it's blue.
2R Burning Vengeance Uncommon Enchantment Whenever you cast a spell from your graveyard, Burning Vengeance deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
2R Carbonize Common Instant Carbonize deals 3 damage to target creature or player. That creature can't be regenerated this turn. If the creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
2R Ghitu Slinger Uncommon Creature Echo {2}{R} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) When Ghitu Slinger enters the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
2R Honden of Infinite Rage Uncommon Legendary Enchantment At the beginning of your upkeep, Honden of Infinite Rage deals damage to target creature or player equal to the number of Shrines you control.
3RR Siege-Gang Commander Rare Creature When Siege-Gang Commander enters the battlefield, put three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens onto the battlefield. {1}{R}, Sacrifice a Goblin: Siege-Gang Commander deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
4RR Crater Hellion Rare Creature Echo {4}{R}{R} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) When Crater Hellion enters the battlefield, it deals 4 damage to each other creature.
4RR Pyrokinesis Rare Instant You may exile a red card from your hand rather than pay Pyrokinesis's mana cost. Pyrokinesis deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures.
Green 3G Roots Common Enchantment Enchant creature without flying When Roots enters the battlefield, tap enchanted creature. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
Colorless 3 Ticking Gnomes Uncommon Artifact Creature Echo {3} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) Sacrifice Ticking Gnomes: Ticking Gnomes deals 1 damage to target creature or player.
4 Goblin Charbelcher Rare Artifact {3}, {T}: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a land card. Goblin Charbelcher deals damage equal to the number of nonland cards revealed this way to target creature or player. If the revealed land card was a Mountain, Goblin Charbelcher deals double that damage instead. Put the revealed cards on the bottom of your library in any order.
4 Nevinyrral's Disk Rare Artifact Nevinyrral's Disk enters the battlefield tapped. {1}, {T}: Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments.
6 Duplicant Rare Artifact Creature Imprint — When Duplicant enters the battlefield, you may exile target nontoken creature. As long as a card exiled with Duplicant is a creature card, Duplicant has the power, toughness, and creature types of the last creature card exiled with Duplicant. It's still a Shapeshifter.
Multi-Color WB Zealous Persecution Uncommon Instant Until end of turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 and creatures your opponents control get -1/-1.
1UR Dack Fayden Mythic Planeswalker +1: Target player draws two cards, then discards two cards. −2: Gain control of target artifact. −6: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a spell that targets one or more permanents, gain control of those permanents."
1WB Vindicate Rare Sorcery Destroy target permanent.
3BR Void Rare Sorcery Choose a number. Destroy all artifacts and creatures with converted mana cost equal to that number. Then target player reveals his or her hand and discards all nonland cards with converted mana cost equal to the number.

Temporary Creature Removal

Color Mana Cost Card Rarity Type Oracle Text
White XWW Unexpectedly Absent Rare Instant Put target nonland permanent into its owner's library just beneath the top X cards of that library.
2W Kor Hookmaster Common Creature When Kor Hookmaster enters the battlefield, tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
2WW Glimmerpoint Stag Uncommon Creature Vigilance When Glimmerpoint Stag enters the battlefield, exile another target permanent. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
Blue U Silent Departure Common Sorcery Return target creature to its owner's hand. Flashback {4}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
2U Man-o'-War Common Creature When Man-o'-War enters the battlefield, return target creature to its owner's hand.
2UU Jace, the Mind Sculptor Mythic Planeswalker +2: Look at the top card of target player's library. You may put that card on the bottom of that player's library. 0: Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order. −1: Return target creature to its owner's hand. −12: Exile all cards from target player's library, then that player shuffles his or her hand into his or her library.
Red 1R Seismic Stomp Common Sorcery Creatures without flying can't block this turn.
1R Stingscourger Common Creature Echo {3}{R} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) When Stingscourger enters the battlefield, return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
Multi-Color 2GW Glare of Subdual Rare Enchantment Tap an untapped creature you control: Tap target artifact or creature.
Lands   Karakas Mythic Legendary Land {T}: Add {W} to your mana pool. {T}: Return target legendary creature to its owner's hand.
  Maze of Ith Rare Land {T}: Untap target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.

Non-Creature Removal

Color Mana Cost Card Rarity Type Oracle Text
Black BB Sinkhole Rare Sorcery Destroy target land.
Green G Nature's Claim Common Instant Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller gains 4 life.
Colorless 2 Winter Orb Rare Artifact As long as Winter Orb is untapped, players can't untap more than one land during their untap steps.
4 Nevinyrral's Disk Rare Artifact Nevinyrral's Disk enters the battlefield tapped. {1}, {T}: Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments.
Multi-Color 1UR Dack Fayden Mythic Planeswalker +1: Target player draws two cards, then discards two cards. −2: Gain control of target artifact. −6: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a spell that targets one or more permanents, gain control of those permanents."
1GU Trygon Predator Uncommon Creature Flying Whenever Trygon Predator deals combat damage to a player, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment that player controls.
1WB Vindicate Rare Sorcery Destroy target permanent.
2GW Glare of Subdual Rare Enchantment Tap an untapped creature you control: Tap target artifact or creature.
3BR Void Rare Sorcery Choose a number. Destroy all artifacts and creatures with converted mana cost equal to that number. Then target player reveals his or her hand and discards all nonland cards with converted mana cost equal to the number.
Lands   Wasteland Rare Land {T}: Add {C} to your mana pool. {T}, Sacrifice Wasteland: Destroy target nonbasic land.

Not on the Battlefield

Color Mana Cost Card Rarity Type Oracle Text
Blue U Hydroblast Uncommon Instant Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's red. • Destroy target permanent if it's red.
UU Counterspell Common Instant Counter target spell.
1U Daze Uncommon Instant You may return an Island you control to its owner's hand rather than pay Daze's mana cost. Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.
1U Memory Lapse Common Instant Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it on top of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard.
2UU Jace, the Mind Sculptor Mythic Planeswalker +2: Look at the top card of target player's library. You may put that card on the bottom of that player's library. 0: Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order. −1: Return target creature to its owner's hand. −12: Exile all cards from target player's library, then that player shuffles his or her hand into his or her library.
3UU Force of Will Mythic Instant You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay Force of Will's mana cost. Counter target spell.
Black B Cabal Therapy Uncommon Sorcery Name a nonland card. Target player reveals his or her hand and discards all cards with that name. Flashback—Sacrifice a creature. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Bg Deathrite Shaman Rare Creature {T}: Exile target land card from a graveyard. Add one mana of any color to your mana pool. {B}, {T}: Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Each opponent loses 2 life. {G}, {T}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. You gain 2 life.
B Duress Common Sorcery Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
BB Hymn to Tourach Uncommon Sorcery Target player discards two cards at random.
2B Deadbridge Shaman Common Creature When Deadbridge Shaman dies, target opponent discards a card.
Red R Pyroblast Uncommon Instant Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's blue. • Destroy target permanent if it's blue.
Green 1G Gaea's Blessing Uncommon Sorcery Target player shuffles up to three target cards from his or her graveyard into his or her library. Draw a card. When Gaea's Blessing is put into your graveyard from your library, shuffle your graveyard into your library.
Colorless 1 Relic of Progenitus Uncommon Artifact {T}: Target player exiles a card from his or her graveyard. {1}, Exile Relic of Progenitus: Exile all cards from all graveyards. Draw a card.


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