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Ixalan Removal List

by Sameer Merchant // Sep 22, 2017

This is a list of all the removal in Ixalan, 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).

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Permanent Creature Removal

Color	Card	Type	Oracle Text
Lands	Spitfire Bastion	Land	{T}: Add {R} to your mana pool. {2}{R}, {T}: Spitfire Bastion deals 3 damage to target creature or player.
Colorless	Elaborate Firecannon	Artifact	Elaborate Firecannon doesn't untap during your untap step. {4}, {T}: Elaborate Firecannon deals 2 damage to target creature or player. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may discard a card. If you do, untap Elaborate Firecannon.
Colorless	Sorcerous Spyglass	Artifact	As Sorcerous Spyglass enters the battlefield, look at an opponent's hand, then choose any card name. Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
White	Slash of Talons	Instant	Slash of Talons deals 2 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
	Tocatli Honor Guard	Creature	Creatures entering the battlefield don't cause abilities to trigger.
	Legion's Judgment	Sorcery	Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.
	Pious Interdiction	Enchantment	Enchant creature When Pious Interdiction enters the battlefield, you gain 2 life. Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
	Ixalan's Binding	Enchantment	When Ixalan's Binding enters the battlefield, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Ixalan's Binding leaves the battlefield. Your opponents can't cast spells with the same name as the exiled card.
	Steadfast Armasaur	Creature	Vigilance {1}{W}, {T}: Steadfast Armasaur deals damage equal to its toughness to target creature blocking or blocked by it.
	Settle the Wreckage	Instant	Exile all attacking creatures target player controls. That player may search his or her library for that many basic land cards, put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle his or her library.
	Bright Reprisal	Instant	Destroy target attacking creature. Draw a card.
	Wakening Sun's Avatar	Creature	When Wakening Sun's Avatar enters the battlefield, if you cast it from your hand, destroy all non-Dinosaur creatures.
Blue	Entrancing Melody	Sorcery	Gain control of target creature with converted mana cost X.
Black	Skulduggery	Instant	Until end of turn, target creature you control gets +1/+1 and target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1.
	Walk the Plank	Sorcery	Destroy target non-Merfolk creature.
	Vanquish the Weak	Instant	Destroy target creature with power 3 or less.
	Fathom Fleet Cutthroat	Creature	When Fathom Fleet Cutthroat enters the battlefield, destroy target creature an opponent controls that was dealt damage this turn.
	Lurking Chupacabra	Creature	Whenever a creature you control explores, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
	Vraska's Contempt	Instant	Exile target creature or planeswalker. You gain 2 life.
	Contract Killing	Sorcery	Destroy target creature. Create two colorless Treasure artifact tokens with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool."
	Dark Nourishment	Instant	Dark Nourishment deals 3 damage to target creature or player. You gain 3 life.
Red	Dual Shot	Instant	Dual Shot deals 1 damage to each of up to two target creatures.
	Fire Shrine Keeper	Creature	Menace {7}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice Fire Shrine Keeper: It deals 3 damage to each of up to two target creatures.
	Lightning Strike	Instant	Lightning Strike deals 3 damage to target creature or player.
	Makeshift Munitions	Enchantment	{1}, Sacrifice an artifact or creature: Makeshift Munitions deals 1 damage to target creature or player.
	Firecannon Blast	Sorcery	Firecannon Blast deals 3 damage to target creature. Raid — Firecannon Blast deals 6 damage to that creature instead if you attacked with a creature this turn.
	Fiery Cannonade	Instant	Fiery Cannonade deals 2 damage to each non-Pirate creature.
	Repeating Barrage	Sorcery	Repeating Barrage deals 3 damage to target creature or player. Raid — {3}{R}{R}: Return Repeating Barrage from your graveyard to your hand. Activate this ability only if you attacked with a creature this turn.
	Storm Fleet Pyromancer	Creature	Raid — When Storm Fleet Pyromancer enters the battlefield, if you attacked with a creature this turn, Storm Fleet Pyromancer deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
	Unfriendly Fire	Instant	Unfriendly Fire deals 4 damage to target creature or player.
	Storm Fleet Arsonist	Creature	Raid — When Storm Fleet Arsonist enters the battlefield, if you attacked with a creature this turn, target opponent sacrifices a permanent.
	Burning Sun's Avatar	Creature	When Burning Sun's Avatar enters the battlefield, it deals 3 damage to target opponent and 3 damage to up to one target creature.
	Angrath's Marauders	Creature	If a source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage to that permanent or player instead.
	Star of Extinction	Sorcery	Destroy target land. Star of Extinction deals 20 damage to each creature and each planeswalker.
Green	Pounce	Instant	Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control.
	Crushing Canopy	Instant	Choose one — • Destroy target creature with flying. • Destroy target enchantment.
	Atzocan Archer	Creature	Reach When Atzocan Archer enters the battlefield, you may have it fight another target creature.
	Savage Stomp	Sorcery	Savage Stomp costs {2} less to cast if it targets a Dinosaur you control. Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Then that creature fights target creature you don't control.
	Emergent Growth	Sorcery	Target creature gets +5/+5 until end of turn and must be blocked this turn if able.
Multi-Color	Hostage Taker	Creature	When Hostage Taker enters the battlefield, exile another target creature or artifact until Hostage Taker leaves the battlefield. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to cast that spell.
	Admiral Beckett Brass	Creature	Other Pirates you control get +1/+1. At the beginning of your end step, gain control of target nonland permanent controlled by a player who was dealt combat damage by three or more Pirates this turn.
	Raging Swordtooth	Creature	Trample When Raging Swordtooth enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to each other creature.
	Huatli, Warrior Poet	Planeswalker	+2: You gain life equal to the greatest power among creatures you control. 0: Create a 3/3 green Dinosaur creature token with trample. −X: Huatli, Warrior Poet deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures. Creatures dealt damage this way can't block this turn.
	Vona, Butcher of Magan	Creature	Vigilance, lifelink {T}, Pay 7 life: Destroy target nonland permanent. Activate this ability only during your turn.
	Vraska, Relic Seeker	Planeswalker	+2: Create a 2/2 black Pirate creature token with menace. −3: Destroy target artifact, creature, or enchantment. Create a colorless Treasure artifact token with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool." −10: Target player's life total becomes 1.

