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Aetherdrift Removal List

by Sameer Merchant // Feb 13, 2025

Here's the list of removal in Aetherdrift. There's enough Vehicle-specific removal that can't target non-Vehicle artifacts that I added a section for it.

Skyseer's Chariot isn't listed as removal because it only increases the cost to activate abilities of a single card.
The list does not include cards from the Special Guests bonus sheet because they only occur in one of every 64 packs.
I'm not listing Planeswalker removal because there are only two Planeswalkers in the set, both at Mythic, and one of those is an Artifact Planeswalker so there are several additional artifact removal spells that can deal with it.

Permanent Creature Removal

Color	Card	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
Colorless	Scrap Compactor	Artifact	{3}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 3 damage to target creature. {6}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy target creature or Vehicle.
White	Collision Course	Sorcery	Choose one — • Collision Course deals X damage to target creature, where X is the number of permanents you control that are creatures and/or Vehicles. • Destroy target artifact.
	Ride's End	Instant	This spell costs {3} less to cast if it targets a tapped permanent. Exile target creature or Vehicle.
	Gallant Strike	Instant	Destroy target creature with toughness 4 or greater. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
	Perilous Snare	Artifact	Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) When this artifact enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this artifact leaves the battlefield. Max speed — {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or Vehicle you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
	Spectacular Pileup	Sorcery	All creatures and Vehicles lose indestructible until end of turn, then destroy all creatures and Vehicles. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
	Detention Chariot	Artifact	When this Vehicle enters, exile target artifact or creature an opponent controls until this Vehicle leaves the battlefield. Crew 3 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 3 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.) Cycling {W} ({W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Blue	Flood the Engine	Enchantment	Enchant creature or Vehicle When this Aura enters, tap enchanted permanent. Enchanted permanent loses all abilities and doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
	Sabotage Strategist	Creature	Flying, vigilance Whenever one or more creatures attack you, those creatures get -1/-0 until end of turn. Exhaust — {5}{U}{U}: Put three +1/+1 counters on this creature. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)	2/2
	Trade the Helm	Sorcery	Exchange control of target artifact or creature you control and target artifact or creature an opponent controls. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
	Possession Engine	Artifact	When this Vehicle enters, gain control of target creature an opponent controls for as long as you control this Vehicle. That creature can't attack or block for as long as you control this Vehicle. Crew 3
Black	Grim Bauble	Artifact	When this artifact enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-2 until end of turn. {2}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
	Hellish Sideswipe	Sorcery	As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Destroy target creature or Vehicle. If the sacrificed permanent was a Vehicle, draw a card.
	Locust Spray	Instant	Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Cycling {B} ({B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
	Demonic Junker	Artifact	Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) When this Vehicle enters, for each player, destroy up to one target creature that player controls. If a creature you controlled was destroyed this way, put two +1/+1 counters on this Vehicle. Crew 2
	Momentum Breaker	Enchantment	Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) When this enchantment enters, each opponent sacrifices a creature or Vehicle of their choice. Each opponent who can't discards a card. {2}, Sacrifice this enchantment: You gain life equal to your speed.
	Quag Feast	Sorcery	Choose target creature, planeswalker, or Vehicle. Mill two cards, then destroy the chosen permanent if its mana value is less than or equal to the number of cards in your graveyard.
	Spin Out	Instant	Destroy target creature or Vehicle.
	Syphon Fuel	Instant	Target creature gets -6/-6 until end of turn. You gain 2 life.
	Shefet Archfiend	Creature	Flying When Shefet Archfiend enters, all other creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)	5/5
Red	Dynamite Diver	Creature	This creature saddles Mounts and crews Vehicles as though its power were 2 greater. When this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to any target.	1/1
	Road Rage	Instant	Road Rage deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker, where X is 2 plus the number of Mounts and Vehicles you control.
	Lightning Strike	Instant	Lightning Strike deals 3 damage to any target.
	Fuel the Flames	Instant	Fuel the Flames deals 2 damage to each creature. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
	Outpace Oblivion	Enchantment	Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) When this enchantment enters, it deals 5 damage to up to one target creature or planeswalker. {2}, Sacrifice this enchantment: It deals 2 damage to each player who doesn't have max speed.
	Crash and Burn	Instant	Choose one — • Destroy target Vehicle. • Crash and Burn deals 6 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
	Boommobile	Artifact	When this Vehicle enters, add four mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to activate abilities. Exhaust — {X}{2}{R}: This Vehicle deals X damage to any target. Put a +1/+1 counter on this Vehicle. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.) Crew 2
	Chandra, Spark Hunter	Planeswalker	At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose up to one target Vehicle you control. Until end of turn, it becomes an artifact creature and gains haste. +2: You may sacrifice an artifact or discard a card. If you do, draw a card. +0: Create a 3/2 colorless Vehicle artifact token with crew 1. −7: You get an emblem with "Whenever an artifact you control enters, this emblem deals 3 damage to any target."
	Dracosaur Auxiliary	Creature	Flying, haste Whenever this creature attacks while saddled, it deals 2 damage to any target. Saddle 3 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 3 or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)	4/4
Green	Run Over	Instant	This spell costs {1} less to cast if it targets a Mount or Vehicle you control. Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature an opponent controls.
	Plow Through	Sorcery	Choose one — • Target creature you control fights target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) • Destroy target Vehicle.
	Broken Wings	Instant	Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or creature with flying.
Multi-Color	Winter, Cursed Rider	Creature	Ward—Pay 2 life. Artifacts you control have "Ward—Pay 2 life." Exhaust — {2}{U}{B}, {T}, Exile X artifact cards from your graveyard: Each other nonartifact creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)	3/2
	Broadside Barrage	Instant	Broadside Barrage deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker. Draw a card, then discard a card.
	Explosive Getaway	Sorcery	Exile up to one target artifact or creature. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. Explosive Getaway deals 4 damage to each creature.
	Loot, the Pathfinder	Creature	Double strike, vigilance, haste Exhaust — {G}, {T}: Add three mana of any one color. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.) Exhaust — {U}, {T}: Draw three cards. Exhaust — {R}, {T}: Loot deals 3 damage to any target.	2/4
	Thundering Broodwagon	Artifact	Menace, reach When this Vehicle enters, destroy target nonland permanent an opponent controls with mana value 4 or less. Crew 3 Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Temporary Creature Removal

