Tarkir: Dragonstorm Removal List

This is a list of all the removal in Tarkir: Dragonstorm, 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).

• Ringing Strike Mastery is listed as permanent creature removal even though in the late game your opponent may be willing to pay five mana to untap the affected creature.
• Unsparing Boltcaster is not listed as creature removal because it cannot kill a creature without some other way of doing damage to it.
• Rot-Curse Rakshasa is not listed as creature removal because it doesn't prevent the affected creatures from blocking, and because they can still attack one more time.
• Voice of Victory and Mistrise Village can both neutralize any countermagic your opponent may have, but they're not listed as off-battlefield removal because that usage is very narrow and because countermagic tends to not be played frequently in Limited.
• The list does not include cards from the Special Guests bonus sheet because they only occur in one of every 64 packs.
• I'm not listing Planeswalker removal because there are only two Planeswalkers in the set, both at Mythic.

White, Black, and Red each have three playable removal spells at Common: White has Coordinated Maneuver, Osseous Exhale, and Stormplain Detainment; Black has Worthy Cost, Caustic Exhale, and Dragon's Prey; and Red has Molten Exhale, Twin Bolt, and Narset's Rebuke. As you might expect, Mardu decks will have access to plenty of removal. Additionally, Coordinated Maneuver and Worthy Cost work best in Mardu decks due to the Mobilize mechanic, followed distantly by Abzan where the Endure mechanic can be used to create additional Spirit creatures.

The removal spells with hybrid mana in their mana costs can be played in any deck. While they are at their best in a deck with colors matching their clan, they can be played in decks that run only some of their colors if needed (or even none of their colors, although that is unlikely to happen in a format where most players will likely be in three or more colors).

As noted in my article on the instant-speed tricks in Tarkir: Dragonstorm, there are six spells that confer Hexproof or Indestructible or otherwise allow you to protect a creature from removal. This is especially important to keep in mind if your opponent is playing White and has two mana open.

