Amonkhet Removal List
This is a list of all the removal in Amonkhet, 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 |
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| Lands | Grasping Dunes |  |
Land | {T}: Add {C} to your mana pool. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Grasping Dunes: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery. | |
| White |  |
Time to Reflect | |
Instant | Exile target creature that blocked or was blocked by a Zombie this turn. |
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Compulsory Rest |  |
Enchantment | Enchant creature. Enchanted creature can't attack or block. Enchanted creature has "{2}, Sacrifice this creature: You gain 2 life." | |
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Impeccable Timing | |
Instant | Impeccable Timing deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. | |
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Cast Out | |
Enchantment | Flash. When Cast Out enters the battlefield, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Cast Out leaves the battlefield. Cycling {W}. | |
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Dusk // Dawn (Dusk) |  |
Sorcery | Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater. | |
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Angel of Sanctions |  |
Creature | Flying. When Angel of Sanctions enters the battlefield, you may exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Angel of Sanctions leaves the battlefield. Embalm {5}{W}. | |
| Blue |  |
Illusory Wrappings | |
Enchantment | Enchant creature. Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 0/2. |
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Lay Claim | |
Enchantment | Enchant permanent. You control enchanted permanent. Cycling {2}. | |
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Rags // Riches (Riches) | |
Sorcery | Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.) Each opponent chooses a creature he or she controls. You gain control of those creatures. | |
| Black |  |
Festering Mummy | |
Creature | When Festering Mummy dies, you may put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. |
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Ruthless Sniper | |
Creature | Whenever you cycle or discard a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. | |
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Trial of Ambition | |
Enchantment | When Trial of Ambition enters the battlefield, target opponent sacrifices a creature. When a Cartouche enters the battlefield under your control, return Trial of Ambition to its owner's hand. | |
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Cartouche of Ambition | |
Enchantment | Enchant creature you control. When Cartouche of Ambition enters the battlefield, you may put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has lifelink. | |
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Never // Return (Never) | |
Sorcery | Destroy target creature or planeswalker. | |
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Start // Finish (Finish) | |
Sorcery | Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.) As an additional cost to cast Finish, sacrifice a creature. Destroy target creature. |
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Splendid Agony | |
Instant | Distribute two -1/-1 counters among one or two target creatures. | |
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Rags // Riches (Rags) | |
Sorcery | All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. | |
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Soulstinger | |
Creature | When Soulstinger enters the battlefield, put two -1/-1 counters on target creature you control. When Soulstinger dies, you may put a -1/-1 counter on target creature for each -1/-1 counter on Soulstinger. | |
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Archfiend of Ifnir | |
Creature | Flying. Whenever you cycle or discard another card, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature your opponents control. Cycling {2}. | |
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Final Reward | |
Instant | Exile target creature. | |
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Liliana, Death's Majesty | |
Planeswalker | +1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard. −3: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types. −7: Destroy all non-Zombie creatures. | |
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Cruel Reality | |
Enchantment | Enchant player. At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker. If the player can't, he or she loses 5 life. | |
| Red |  |
Blazing Volley | |
Sorcery | Blazing Volley deals 1 damage to each creature your opponents control. |
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Cut // Ribbons (Cut) | |
Sorcery | Cut deals 4 damage to target creature. | |
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Magma Spray | |
Instant | Magma Spray deals 2 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead. | |
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Heaven // Earth (Earth) | |
Sorcery | Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.) Earth deals X damage to each creature without flying. | |
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Fling | |
Instant | As an additional cost to cast Fling, sacrifice a creature. Fling deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to target creature or player. | |
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Insult // Injury (Insult) | |
Sorcery | Damage can't be prevented this turn. If a source you control would deal damage this turn, it deals double that damage instead. | |
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Sweltering Suns | |
Sorcery | Sweltering Suns deals 3 damage to each creature. Cycling {3}. | |
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Trial of Zeal | |