Temporary Creature Removal

Color	Card	Type	Oracle Text
Lands	Spires of Orazca	Land	{T}: Add {C} to your mana pool. {T}: Untap target attacking creature an opponent controls and remove it from combat.
White	Territorial Hammerskull	Creature	Whenever Territorial Hammerskull attacks, tap target creature an opponent controls.
White	Kinjalli's Sunwing	Creature	Flying Creatures your opponents control enter the battlefield tapped.
Blue	Perilous Voyage	Instant	Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. If its converted mana cost was 2 or less, scry 2.
	Watertrap Weaver	Creature	When Watertrap Weaver enters the battlefield, tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
	Run Aground	Instant	Put target artifact or creature on top of its owner's library.
	Tempest Caller	Creature	When Tempest Caller enters the battlefield, tap all creatures target opponent controls.
	Dreamcaller Siren	Creature	Flash Flying Dreamcaller Siren can block only creatures with flying. When Dreamcaller Siren enters the battlefield, if you control another Pirate, tap up to two target nonland permanents.
	River's Rebuke	Sorcery	Return all nonland permanents target player controls to their owner's hand.
Red	Hijack	Sorcery	Gain control of target artifact or creature until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn.
Red	Captivating Crew	Creature	{3}{R}: Gain control of target creature an opponent controls until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