Permanent Creature Removal

Color	Mana Cost	Card	Rarity	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
Colorless		Ugin, Eye of the Storms		Planeswalker	When you cast this spell, exile up to one target permanent that's one or more colors. Whenever you cast a colorless spell, exile up to one target permanent that's one or more colors. +2: You gain 3 life and draw a card. 0: Add {C}{C}{C}. −11: Search your library for any number of colorless nonland cards, exile them, then shuffle. Until end of turn, you may cast those cards without paying their mana costs.
White	-	Static Snare		Enchantment	Flash This spell costs {1} less to cast for each attacking creature. When this enchantment enters, exile target artifact or creature an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.
		Coordinated Maneuver		Instant	Choose one — • Coordinated Maneuver deals damage equal to the number of creatures you control to target creature or planeswalker. • Destroy target enchantment.
		Osseous Exhale		Instant	As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may behold a Dragon. (You may choose a Dragon you control or reveal a Dragon card from your hand.) Osseous Exhale deals 5 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. If a Dragon was beheld, you gain 2 life.
	-	Rally the Monastery		Instant	This spell costs {2} less to cast if you've cast another spell this turn. Choose one — • Create two 1/1 white Monk creature tokens with prowess. • Up to two target creatures you control each get +2/+2 until end of turn. • Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.
		Stormplain Detainment		Enchantment	When this enchantment enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.
		Clarion Conqueror		Creature	Flying Activated abilities of artifacts, creatures, and planeswalkers can't be activated.	3/3
		Elspeth, Storm Slayer		Planeswalker	If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead. +1: Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token. 0: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Those creatures gain flying until your next turn. −3: Destroy target creature an opponent controls with mana value 3 or greater.
Blue		Ringing Strike Mastery		Enchantment	Enchant creature When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. Enchanted creature has "{5}: Untap this creature."
		Fresh Start		Enchantment	Flash Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -5/-0 and loses all abilities.
Black		Worthy Cost		Sorcery	As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Exile target creature or planeswalker.
	-	Caustic Exhale		Instant	As an additional cost to cast this spell, behold a Dragon or pay {1}. (To behold a Dragon, choose a Dragon you control or reveal a Dragon card from your hand.) Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn.
		Desperate Measures		Instant	Target creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn. When it dies under your control this turn, draw two cards.
		Petty Revenge		Sorcery	Destroy target creature with power 3 or less. (Then shuffle this card into its owner's library.)
		Strategic Betrayal		Sorcery	Target opponent exiles a creature they control and their graveyard.
	/	Dragon's Prey		Instant	This spell costs {2} more to cast if it targets a Dragon. Destroy target creature.
		Wail of War		Instant	Choose one — • Creatures target opponent controls get -1/-1 until end of turn. • Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.
		Exude Toxin		Sorcery	Flying Ward—Discard a card.
		Salt Road Skirmish		Sorcery	Destroy target creature. Create two 1/1 red Warrior creature tokens. They gain haste until end of turn. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step.
		Gurmag Rakshasa		Creature	Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-2 until end of turn and target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn.	5/5
Red	-> -	Channeled Dragonfire		Sorcery	Channeled Dragonfire deals 2 damage to any target. Harmonize {5}{R}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its harmonize cost. You may tap a creature you control to reduce that cost by {X}, where X is its power. Then exile this spell.)
		Stadium Headliner		Creature	Mobilize 1 (Whenever this creature attacks, create a tapped and attacking 1/1 red Warrior creature token. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.) {1}{R}, Sacrifice this creature: It deals damage equal to the number of creatures you control to target creature.	1/1
		Molten Exhale		Sorcery	You may cast this spell as though it had flash if you behold a Dragon as an additional cost to cast it. (To behold a Dragon, choose a Dragon you control or reveal a Dragon card from your hand.) Molten Exhale deals 4 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
		Twin Bolt		Instant	Twin Bolt deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two targets.
		Charring Bite		Sorcery	Charring Bite deals 5 damage to target creature without flying. (Then shuffle this card into its owner's library.)
		Sunset Strikemaster		Creature	{T}: Add {R}. {2}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: It deals 6 damage to target creature with flying.	3/1
		Overwhelming Surge		Instant	Choose one or both — • Overwhelming Surge deals 3 damage to target creature. • Destroy target noncreature artifact.
		Narset's Rebuke		Instant	Narset's Rebuke deals 5 damage to target creature. Add {U}{R}{W}. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
Green		Piercing Exhale		Instant	As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may behold a Dragon. (You may choose a Dragon you control or reveal a Dragon card from your hand.) Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker. If a Dragon was beheld, surveil 2.
		Sarkhan's Resolve		Instant	Choose one — • Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. • Destroy target creature with flying.
		Dragonbroods' Relic		Artifact	{T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color. {3}{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}, Sacrifice this artifact: Create a 4/4 Dragon creature token named Reliquary Dragon that's all colors. It has flying, lifelink, and "When this token enters, it deals 3 damage to any target." Activate only as a sorcery.
		Knockout Maneuver		Sorcery	Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control, then it deals damage equal to its power to target creature an opponent controls.
Multi-Color		Defibrillating Current		Sorcery	Defibrillating Current deals 4 damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain 2 life.
		Dragonclaw Strike		Sorcery	Double the power and toughness of target creature you control until end of turn. Then it fights up to one target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
		Kin-Tree Severance		Instant	Exile target permanent with mana value 3 or greater.
	-> -	Glacial Dragonhunt		Sorcery	Draw a card, then you may discard a card. When you discard a nonland card this way, Glacial Dragonhunt deals 3 damage to target creature. Harmonize {4}{U}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its harmonize cost. You may tap a creature you control to reduce that cost by {X}, where X is its power. Then exile this spell.)
		Lie in Wait		Sorcery	Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Lie in Wait deals damage equal to that card's power to target creature.
		Awaken the Honored Dead		Enchantment	(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Destroy target nonland permanent. II — Mill three cards. III — You may discard a card. When you do, return target creature or land card from your graveyard to your hand.
		Barrensteppe Siege		Enchantment	As this enchantment enters, choose Abzan or Mardu. • Abzan — At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. • Mardu — At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died under your control this turn, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.
		Inevitable Defeat		Instant	This spell can't be countered. Exile target nonland permanent. Its controller loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.
		Sonic Shrieker		Creature	Flying When this creature enters, it deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life. If a player is dealt damage this way, they discard a card.	4/4
		Dragonback Assault		Enchantment	When this enchantment enters, it deals 3 damage to each creature and each planeswalker. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, create a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying.
		Jeskai Revelation		Instant	Return target spell or permanent to its owner's hand. Jeskai Revelation deals 4 damage to any target. Create two 1/1 white Monk creature tokens with prowess. Draw two cards. You gain 4 life.
		Death Begets Life		Sorcery	Destroy all creatures and enchantments. Draw a card for each permanent destroyed this way.
		Ureni, the Song Unending		Creature	Flying, protection from white and from black When Ureni enters, it deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or planeswalkers your opponents control, where X is the number of lands you control.	10/10