Enchantment | When Trial of Zeal enters the battlefield, it deals 3 damage to target creature or player. When a Cartouche enters the battlefield under your control, return Trial of Zeal to its owner's hand. | |
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Electrify | |
Instant | Electrify deals 4 damage to target creature. | |
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Heart-Piercer Manticore | |
Creature | When Heart-Piercer Manticore enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice another creature. When you do, Heart-Piercer Manticore deals damage equal to that creature's power to target creature or player. Embalm {5}{R}. | |
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Warfire Javelineer | |
Creature | When Warfire Javelineer enters the battlefield, it deals X damage to target creature an opponent controls, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. | |
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Deem Worthy | |
Instant | Deem Worthy deals 7 damage to target creature. Cycling {3}{R}. When you cycle Deem Worthy, you may have it deal 2 damage to target creature. | |
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Glorybringer | |
Creature | Flying, haste. You may exert Glorybringer as it attacks. When you do, it deals 4 damage to target non-Dragon creature an opponent controls. | |
| Green |  |
Heaven // Earth (Heaven) | |
Instant | Heaven deals X damage to each creature with flying. |
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Stinging Shot | |
Instant | Put three -1/-1 counters on target creature with flying. Cycling {2}. | |
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Cartouche of Strength | |
Enchantment | Enchant creature you control. When Cartouche of Strength enters the battlefield, you may have enchanted creature fight target creature an opponent controls. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has trample. | |
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Prepare // Fight (Fight) | |
Sorcery | Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.) Target creature you control fights target creature an opponent controls. | |
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Destined // Lead (Lead) | |
Sorcery |
Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.) All creatures able to block target creature this turn do so. |
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Sandwurm Convergence | |
Enchantment | Creatures with flying can't attack you or planeswalkers you control. At the beginning of your end step, create a 5/5 green Wurm creature token. | |
| Multi-Color | |
Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons | |
Creature | Whenever Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons deals combat damage to a player, you may put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, create a 1/1 green Snake creature token with deathtouch. |
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Merciless Javelineer | |
Creature | {2}, Discard a card: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. That creature can't block this turn. | |
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Decimator Beetle | |
Creature | When Decimator Beetle enters the battlefield, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature you control. Whenever Decimator Beetle attacks, remove a -1/-1 counter from target creature you control and put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature defending player controls. |
Temporary Creature Removal
| Color | Mana Cost | Card | Rarity | Type | Oracle Text |
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| Colorless | |
Edifice of Authority | |
Artifact | {1}, {T}: Target creature can't attack this turn. Put a brick counter on Edifice of Authority. {1}, {T}: Until your next turn, target creature can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated. Activate this ability only if there are three or more brick counters on Edifice of Authority. |
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Kefnet's Monument | |
Artifact | Blue creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever you cast a creature spell, target creature an opponent controls doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. | |
| White | |
Fan Bearer | |
Creature | {2}, {T}: Tap target creature. |
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Binding Mummy | |
Creature | Whenever another Zombie enters the battlefield under your control, you may tap target artifact or creature. | |
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Vizier of Deferment | |
Creature | Flash. When Vizier of Deferment enters the battlefield, you may exile target creature if it attacked or blocked this turn. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. | |
| Blue | |
Winds of Rebuke | |
Instant | Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Each player puts the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard. |
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Galestrike | |
Instant | Return target tapped creature to its owner's hand. Draw a card. | |
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Commit // Memory (Commit) | |
Instant | Put target spell or nonland permanent into its owner's library second from the top. | |
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Decision Paralysis | |
Instant | Tap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step. | |
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Angler Drake | |
Creature | Flying. When Angler Drake enters the battlefield, you may return target creature to its owner's hand. | |
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Floodwaters | |
Sorcery | Return up to two target creatures to their owners' hands. Cycling {2}. | |
| Red | |
Limits of Solidarity | |
Sorcery | Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Cycling {2}. |
| Multi-Color | |
Merciless Javelineer | |
