Oath of the Gatewatch Removal
This is a list of all the removal in Oath of the Gatewatch, 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). The column labeled T (to the right of the permanent creature removal column) indicates how big a creature the removal can handle; if there is no number in that column, the removal is independent of the creature’s toughness. Conditional removal is indicated after the card name.
- Italics indicates that the card is a permanent that has to remain in play for the effect to continue.
- Bold indicates a reusable or ongoing effect.
- Yellow highlight indicates that multiple targets are affected.
- Red highlight indicates mass removal that you may be able to avoid overextending into.
- Within each color/rarity, cards are ordered by how tough a creature they can kill, then by converted mana cost.
Unlike the list of instant-speed tricks, this list does not try to provide an abbreviated description of the effect, but just references how it affect the targeted permanents/players. Here’s how to interpret those effects:
- Abbreviations used: A (artifact), attkr (attacker), blkr (blocker), borrow (untap & gain control until end of turn; the permanent gains haste), bounce (return to owner’s hand), C (creature), CMC (converted mana cost), counter when used as a verb (counter a spell), dmg (damage), E (enchantment), flyer (creature with flying), freeze X (tap X and it doesn’t untap next turn), GY (graveyard), L (land), opp (opponent), opp’s X (X controlled by opponent), P (player or power, depending on context), PW (planeswalker), regen (regenerate), S (sorcery), sac (sacrifice), T (toughness), your X (X you control).
- Effects (+X/+Y, -X/-Y, hexproof, etc.) last until end of turn unless specified otherwise.
- Effects only target creatures unless otherwise specified, e.g., X dmg without any qualifiers means that the effect does X damage to any creature. If the effect also targets players, that won’t be mentioned here.
| Oath of the Gatewatch | Permanent Creature Removal | T | Temporary Creature Removal | Non-Creature | Not on the Battlefield / Hand Disruption / Counterspells | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorless | uncommon | 1◇: Spatial Contortion (+3/-3) | 3 | 1◇: Warping Wail (counter S) | ||
| 1◇: Warping Wail (P ≤ 1 or T ≤ 1) | ||||||
| rare | 5◇+{T}: Endbringer | 1 | 5◇+◇+{T}: Endbringer (C can't attk/blk) | 3◇: Thought-Knot Seer (exile non-L from opp's hand) | ||
| mythic | 8◇◇: Kozilek, the Great Distortion (discard card to counter spell with the same CMC) | |||||
| White | common | W: Searing Light (destroy attkr/blkr with P ≤ 2) | 3W+{T}+tap untapped Ally: Spawnbinder Mage (tap) | 2WW: Isolation Zone (exile opp's E) | ||
| 2WW: Isolation Zone (exile opp's C) | ||||||
| uncommon | 1W: Immolating Glare (destroy attkr) | |||||
| Blue | common | 2U/U (surge): Containment Membrane (C doesn't untap during its controller's untap step) | U: Slip Through Space (C can't be blocked) | 1U: Negate (counter non-C) | ||
| 1U+◇+{T}: Blinding Drone (tap) | 2U: Abstruse Interference (counter unless controller pays 1) | |||||
| 2U: Sweep Away (bounce C, or bounce attkr to library) | ||||||
| uncommon | U: Gift of Tusks (C loses all abilities and becomes base 3/3) | 1UU: Void Shatter (counter, then exile countered spell) | ||||
| 2U/1U (surge): Grip of the Roil (freeze) | ||||||
| 5UU: Roiling Waters (bounce 2) | ||||||
| rare | 5U+3◇: Deepfathom Skulker (C can't be blocked) | 2UU/UU (surge): Overwhelming Denial (counter) | ||||
| mythic | 4UU/3UU (surge): Crush of Tentacles (bounce all non-L) | 4UU/3UU (surge): Crush of Tentacles (bounce all non-L) | ||||
| Black | common | 2B: Tar Snare (-3/-2) | 2 | 3B: Witness the End (opp exiles 2 cards from hand) | ||
| 3B: Oblivion Strike (exile C) | ||||||
| uncommon | 1BB: Flaying Tendrils (Cs get -2/-2; exile Cs that die) | 2 | ||||
| BB: Grasp of Darkness (-4/-4) | 4 | |||||
| rare | 1B+1◇: Bearer of Silence (opp sacs C) | 3BB: Remorseless Punishment (opp loses 5 unless they discard 2 or sac C/PW; repeat once more) | ||||
| 3BB: Remorseless Punishment (opp loses 5 unless they discard 2 or sac C/PW; repeat once more) | ||||||
| Red | common | 1R: Sparkmage's Gambit (1 dmg to 0-2 Cs) | 1 | 3R: Consuming Sinkhole (exile land C) | ||
| 1R: Reality Hemorrhage | 2 | |||||
| 4R/1R (surge): Boulder Salvo | 4 | |||||
| uncommon | 3R: Pyromancer's Assault (whenever you cast your 2nd spell each turn, ~ deals 2 dmg) | 2 | 1R+2◇: Immobilizer Eldrazi (Cs with T > P can't block) | 2R+bounce your L: Devour in Flames (5 dmg to PW) | ||
| 1R: Tears of Valakut (uncounterable; 5 dmg to flyer) | 5 | 4R: Press into Service (borrow C) | ||||
| 2R+bounce your L: Devour in Flames | 5 | |||||
| rare | 1R: Oath of Chandra | 3 | 2R+1◇: Eldrazi Obligator (borrow C) | |||
| 3RR (surge): Tyrant of Valakut | 3 | |||||
| XXR/XR (surge): Fall of the Titans (X dmg to 2 Cs) | X | |||||
| mythic | 2R: Kozilek's Return (2 dmg to Cs; when you cast Eldrazi C with CMC ≥ 7, exile ~ from GY and deal 5 dmg to Cs) | 2-5 | ||||
| 4RR-X loyalty: Chandra, Flamecaller (X dmg to Cs) | X | |||||
| Green | common | 1G: Elemental Uprising (your L becomes 4/4 with haste; it must be blocked) | G: Natural State (destroy A/E with CMC ≤ 3) | |||
| mythic | 6G: World Breaker (exile A/E/L) | |||||
| Multicolor | uncommon | 1WU: Reflector Mage (bounce opp's C; its owner can't cast spells with that name until your next turn) | 1UB+3◇: Mindmelter (opp exiles 1 card from hand) | |||
| rare | WB+1WB+sac another C: Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim (exile non-L; activate only if your life ≥ starting life + 10) | WB+1WB+sac another C: Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim (exile non-L; activate only if your life ≥ starting life + 10) | ||||