Temporary Creature Removal

Color	Mana Cost	Card	Rarity	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
White		Arashin Sunshield		Creature	When this creature enters, exile up to two target cards from a single graveyard. {W}, {T}: Tap target creature.	3/4
		Wayspeaker Bodyguard		Creature	When this creature enters, return target nonland permanent card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to your hand. Flurry — Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, tap target creature an opponent controls.	3/4
Blue		Skimming Strike		Instant	Tap up to one target creature. Draw a card. (Then shuffle this card into its owner's library.)
	-> -	Ureni's Rebuff		Sorcery	Return target creature to its owner's hand. Harmonize {5}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its harmonize cost. You may tap a creature you control to reduce that cost by {X}, where X is its power. Then exile this spell.)
	->	Constrictor Sage		Creature	When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.) Renew — {2}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. Activate only as a sorcery.	4/4
		Riverwalk Technique		Instant	Choose one — • The owner of target nonland permanent puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library. • Counter target noncreature spell.
		Iceridge Serpent		Creature	When this creature enters, return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand.	3/3
		Marang River Regent		Creature	Flying When this creature enters, return up to two other target nonland permanents to their owners' hands.	6/7
Red		Summit Intimidator		Creature	Reach When this creature enters, target creature can't block this turn.	4/3
Multi-Color		Riverwheel Sweep		Sorcery	Tap target creature. Put three stun counters on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.) Exile the top two cards of your library. Choose one of them. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.
		Jeskai Revelation		Instant	Return target spell or permanent to its owner's hand. Jeskai Revelation deals 4 damage to any target. Create two 1/1 white Monk creature tokens with prowess. Draw two cards. You gain 4 life.

