Kaladesh Removal List
This is a list of all the removal in Kaladesh, 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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| Colorless |  |
Fireforger's Puzzleknot |  |
Artifact | When Fireforger's Puzzleknot enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to target creature or player. {2}{R}, Sacrifice Fireforger's Puzzleknot: It deals 1 damage to target creature or player. |
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Dynavolt Tower |  |
Artifact | Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you get {e}{e} (two energy counters). {T}, Pay {e}{e}{e}{e}{e}: Dynavolt Tower deals 3 damage to target creature or player. | |
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Ballista Charger |  |
Artifact | Whenever Ballista Charger attacks, it deals 1 damage to target creature or player. 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.) | |
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Skysovereign, Consul Flagship |  |
Artifact | Flying. Whenever Skysovereign, Consul Flagship enters the battlefield or attacks, it deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls. 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.) | |
| White |   |
Impeccable Timing | |
Instant | Impeccable Timing deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. |
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Fairgrounds Warden | |
Creature | When Fairgrounds Warden enters the battlefield, exile target creature an opponent controls until Fairgrounds Warden leaves the battlefield. | |
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Revoke Privileges | |
Enchantment | Enchant creature. Enchanted creature can't attack, block, or crew Vehicles. | |
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Skywhaler's Shot | |
Instant | Destroy target creature with power 3 or greater. Scry 1. | |
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Captured by the Consulate | |
Enchantment | Enchant creature you don't control. Enchanted creature can't attack. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if it has a single target, change the target to enchanted creature if able. | |
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Cataclysmic Gearhulk | |
Artifact Creature | Vigilance. When Cataclysmic Gearhulk enters the battlefield, each player chooses an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, and a planeswalker from among the nonland permanents he or she controls, then sacrifices the rest. | |
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Fumigate | |
Sorcery | Destroy all creatures. You gain 1 life for each creature destroyed this way. | |
| Blue |  |
Aether Meltdown | |
Enchantment | Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature or Vehicle. When Aether Meltdown enters the battlefield, you get {e}{e} (two energy counters). Enchanted permanent gets -4/-0. |
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Malfunction | |
Enchantment | Enchant artifact or creature. When Malfunction enters the battlefield, tap enchanted permanent. Enchanted permanent doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. | |
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Confiscation Coup | |
Sorcery | Choose target artifact or creature. You get {e}{e}{e}{e} (four energy counters), then you may pay an amount of {e} equal to that permanent's converted mana cost. If you do, gain control of it. | |
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Shrewd Negotiation | |
Sorcery | Exchange control of target artifact you control and target artifact or creature you don't control. | |
| Black |  |
Die Young | |
Sorcery | Choose target creature. You get {e}{e} (two energy counters), then you may pay any amount of {e}. The creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each {e} paid this way. |
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Subtle Strike | |
Instant | Choose one or both — • Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. | |
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Underhanded Designs | |
Enchantment | Whenever an artifact enters the battlefield under your control, you may pay {1}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. {1}{B}, Sacrifice Underhanded Designs: Destroy target creature. Activate this ability only if you control two or more artifacts. | |
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Essence Extraction | |
Instant | Essence Extraction deals 3 damage to target creature and you gain 3 life. | |
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Make Obsolete | |
Instant | Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn. | |
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Eliminate the Competition | |
Sorcery | As an additional cost to cast Eliminate the Competition, sacrifice X creatures. Destroy X target creatures. | |
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Tidy Conclusion | |
Instant | Destroy target creature. You gain 1 life for each artifact you control. | |
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Demon of Dark Schemes | |
Creature | Flying. When Demon of Dark Schemes enters the battlefield, all other creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. Whenever another creature dies, you get {e} (an energy counter). {2}{B}, Pay {e}{e}{e}{e}: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control tapped. | |
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Noxious Gearhulk | |
Artifact Creature | Menace. When Noxious Gearhulk enters the battlefield, you may destroy another target creature. If a creature is destroyed this way, you gain life equal to its toughness. | |