Non-Creature Removal

Color	Card	Type	Oracle Text
Colorless	Sorcerous Spyglass	Artifact	As Sorcerous Spyglass enters the battlefield, look at an opponent's hand, then choose any card name. Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
White	Demystify	Instant	Destroy target enchantment.
White	Ixalan's Binding	Enchantment	When Ixalan's Binding enters the battlefield, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Ixalan's Binding leaves the battlefield. Your opponents can't cast spells with the same name as the exiled card.
Blue	Perilous Voyage	Instant	Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. If its converted mana cost was 2 or less, scry 2.
	Run Aground	Instant	Put target artifact or creature on top of its owner's library.
	Dreamcaller Siren	Creature	Flash Flying Dreamcaller Siren can block only creatures with flying. When Dreamcaller Siren enters the battlefield, if you control another Pirate, tap up to two target nonland permanents.
	River's Rebuke	Sorcery	Return all nonland permanents target player controls to their owner's hand.
Black	Spreading Rot	Sorcery	Destroy target land. Its controller loses 2 life.
Red	Hijack	Sorcery	Gain control of target artifact or creature until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn.
	Demolish	Sorcery	Destroy target artifact or land.
	Storm Fleet Arsonist	Creature	Raid — When Storm Fleet Arsonist enters the battlefield, if you attacked with a creature this turn, target opponent sacrifices a permanent.
Green	Crushing Canopy	Instant	Choose one — • Destroy target creature with flying. • Destroy target enchantment.
Green	Slice in Twain	Instant	Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Draw a card.
Multi-Color	Hostage Taker	Creature	When Hostage Taker enters the battlefield, exile another target creature or artifact until Hostage Taker leaves the battlefield. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to cast that spell.
	Admiral Beckett Brass	Creature	Other Pirates you control get +1/+1. At the beginning of your end step, gain control of target nonland permanent controlled by a player who was dealt combat damage by three or more Pirates this turn.
	Vona, Butcher of Magan	Creature	Vigilance, lifelink {T}, Pay 7 life: Destroy target nonland permanent. Activate this ability only during your turn.
	Vraska, Relic Seeker	Planeswalker	+2: Create a 2/2 black Pirate creature token with menace. −3: Destroy target artifact, creature, or enchantment. Create a colorless Treasure artifact token with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool." −10: Target player's life total becomes 1.

Off-Battlefield Removal

Color	Card	Type	Oracle Text
Colorless	Sentinel Totem	Artifact	When Sentinel Totem enters the battlefield, scry 1. {T}, Exile Sentinel Totem: Exile all cards from all graveyards.
Colorless	Fell Flagship	Artifact	Pirates you control get +1/+0. Whenever Fell Flagship deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card. Crew 3
White	Ashes of the Abhorrent	Enchantment	Players can't cast spells from graveyards or activate abilities of cards in graveyards. Whenever a creature dies, you gain 1 life.
Blue	Spell Pierce	Instant	Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.
	Siren Stormtamer	Creature	Flying {U}, Sacrifice Siren Stormtamer: Counter target spell or ability that targets you or a creature you control.
	Cancel	Instant	Counter target spell.
	Lookout's Dispersal	Instant	Lookout's Dispersal costs {1} less to cast if you control a Pirate. Counter target spell unless its controller pays {4}.
	Spell Swindle	Instant	Counter target spell. Create X colorless Treasure artifact tokens, where X is that spell's converted mana cost. They have "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool."
Black	Duress	Sorcery	Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
	Deadeye Tracker	Creature	{1}{B}, {T}: Exile two target cards from an opponent's graveyard. Deadeye Tracker explores.
	Kitesail Freebooter	Creature	Flying When Kitesail Freebooter enters the battlefield, target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. Exile that card until Kitesail Freebooter leaves the battlefield.
	Deadeye Tormentor	Creature	Raid — When Deadeye Tormentor enters the battlefield, if you attacked with a creature this turn, target opponent discards a card.
	Heartless Pillage	Sorcery	Target opponent discards two cards. Raid — If you attacked with a creature this turn, create a colorless Treasure artifact token with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool."
	Raiders' Wake	Enchantment	Whenever an opponent discards a card, that player loses 2 life. Raid — At the beginning of your end step, if you attacked with a creature this turn, target opponent discards a card.
	Boneyard Parley	Sorcery	Exile up to five target creature cards from graveyards. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put all cards from the pile of your choice onto the battlefield under your control and the rest into their owners' graveyards.
Green	Deathgorge Scavenger	Creature	Whenever Deathgorge Scavenger enters the battlefield or attacks, you may exile target card from a graveyard. If a creature card is exiled this way, you gain 2 life. If a noncreature card is exiled this way, Deathgorge Scavenger gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

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