Color	Card	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
Blue	Bounce Off	Instant	Return target creature or Vehicle to its owner's hand.
	Roadside Blowout	Sorcery	This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a permanent with mana value 1. Return target creature or Vehicle an opponent controls to its owner's hand. Draw a card.
	Stall Out	Sorcery	Tap target creature or Vehicle, then put three stun counters on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.) Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
	Trip Up	Instant	Target nonland permanent's owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
	Spikeshell Harrier	Artifact Creature	When this creature enters, return target creature or Vehicle an opponent controls to its owner's hand. If that opponent's speed is greater than each other player's speed, reduce that opponent's speed by 1. This effect can't reduce their speed below 1.	4/4
Multi-Color	Riptide Gearhulk	Artifact Creature	Double strike Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) When this creature enters, for each opponent, put up to one target nonland permanent that player controls into its owner's library third from the top.	2/5

Vehicle

Color	Card	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
Colorless	Scrap Compactor	Artifact	{3}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 3 damage to target creature. {6}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy target creature or Vehicle.
White	Ride's End	Instant	This spell costs {3} less to cast if it targets a tapped permanent. Exile target creature or Vehicle.
White	Spectacular Pileup	Sorcery	All creatures and Vehicles lose indestructible until end of turn, then destroy all creatures and Vehicles. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Blue	Bounce Off	Instant	Return target creature or Vehicle to its owner's hand.
	Roadside Blowout	Sorcery	This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a permanent with mana value 1. Return target creature or Vehicle an opponent controls to its owner's hand. Draw a card.
	Stall Out	Sorcery	Tap target creature or Vehicle, then put three stun counters on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.) Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
	Flood the Engine	Enchantment	Enchant creature or Vehicle When this Aura enters, tap enchanted permanent. Enchanted permanent loses all abilities and doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
	Spikeshell Harrier	Artifact Creature	When this creature enters, return target creature or Vehicle an opponent controls to its owner's hand. If that opponent's speed is greater than each other player's speed, reduce that opponent's speed by 1. This effect can't reduce their speed below 1.	4/4
Black	Hellish Sideswipe	Sorcery	As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Destroy target creature or Vehicle. If the sacrificed permanent was a Vehicle, draw a card.
	Momentum Breaker	Enchantment	Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) When this enchantment enters, each opponent sacrifices a creature or Vehicle of their choice. Each opponent who can't discards a card. {2}, Sacrifice this enchantment: You gain life equal to your speed.
	Quag Feast	Sorcery	Choose target creature, planeswalker, or Vehicle. Mill two cards, then destroy the chosen permanent if its mana value is less than or equal to the number of cards in your graveyard.
	Spin Out	Instant	Destroy target creature or Vehicle.
Red	Crash and Burn	Instant	Choose one — • Destroy target Vehicle. • Crash and Burn deals 6 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
Green	Plow Through	Sorcery	Choose one — • Target creature you control fights target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) • Destroy target Vehicle.