| Red |  |
Spark of Creativity | |
Sorcery | Choose target creature. Exile the top card of your library. You may have Spark of Creativity deal damage to that creature equal to the exiled card's converted mana cost. If you don't, you may play that card until end of turn. |
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Chandra's Pyrohelix | |
Instant | Chandra's Pyrohelix deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two target creatures and/or players. | |
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Harnessed Lightning | |
Instant | Choose target creature. You get {e}{e}{e} (three energy counters), then you may pay any amount of {e}. Harnessed Lightning deals that much damage to that creature. | |
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Aethertorch Renegade | |
Creature | When Aethertorch Renegade enters the battlefield, you get {e}{e}{e}{e} (four energy counters). {T}, Pay {e}{e}: Aethertorch Renegade deals 1 damage to target creature. {T}, Pay {e}{e}{e}{e}{e}{e}{e}{e}: Aethertorch Renegade deals 6 damage to target player. | |
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Welding Sparks | |
Instant | Welding Sparks deals X damage to target creature, where X is 3 plus the number of artifacts you control. | |
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Chandra, Torch of Defiance | |
Planeswalker | +1: Exile the top card of your library. You may cast that card. If you don't, Chandra, Torch of Defiance deals 2 damage to each opponent. +1: Add {R}{R} to your mana pool. −3: Chandra, Torch of Defiance deals 4 damage to target creature. −7: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a spell, this emblem deals 5 damage to target creature or player." | |
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Fateful Showdown | |
Instant | Fateful Showdown deals damage to target creature or player equal to the number of cards in your hand. Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards. | |
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Furious Reprisal | |
Sorcery | Furious Reprisal deals 2 damage to each of two target creatures and/or players. | |
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Incendiary Sabotage | |
Instant | As an additional cost to cast Incendiary Sabotage, sacrifice an artifact. Incendiary Sabotage deals 3 damage to each creature. | |
| Green |  |
Take Down | |
Sorcery | Choose one — • Take Down deals 4 damage to target creature with flying. • Take Down deals 1 damage to each creature with flying. |
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Nature's Way | |
Sorcery | Target creature you control gains vigilance and trample until end of turn. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. | |
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Hunt the Weak | |
Sorcery | Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Then that creature fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) | |
| Multi-Color | |
Unlicensed Disintegration | |
Instant | Destroy target creature. If you control an artifact, Unlicensed Disintegration deals 3 damage to that creature's controller. |
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Hazardous Conditions | |
Sorcery | Creatures with no counters on them get -2/-2 until end of turn. |
Temporary Creature Removal
| Color | Mana Cost | Card | Rarity | Type | Oracle Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorless | |
Deadlock Trap | |
Artifact | Deadlock Trap enters the battlefield tapped. When Deadlock Trap enters the battlefield, you get {e}{e} (two energy counters). {T}, Pay {e}: Tap target creature or planeswalker. Its activated abilities can't be activated this turn. |
| White | |
Authority of the Consuls | |
Enchantment | Creatures your opponents control enter the battlefield tapped. Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control, you gain 1 life. |
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Pressure Point | |
Instant | Tap target creature. Draw a card. | |
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Aetherstorm Roc | |
Creature | Flying. Whenever Aetherstorm Roc or another creature enters the battlefield under your control, you get {e} (an energy counter). Whenever Aetherstorm Roc attacks, you may pay {e}{e}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on it and tap up to one target creature defending player controls. | |
| Blue | |
Select for Inspection | |
Instant | Return target tapped creature to its owner's hand. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.) |
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Aether Tradewinds | |
Instant | Return target permanent you control and target permanent you don't control to their owners' hands. | |
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Janjeet Sentry | |
Creature | When Janjeet Sentry enters the battlefield, you get {e}{e} (two energy counters). {T}, Pay {e}{e}: You may tap or untap target artifact or creature. | |
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Aethersquall Ancient | |
Creature | Flying. At the beginning of your upkeep, you get {e}{e}{e} (three energy counters). Pay {e}{e}{e}{e}{e}{e}{e}{e}: Return all other creatures to their owners' hands. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery. | |
| Red | |
Renegade Tactics | |
Sorcery | Target creature can't block this turn. Draw a card. |
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Hijack | |
Sorcery | Gain control of target artifact or creature until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn. | |