Artifact, Enchantment, and Land Removal

Color	Mana Cost	Card	Rarity	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
Colorless		Ugin, Eye of the Storms		Planeswalker	When you cast this spell, exile up to one target permanent that's one or more colors. Whenever you cast a colorless spell, exile up to one target permanent that's one or more colors. +2: You gain 3 life and draw a card. 0: Add {C}{C}{C}. −11: Search your library for any number of colorless nonland cards, exile them, then shuffle. Until end of turn, you may cast those cards without paying their mana costs.
White	-	Static Snare		Enchantment	Flash This spell costs {1} less to cast for each attacking creature. When this enchantment enters, exile target artifact or creature an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.
		Coordinated Maneuver		Instant	Choose one — • Coordinated Maneuver deals damage equal to the number of creatures you control to target creature or planeswalker. • Destroy target enchantment.
		Clarion Conqueror		Creature	Flying Activated abilities of artifacts, creatures, and planeswalkers can't be activated.	3/3
		Stormplain Detainment		Enchantment	When this enchantment enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.
Blue		Riverwalk Technique		Instant	Choose one — • The owner of target nonland permanent puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library. • Counter target noncreature spell.
		Marang River Regent		Creature	Flying When this creature enters, return up to two other target nonland permanents to their owners' hands.	6/7
Red		Overwhelming Surge		Instant	Choose one or both — • Overwhelming Surge deals 3 damage to target creature. • Destroy target noncreature artifact.
		Magmatic Hellkite		Creature	Flying When this creature enters, destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Its controller searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield tapped with a stun counter on it, then shuffles. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)	4/5
Green		Heritage Reclamation		Instant	Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target enchantment. • Exile up to one target card from a graveyard. Draw a card.
		Undergrowth Leopard		Creature	Vigilance {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.	2/2
		Disruptive Stormbrood		Creature	Flying When this creature enters, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment.	3/3
Multi-Color		Kin-Tree Severance		Instant	Exile target permanent with mana value 3 or greater.
		Awaken the Honored Dead		Enchantment	(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Destroy target nonland permanent. II — Mill three cards. III — You may discard a card. When you do, return target creature or land card from your graveyard to your hand.
		Fangkeeper's Familiar		Creature	Flash When this creature enters, choose one — • You gain 3 life and surveil 3. (Look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.) • Destroy target enchantment. • Counter target creature spell.	3/3
		Inevitable Defeat		Instant	This spell can't be countered. Exile target nonland permanent. Its controller loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.
		Jeskai Revelation		Instant	Return target spell or permanent to its owner's hand. Jeskai Revelation deals 4 damage to any target. Create two 1/1 white Monk creature tokens with prowess. Draw two cards. You gain 4 life.
		Death Begets Life		Sorcery	Destroy all creatures and enchantments. Draw a card for each permanent destroyed this way.

Off-Battlefield Removal

Color	Mana Cost	Card	Rarity	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
Colorless		Jade-Cast Sentinel		Artifact Creature	Reach {2}, {T}: Put target card from a graveyard on the bottom of its owner's library.	1/5
White		Arashin Sunshield		Creature	When this creature enters, exile up to two target cards from a single graveyard. {W}, {T}: Tap target creature.	3/4
Blue		Spectral Denial		Instant	This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature you control with power 4 or greater. Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}.
		Dispelling Exhale		Instant	As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may behold a Dragon. (You may choose a Dragon you control or reveal a Dragon card from your hand.) Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}. If a Dragon was beheld, counter that spell unless its controller pays {4} instead.
		Chilling Screech		Instant	Counter target spell with mana value 2 or less. (Then shuffle this card into its owner's library.)
		Riverwalk Technique		Instant	Choose one — • The owner of target nonland permanent puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library. • Counter target noncreature spell.
Black		Strategic Betrayal		Sorcery	Target opponent exiles a creature they control and their graveyard.
		Aggressive Negotiations		Sorcery	Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it and exile that card. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature you control.
		Feral Deathgorger		Creature	Flying, deathtouch When this creature enters, exile up to two target cards from a single graveyard.	3/5
Green		Heritage Reclamation		Instant	Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target enchantment. • Exile up to one target card from a graveyard. Draw a card.
		Rite of Renewal		Sorcery	Return up to two target permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand. Target player shuffles up to four target cards from their graveyard into their library. Exile Rite of Renewal.
Multi-Color		Severance Priest		Creature	Deathtouch When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand. You may choose a nonland card from it. If you do, exile that card. When this creature leaves the battlefield, the exiled card's owner creates an X/X white Spirit creature token, where X is the mana value of the exiled card.	3/3
		Fangkeeper's Familiar		Creature	Flash When this creature enters, choose one — • You gain 3 life and surveil 3. (Look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.) • Destroy target enchantment. • Counter target creature spell.	3/3
		Sonic Shrieker		Creature	Flying When this creature enters, it deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life. If a player is dealt damage this way, they discard a card.	4/4
		Jeskai Revelation		Instant	Return target spell or permanent to its owner's hand. Jeskai Revelation deals 4 damage to any target. Create two 1/1 white Monk creature tokens with prowess. Draw two cards. You gain 4 life.