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Eldritch Moon Removal


This is a list of all the removal in Eldritch Moon, 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 1W Blessed Alliance Uncommon Instant Escalate {2} (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.) Choose one or more — • Target player gains 4 life. • Untap up to two target creatures. • Target opponent sacrifices an attacking creature.
2W Choking Restraints Common Enchantment Enchant creature. Enchanted creature can't attack or block. {3}{W}{W}, Sacrifice Choking Restraints: Exile enchanted creature.
1WW Collective Effort Rare Sorcery Escalate—Tap an untapped creature you control. (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.) Choose one or more — • Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater. • Destroy target enchantment. • Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature target player controls.
3W Faith Unbroken Uncommon Enchantment Enchant creature you control. When Faith Unbroken enters the battlefield, exile target creature an opponent controls until Faith Unbroken leaves the battlefield. Enchanted creature gets +2/+2.
Blue 2U Imprisoned in the Moon Rare Enchantment Enchant creature, land, or planeswalker. Enchanted permanent is a colorless land with "{T}: Add {C} to your mana pool" and loses all other card types and abilities.
Black B Borrowed Malevolence Common Instant Escalate {2} (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.) Choose one or both — • Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. • Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
XXB Dark Salvation Rare Sorcery Target player puts X 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens onto the battlefield, then up to one target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each Zombie that player controls.
1B Collective Brutality Rare Sorcery Escalate—Discard a card. (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.) Choose one or more — • Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose an instant or sorcery card from it. That player discards that card. • Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. • Target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
2B Boon of Emrakul Common Enchantment Enchant creature. Enchanted creature gets +3/-3.
1BB Liliana, the Last Hope Mythic Planeswalker +1: Up to one target creature gets -2/-1 until your next turn. −2: Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard, then you may return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand. −7: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your end step, put X 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is two plus the number of Zombies you control."
1BB Murder Uncommon Instant Destroy target creature.
2B Oath of Liliana Rare Enchantment When Oath of Liliana enters the battlefield, each opponent sacrifices a creature. At the beginning of each end step, if a planeswalker entered the battlefield under your control this turn, put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield.
4B Ruthless Disposal Uncommon Sorcery As an additional cost to cast Ruthless Disposal, discard a card and sacrifice a creature. Two target creatures each get -13/-13 until end of turn.
3BB Voldaren Pariah Rare Creature Flying. Sacrifice three other creatures: Transform Voldaren Pariah. Madness {B}{B}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
5B Certain Death Common Sorcery Destroy target creature. Its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Red R Galvanic Bombardment Common Instant Galvanic Bombardment deals X damage to target creature, where X is 2 plus the number of cards named Galvanic Bombardment in your graveyard.
1R Incendiary Flow Uncommon Sorcery Incendiary Flow deals 3 damage to target creature or player. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.
1RR Collective Defiance Rare Sorcery Escalate {1} (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.) Choose one or more — • Target player discards all the cards in his or her hand, then draws that many cards. • Collective Defiance deals 4 damage to target creature. • Collective Defiance deals 3 damage to target opponent.
2R Make Mischief Common Sorcery Make Mischief deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Put a 1/1 red Devil creature token onto the battlefield. It has "When this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to target creature or player."
2R Nahiri's Wrath Mythic Sorcery As an additional cost to cast Nahiri's Wrath, discard X cards. Nahiri's Wrath deals damage equal to the total converted mana cost of the discarded cards to each of up to X target creatures and/or planeswalkers.
2R Savage Alliance Uncommon Instant Escalate {1} (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.) Choose one or more — • Creatures target player controls gain trample until end of turn. • Savage Alliance deals 2 damage to target creature. • Savage Alliance deals 1 damage to each creature target opponent controls.
2R Weaver of Lightning Uncommon Creature Reach. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Weaver of Lightning deals 1 damage to target creature an opponent controls.
2RR Impetuous Devils Rare Creature Trample, haste. When Impetuous Devils attacks, up to one target creature defending player controls blocks it this combat if able. At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice Impetuous Devils.
2RR Smoldering Werewolf Uncommon Creature When Smoldering Werewolf enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to each of up to two target creatures. {4}{R}{R}: Transform Smoldering Werewolf.
4R Alchemist's Greeting Common Sorcery Alchemist's Greeting deals 4 damage to target creature. Madness {1}{R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
6R Spreading Flames Uncommon Instant Spreading Flames deals 6 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures.
Green G Prey Upon Common Sorcery Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control.
2G Clear Shot Uncommon Instant Target creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.
3GG Somberwald Stag Uncommon Creature When Somberwald Stag enters the battlefield, you may have it fight target creature you don't control.
Multi-Color RW Ride Down Uncommon Instant Destroy target blocking creature. Creatures that were blocked by that creature this combat gain trample until end of turn.
2BR Bloodhall Priest Rare Creature Whenever Bloodhall Priest enters the battlefield or attacks, if you have no cards in hand, Bloodhall Priest deals 2 damage to target creature or player. Madness {1}{B}{R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
3RG Ulrich of the Krallenhorde Mythic Creature Whenever this creature enters the battlefield or transforms into Ulrich of the Krallenhorde, target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn. At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform Ulrich of the Krallenhorde.