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Pia Nalaar | |
Creature | When Pia Nalaar enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. {1}{R}: Target artifact creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. {1}, Sacrifice an artifact: Target creature can't block this turn. | |
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Maulfist Doorbuster | |
Creature | When Maulfist Doorbuster enters the battlefield, you get {e}{e} (two energy counters). Whenever Maulfist Doorbuster attacks, you may pay {e}. If you do, target creature can't block this turn. | |
| Multi-Color | |
Dovin Baan | |
Planeswalker | +1: Until your next turn, up to one target creature gets -3/-0 and its activated abilities can't be activated. −1: You gain 2 life and draw a card. −7: You get an emblem with "Your opponents can't untap more than two permanents during their untap steps." |
Non-Creature Removal
| Color | Mana Cost | Card | Rarity | Type | Oracle Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorless | |
Deadlock Trap | |
Artifact | Deadlock Trap enters the battlefield tapped. When Deadlock Trap enters the battlefield, you get {e}{e} (two energy counters). {T}, Pay {e}: Tap target creature or planeswalker. Its activated abilities can't be activated this turn. |
| White | |
Fragmentize | |
Sorcery | Destroy target artifact or enchantment with converted mana cost 4 or less. |
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Cataclysmic Gearhulk | |
Artifact Creature | Vigilance. When Cataclysmic Gearhulk enters the battlefield, each player chooses an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, and a planeswalker from among the nonland permanents he or she controls, then sacrifices the rest. | |
| Blue | |
Aether Meltdown | |
Enchantment | Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature or Vehicle. When Aether Meltdown enters the battlefield, you get {e}{e} (two energy counters). Enchanted permanent gets -4/-0. |
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Aether Tradewinds | |
Instant | Return target permanent you control and target permanent you don't control to their owners' hands. | |
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Janjeet Sentry | |
Creature | When Janjeet Sentry enters the battlefield, you get {e}{e} (two energy counters). {T}, Pay {e}{e}: You may tap or untap target artifact or creature. | |
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Malfunction | |
Enchantment | Enchant artifact or creature. When Malfunction enters the battlefield, tap enchanted permanent. Enchanted permanent doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. | |
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Confiscation Coup | |
Sorcery | Choose target artifact or creature. You get {e}{e}{e}{e} (four energy counters), then you may pay an amount of {e} equal to that permanent's converted mana cost. If you do, gain control of it. | |
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Shrewd Negotiation | |
Sorcery | Exchange control of target artifact you control and target artifact or creature you don't control. | |
| Red | |
Ruinous Gremlin | |
Creature | {2}{R}, Sacrifice Ruinous Gremlin: Destroy target artifact. |
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Hijack | |
Sorcery | Gain control of target artifact or creature until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn. | |
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Demolish | |
Sorcery | Destroy target artifact or land. | |
| Green | |
Appetite for the Unnatural | |
Instant | Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 2 life. |
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Creeping Mold | |
Sorcery | Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or land. |
Off Battlefield Removal
| Color | Mana Cost | Card | Rarity | Type | Oracle Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | |
Captured by the Consulate | |
Enchantment | Enchant creature you don't control. Enchanted creature can't attack. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if it has a single target, change the target to enchanted creature if able. |
| Blue | |
Ceremonious Rejection | |
Instant | Counter target colorless spell. |
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Revolutionary Rebuff | |
Instant | Counter target nonartifact spell unless its controller pays {2}. | |
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Disappearing Act | |
Instant | As an additional cost to cast Disappearing Act, return a permanent you control to its owner's hand. Counter target spell. | |
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Failed Inspection | |
Instant | Counter target spell. Draw a card, then discard a card. | |
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Insidious Will | |
Instant | Choose one — • Counter target spell. • You may choose new targets for target spell. • Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. | |
| Black | |
Harsh Scrutiny | |
Sorcery | Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose a creature card from it. That player discards that card. Scry 1. |
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Lost Legacy | |
Sorcery | Name a nonartifact, nonland card. Search target player's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with that name and exile them. That player shuffles his or her library, then draws a card for each card exiled from hand this way. | |
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Mind Rot | |
Sorcery | Target player discards two cards. |
