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Modern Masters 2017 Edition Removal List

by Sameer Merchant // Mar 21, 2017

This is a list of all the removal in Modern Masters 2017 Edition, 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
White	Path to Exile	Instant	Exile target creature. Its controller may search his or her library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle his or her library.
	Pitfall Trap	Instant	If exactly one creature is attacking, you may pay {W} rather than pay Pitfall Trap's mana cost. Destroy target attacking creature without flying.
	Banishing Stroke	Instant	Put target artifact, creature, or enchantment on the bottom of its owner's library. Miracle {W} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)
	Terminus	Sorcery	Put all creatures on the bottom of their owners' libraries. Miracle {W} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)
Black	Bone Splinters	Sorcery	As an additional cost to cast Bone Splinters, sacrifice a creature. Destroy target creature.
	Cower in Fear	Instant	Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn.
	Liliana of the Veil	Planeswalker	+1: Each player discards a card. −2: Target player sacrifices a creature. −6: Separate all permanents target player controls into two piles. That player sacrifices all permanents in the pile of his or her choice.
	Seal of Doom	Enchantment	Sacrifice Seal of Doom: Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
	Damnation	Sorcery	Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.
	Grisly Spectacle	Instant	Destroy target nonartifact creature. Its controller puts a number of cards equal to that creature's power from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
	Sever the Bloodline	Sorcery	Exile target creature and all other creatures with the same name as that creature. Flashback {5}{B}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Red	Bonfire of the Damned	Sorcery	Bonfire of the Damned deals X damage to target player and each creature he or she controls. Miracle {X}{R} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)
	Magma Jet	Instant	Magma Jet deals 2 damage to target creature or player. Scry 2.
	Mizzium Mortars	Sorcery	Mizzium Mortars deals 4 damage to target creature you don't control. Overload {3}{R}{R}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")
	Pyroclasm	Sorcery	Pyroclasm deals 2 damage to each creature.
	Mudbutton Torchrunner	Creature	When Mudbutton Torchrunner dies, it deals 3 damage to target creature or player.
	Vithian Stinger	Creature	{T}: Vithian Stinger deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Unearth {1}{R} ({1}{R}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
	Chandra's Outrage	Instant	Chandra's Outrage deals 4 damage to target creature and 2 damage to that creature's controller.
	Skirsdag Cultist	Creature	{R}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Skirsdag Cultist deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
	Thunderous Wrath	Instant	Thunderous Wrath deals 5 damage to target creature or player. Miracle {R} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)
Green	Ulvenwald Tracker	Creature	{1}{G}, {T}: Target creature you control fights another target creature.
	Arachnus Web	Enchantment	Enchant creature. Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated. At the beginning of the end step, if enchanted creature's power is 4 or greater, destroy Arachnus Web.
	Thornscape Battlemage	Creature	Kicker {R} and/or {W} (You may pay an additional {R} and/or {W} as you cast this spell.) When Thornscape Battlemage enters the battlefield, if it was kicked with its {R} kicker, it deals 2 damage to target creature or player. When Thornscape Battlemage enters the battlefield, if it was kicked with its {W} kicker, destroy target artifact.
	Arachnus Spinner	Creature	Reach. Tap an untapped Spider you control: Search your graveyard and/or library for a card named Arachnus Web and put it onto the battlefield attached to target creature. If you search your library this way, shuffle it.
Multi-Color	Abrupt Decay	Instant	Abrupt Decay can't be countered by spells or abilities. Destroy target nonland permanent with converted mana cost 3 or less.
	Agony Warp	Instant	Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn. Target creature gets -0/-3 until end of turn.
	Ground Assault	Sorcery	Ground Assault deals damage to target creature equal to the number of lands you control.
	Izzet Charm	Instant	Choose one — • Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}. • Izzet Charm deals 2 damage to target creature. • Draw two cards, then discard two cards.
	Terminate	Instant	Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.
	Auger Spree	Instant	Target creature gets +4/-4 until end of turn.
	Domri Rade	Planeswalker	+1: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, you may reveal it and put it into your hand. −2: Target creature you control fights another target creature. −7: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control have double strike, trample, hexproof, and haste."
	Fiery Justice	Sorcery	Fiery Justice deals 5 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or players. Target opponent gains 5 life.
	Putrefy	Instant	Destroy target artifact or creature. It can't be regenerated.
	Evil Twin	Creature	You may have Evil Twin enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it gains "{U}{B}, {T}: Destroy target creature with the same name as this creature."
	Olivia Voldaren	Creature	Flying. {1}{R}: Olivia Voldaren deals 1 damage to another target creature. That creature becomes a Vampire in addition to its other types. Put a +1/+1 counter on Olivia Voldaren. {3}{B}{B}: Gain control of target Vampire for as long as you control Olivia Voldaren.
	Soul Ransom	Enchantment	Enchant creature. You control enchanted creature. Discard two cards: Soul Ransom's controller sacrifices it, then draws two cards. Only any opponent may activate this ability.
	Zur the Enchanter	Creature	Flying. Whenever Zur the Enchanter attacks, you may search your library for an enchantment card with converted mana cost 3 or less and put it onto the battlefield. If you do, shuffle your library.
	Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius	Creature	Flying. Whenever Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius deals damage to a player, you may draw a card. {U}{R}: Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius deals 1 damage to target creature or player.
	Cruel Ultimatum	Sorcery	Target opponent sacrifices a creature, discards three cards, then loses 5 life. You return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand, draw three cards, then gain 5 life.
Hybrid	Boros Reckoner	Creature	Whenever Boros Reckoner is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to target creature or player. {(R/W)}: Boros Reckoner gains first strike until end of turn.