Temporary Creature Removal

Color Mana Cost Card Rarity Type Oracle Text
White 1W Long Road Home Uncommon Instant Exile target creature. At the beginning of the next end step, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.
1W Sigardian Priest Common Creature {1}, {T}: Tap target non-Human creature.
2W Thalia, Heretic Cathar Rare Creature First strike. Creatures and nonbasic lands your opponents control enter the battlefield tapped.
3W Fiend Binder Common Creature Whenever Fiend Binder attacks, tap target creature defending player controls.
4WW Subjugator Angel Uncommon Creature Flying. When Subjugator Angel enters the battlefield, tap all creatures your opponents control.
Blue 1U Fogwalker Common Creature Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.) When Fogwalker enters the battlefield, target creature an opponent controls doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
1U Unsubstantiate Uncommon Instant Return target spell or creature to its owner's hand.
2U Chilling Grasp Uncommon Instant Tap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step. Madness {3}{U} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
2U Drag Under Common Sorcery Return target creature to its owner's hand. Draw a card.
2U Grizzled Angler Uncommon Creature {T}: Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard. Then if there is a colorless creature card in your graveyard, transform Grizzled Angler.
2U Nebelgast Herald Uncommon Creature Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying. Whenever Nebelgast Herald or another Spirit enters the battlefield under your control, tap target creature an opponent controls.
2UU Niblis of Frost Rare Creature Flying. Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Colorless 8 Elder Deep-Fiend Rare Creature Flash. Emerge {5}{U}{U} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's converted mana cost.) When you cast Elder Deep-Fiend, tap up to four target permanents.
8 Lashweed Lurker Uncommon Creature Emerge {5}{G}{U} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's converted mana cost.) When you cast Lashweed Lurker, you may put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library.
Multi-Color 1GWU Tamiyo, Field Researcher Mythic Planeswalker +1: Choose up to two target creatures. Until your next turn, whenever either of those creatures deals combat damage, you draw a card. −2: Tap up to two target nonland permanents. They don't untap during their controller's next untap step. −7: Draw three cards. You get an emblem with "You may cast nonland cards from your hand without paying their mana costs."

Non-Creature Removal

Color Mana Cost Card Rarity Type Oracle Text
White 1WW Collective Effort Rare Sorcery Escalate—Tap an untapped creature you control. (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.) Choose one or more — • Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater. • Destroy target enchantment. • Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature target player controls.
2W Ironwright's Cleansing Common Sorcery Exile target artifact or enchantment.
2W Thalia, Heretic Cathar Rare Creature First strike. Creatures and nonbasic lands your opponents control enter the battlefield tapped.
Red 3R Stensia Innkeeper Common Creature When Stensia Innkeeper enters the battlefield, tap target land an opponent controls. That land doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Green 3G Springsage Ritual Common Instant Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 4 life.
Colorless 8 Elder Deep-Fiend Rare Creature Flash. Emerge {5}{U}{U} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's converted mana cost.) When you cast Elder Deep-Fiend, tap up to four target permanents.
8 Lashweed Lurker Uncommon Creature Emerge {5}{G}{U} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's converted mana cost.) When you cast Lashweed Lurker, you may put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library.
9 Mockery of Nature Uncommon Creature Emerge {7}{G} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's converted mana cost.) When you cast Mockery of Nature, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Multi-Color 1GWU Tamiyo, Field Researcher Mythic Planeswalker +1: Choose up to two target creatures. Until your next turn, whenever either of those creatures deals combat damage, you draw a card. −2: Tap up to two target nonland permanents. They don't untap during their controller's next untap step. −7: Draw three cards. You get an emblem with "You may cast nonland cards from your hand without paying their mana costs."

Off-Battlefield Removal

Color Mana Cost Card Rarity Type Oracle Text
White 2WW Gisela, the Broken Blade ** Mythic Creature Flying, first strike, lifelink. At the beginning of your end step, if you both own and control Gisela, the Broken Blade and a creature named Bruna, the Fading Light, exile them, then meld them into Brisela, Voice of Nightmares.
Blue U Mausoleum Wanderer Rare Creature Flying. Whenever another Spirit enters the battlefield under your control, Mausoleum Wanderer gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Sacrifice Mausoleum Wanderer: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {X}, where X is Mausoleum Wanderer's power.
U Turn Aside Common Instant Counter target spell that targets a permanent you control.
1U Unsubstantiate Uncommon Instant Return target spell or creature to its owner's hand.
2U Convolute Common Instant Counter target spell unless its controller pays {4}.
2U Lunar Force Uncommon Enchantment When an opponent casts a spell, sacrifice Lunar Force and counter that spell.
2UU Summary Dismissal Rare Instant Exile all other spells and counter all abilities.
Black 1B Collective Brutality Rare Sorcery Escalate—Discard a card. (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.) Choose one or more — • Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose an instant or sorcery card from it. That player discards that card. • Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. • Target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
1B Whispers of Emrakul Uncommon Sorcery Target opponent discards a card at random. Delirium — If there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, that player discards two cards at random instead.
2B Prying Questions Uncommon Sorcery Target opponent loses 3 life and puts a card from his or her hand on top of his or her library.
Red 1RR Collective Defiance Rare Sorcery Escalate {1} (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.) Choose one or more — • Target player discards all the cards in his or her hand, then draws that many cards. • Collective Defiance deals 4 damage to target creature. • Collective Defiance deals 3 damage to target opponent.
Colorless 8 Distended Mindbender Rare Creature Emerge {5}{B}{B} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's converted mana cost.) When you cast Distended Mindbender, target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose from it a nonland card with converted mana cost 3 or less and a card with converted mana cost 4 or greater. That player discards those cards.
Multi-Color 1WU Spell Queller Rare Creature Flash. Flying. When Spell Queller enters the battlefield, exile target spell with converted mana cost 4 or less. When Spell Queller leaves the battlefield, the exiled card's owner may cast that card without paying its mana cost.

** Gisela, the Broken Blade is considered off-battlefield removal as she can transform into Brisela, Voice of Nightmares and prevent opponents from casting spells of converted mana cost three or less.



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