Artifact (non-Vehicle), Enchantment, and Land Removal

Color	Card	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
Colorless	Aetherjacket	Artifact Creature	Flying, vigilance {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy another target artifact. Activate only as a sorcery.	2/1
White	Collision Course	Sorcery	Choose one — • Collision Course deals X damage to target creature, where X is the number of permanents you control that are creatures and/or Vehicles. • Destroy target artifact.
	Perilous Snare	Artifact	Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) When this artifact enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this artifact leaves the battlefield. Max speed — {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or Vehicle you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
	Detention Chariot	Artifact	When this Vehicle enters, exile target artifact or creature an opponent controls until this Vehicle leaves the battlefield. Crew 3 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 3 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.) Cycling {W} ({W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Blue	Trip Up	Instant	Target nonland permanent's owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Blue	Trade the Helm	Sorcery	Exchange control of target artifact or creature you control and target artifact or creature an opponent controls. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Red	Skycrash	Instant	Destroy target artifact. Cycling {R} ({R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Red	Gastal Blockbuster	Creature	When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature or Vehicle. When you do, destroy target artifact an opponent controls.	3/2
Green	District Mascot	Creature	This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. {1}{G}, Remove two +1/+1 counters from this creature: Destroy target artifact. Whenever this creature attacks while saddled, put a +1/+1 counter on it. Saddle 1	0/0
	Webstrike Elite	Creature	Reach Cycling {X}{G}{G} ({X}{G}{G}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment with mana value X.	3/3
	Broken Wings	Instant	Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or creature with flying.
Multi-Color	Explosive Getaway	Sorcery	Exile up to one target artifact or creature. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. Explosive Getaway deals 4 damage to each creature.
	Riptide Gearhulk	Artifact Creature	Double strike Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) When this creature enters, for each opponent, put up to one target nonland permanent that player controls into its owner's library third from the top.	2/5
	Thundering Broodwagon	Artifact	Menace, reach When this Vehicle enters, destroy target nonland permanent an opponent controls with mana value 4 or less. Crew 3 Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Off-Battlefield Removal

Color	Card	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
Colorless	Wreck Remover	Artifact Creature	Whenever this creature enters or attacks, exile up to one target card from a graveyard. You gain 1 life. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)	3/4
Blue	Spell Pierce	Instant	Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.
	Spectral Interference	Instant	Counter target artifact or creature spell unless its controller pays {4}.
	Diversion Unit	Artifact Creature	Flying {U}, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {3}.	2/1
Black	Intimidation Tactics	Sorcery	Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose an artifact or creature card from it. Exile that card. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
	Momentum Breaker	Enchantment	Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) When this enchantment enters, each opponent sacrifices a creature or Vehicle of their choice. Each opponent who can't discards a card. {2}, Sacrifice this enchantment: You gain life equal to your speed.
	Gastal Raider	Creature	Start your engines! When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose an instant or sorcery card from it. That player discards that card. Max speed — This creature gets +1/+1 and has menace.	2/1
	Ripclaw Wrangler	Artifact	When this Vehicle enters, each opponent discards a card. Crew 2 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 2 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)
	Ancient Vendetta	Sorcery	Choose a card name. Search target opponent's graveyard, hand, and library for up to four cards with that name and exile them. Then that player shuffles.
Multi-Color	Oildeep Gearhulk	Artifact Creature	Lifelink, ward {1} When this creature enters, look at target player's hand. You may choose a card from it. If you do, that player discards that card, then draws a card.	4/4
Multi-Color	Coalstoke Gearhulk	Artifact Creature	Menace, deathtouch When this creature enters, put target creature card with mana value 4 or less from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control with a finality counter on it. That creature gains menace, deathtouch, and haste. At the beginnning of your next end step, exile that creature.	5/4