Temporary Creature Removal

Color	Card	Type	Oracle Text
White	Gideon's Lawkeeper	Creature	{W}, {T}: Tap target creature.
White	Kor Hookmaster	Creature	When Kor Hookmaster enters the battlefield, tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Blue	Cyclonic Rift	Instant	Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")
	Crippling Chill	Instant	Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. Draw a card.
	Grasp of Phantoms	Sorcery	Put target creature on top of its owner's library. Flashback {7}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
	Mist Raven	Creature	Flying. When Mist Raven enters the battlefield, return target creature to its owner's hand.
	Venser, Shaper Savant	Creature	Flash. When Venser, Shaper Savant enters the battlefield, return target spell or permanent to its owner's hand.
Red	Traitorous Instinct	Sorcery	Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it gets +2/+0 and gains haste.
Red	Zealous Conscripts	Creature	Haste. When Zealous Conscripts enters the battlefield, gain control of target permanent until end of turn. Untap that permanent. It gains haste until end of turn.
Multi-Color	Thundersong Trumpeter	Creature	{T}: Target creature can't attack or block this turn.
	Vanish into Memory	Instant	Exile target creature. You draw cards equal to that creature's power. At the beginning of your next upkeep, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If you do, discard cards equal to that creature's toughness.
	Dinrova Horror	Creature	When Dinrova Horror enters the battlefield, return target permanent to its owner's hand, then that player discards a card.
Hybrid	Mistmeadow Witch	Creature	{2}{W}{U}: Exile target creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Non-Creature Removal