Creature | {2}, Discard a card: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. That creature can't block this turn. |
Non-Creature Removal
| Color | Mana Cost | Card | Rarity | Type | Oracle Text |
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| White | |
Forsake the Worldly | |
Instant | Exile target artifact or enchantment. Cycling {2}. |
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Cast Out | |
Enchantment | Flash. When Cast Out enters the battlefield, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Cast Out leaves the battlefield. Cycling {W}. | |
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Angel of Sanctions | |
Creature | Flying. When Angel of Sanctions enters the battlefield, you may exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Angel of Sanctions leaves the battlefield. Embalm {5}{W}. | |
| Blue | |
Winds of Rebuke | |
Instant | Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Each player puts the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard. |
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Commit // Memory (Memory) | |
Sorcery | Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.) Each player shuffles his or her hand and graveyard into his or her library, then draws seven cards. | |
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Lay Claim | |
Enchantment | Enchant permanent. You control enchanted permanent. Cycling {2}. | |
| Black | |
Never // Return (Return) | |
Sorcery | Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.) Exile target card from a graveyard. Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. |
| Red | |
By Force | |
Sorcery | Destroy X target artifacts. |
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Reduce // Rubble (Rubble) | |
Sorcery | Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.) Up to three target lands don't untap during their controller's next untap step. | |
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Violent Impact | |
Sorcery | Destroy target artifact or land. Cycling {2}. | |
| Green | |
Dissenter's Deliverance | |
Instant | Destroy target artifact. Cycling {G}. |
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Manglehorn | |
Creature | When Manglehorn enters the battlefield, you may destroy target artifact. Artifacts your opponents control enter the battlefield tapped. |
Off Battlefield Removal
| Color | Mana Cost | Card | Rarity | Type | Oracle Text |
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| White | |
Failure // Comply (Comply) | |
Sorcery | Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.) Choose a card name. Until your next turn, your opponents can't cast spells with the chosen name. |
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Aven Mindcensor | |
Creature | Flash. Flying. If an opponent would search a library, that player searches the top four cards of that library instead. | |
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Gideon's Intervention | |
Enchantment | As Gideon's Intervention enters the battlefield, choose a card name. Your opponents can't cast spells with the chosen name. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you and permanents you control by sources with the chosen name. | |
| Blue | |
Censor | |
Instant | Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}. Cycling {U}. |
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Essence Scatter | |
Instant | Counter target creature spell. | |
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Failure // Comply (Failure) | |
Instant | Return target spell to its owner's hand. | |
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Cancel | |
Instant | Counter target spell. | |
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Reduce // Rubble (Reduce) | |
Instant | Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}. | |
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Commit // Memory (Commit) | |
Instant | Put target spell or nonland permanent into its owner's library second from the top. | |
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Commit // Memory (Memory) | |
Sorcery | Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.) Each player shuffles his or her hand and graveyard into his or her library, then draws seven cards. | |
| Black | |
Scarab Feast | |
Instant | Exile up to three target cards from a single graveyard. Cycling {B}. |
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Lay Bare the Heart | |
Sorcery | Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose a nonlegendary, nonland card from it. That player discards that card. | |
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Miasmic Mummy | |
Creature | When Miasmic Mummy enters the battlefield, each player discards a card. | |
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Dispossess | |
Sorcery | Choose an artifact card name. Search target opponent's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the chosen name and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library. | |
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Unburden | |
Sorcery | Target player discards two cards. Cycling {2}. | |
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Never // Return (Return) | |
Sorcery | Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.) Exile target card from a graveyard. Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. | |
| Red | |
Glorious End | |
Instant | End the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities on the stack, including this card. The player whose turn it is discards down to his or her maximum hand size. Damage wears off, and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.) At the beginning of your next end step, you lose the game. |
| Multi-Color | |
Neheb, the Worthy | |
Creature | First strike. Other Minotaurs you control have first strike. As long as you have one or fewer cards in hand, Minotaurs you control get +2/+0. Whenever Neheb, the Worthy deals combat damage to a player, each player discards a card. |