Color	Card	Type	Oracle Text
White	Stony Silence	Enchantment	Activated abilities of artifacts can't be activated.
White	Banishing Stroke	Instant	Put target artifact, creature, or enchantment on the bottom of its owner's library. Miracle {W} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)
Blue	Cyclonic Rift	Instant	Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")
Blue	Venser, Shaper Savant	Creature	Flash. When Venser, Shaper Savant enters the battlefield, return target spell or permanent to its owner's hand.
Red	Ancient Grudge	Instant	Destroy target artifact. Flashback {G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
	Blood Moon	Enchantment	Nonbasic lands are Mountains.
	Molten Rain	Sorcery	Destroy target land. If that land was nonbasic, Molten Rain deals 2 damage to the land's controller.
	Zealous Conscripts	Creature	Haste. When Zealous Conscripts enters the battlefield, gain control of target permanent until end of turn. Untap that permanent. It gains haste until end of turn.
Green	Seal of Primordium	Enchantment	Sacrifice Seal of Primordium: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
	Thornscape Battlemage	Creature	Kicker {R} and/or {W} (You may pay an additional {R} and/or {W} as you cast this spell.) When Thornscape Battlemage enters the battlefield, if it was kicked with its {R} kicker, it deals 2 damage to target creature or player. When Thornscape Battlemage enters the battlefield, if it was kicked with its {W} kicker, destroy target artifact.
	Primal Command	Sorcery	Choose two — • Target player gains 7 life. • Put target noncreature permanent on top of its owner's library. • Target player shuffles his or her graveyard into his or her library. • Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
Multi-Color	Abrupt Decay	Instant	Abrupt Decay can't be countered by spells or abilities. Destroy target nonland permanent with converted mana cost 3 or less.
	Putrefy	Instant	Destroy target artifact or creature. It can't be regenerated.
	Dinrova Horror	Creature	When Dinrova Horror enters the battlefield, return target permanent to its owner's hand, then that player discards a card.
Hybrid	Sundering Growth	Instant	Destroy target artifact or enchantment, then populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

Off Battlefield Removal

Color	Card	Type	Oracle Text
Blue	Spell Pierce	Instant	Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.
	Familiar's Ruse	Instant	As an additional cost to cast Familiar's Ruse, return a creature you control to its owner's hand. Counter target spell.
	Rewind	Instant	Counter target spell. Untap up to four lands.
	Venser, Shaper Savant	Creature	Flash. When Venser, Shaper Savant enters the battlefield, return target spell or permanent to its owner's hand.
Black	Inquisition of Kozilek	Sorcery	Target player reveals his or her hand. You choose a nonland card from it with converted mana cost 3 or less. That player discards that card.
	Mind Shatter	Sorcery	Target player discards X cards at random.
	Delirium Skeins	Sorcery	Each player discards three cards.
	Liliana of the Veil	Planeswalker	+1: Each player discards a card. −2: Target player sacrifices a creature. −6: Separate all permanents target player controls into two piles. That player sacrifices all permanents in the pile of his or her choice.
	Night Terrors	Sorcery	Target player reveals his or her hand. You choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card.
	Abyssal Specter	Creature	Flying. Whenever Abyssal Specter deals damage to a player, that player discards a card.
	Entomber Exarch	Creature	When Entomber Exarch enters the battlefield, choose one — • Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. • Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose a noncreature card from it. That player discards that card.
Green	Scavenging Ooze	Creature	{G}: Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, put a +1/+1 counter on Scavenging Ooze and you gain 1 life.
Green	Primal Command	Sorcery	Choose two — • Target player gains 7 life. • Put target noncreature permanent on top of its owner's library. • Target player shuffles his or her graveyard into his or her library. • Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
Multi-Color	Izzet Charm	Instant	Choose one — • Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}. • Izzet Charm deals 2 damage to target creature. • Draw two cards, then discard two cards.
	Sedraxis Specter	Creature	Flying. Whenever Sedraxis Specter deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card. Unearth {1}{B} ({1}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
	Sin Collector	Creature	When Sin Collector enters the battlefield, target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose an instant or sorcery card from it and exile that card.
	Soul Manipulation	Instant	Choose one or both — • Counter target creature spell. • Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
	Mystic Genesis	Instant	Counter target spell. Create an X/X green Ooze creature token, where X is that spell's converted mana cost.
	Dinrova Horror	Creature	When Dinrova Horror enters the battlefield, return target permanent to its owner's hand, then that player discards a card.
	Cruel Ultimatum	Sorcery	Target opponent sacrifices a creature, discards three cards, then loses 5 life. You return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand, draw three cards, then gain 5 life.

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