The Brothers' War Removal List

This is a list of all the removal in The Brothers' War, 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).

Notes:

• Myrel, Shield of Argive is not listed as creature removal or artifact/enchantment removal since it only turns off their activated abilities on its controller's turn.  However, it is listed as off-battlefield removal because it prevents your opponent from casting spells on your turn.
• Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim is not listed a temporary creature removal even though it does return one permanent to its owner's hand, because the main effect of its ultimate ability is to permanently remove all your opponent's other nonland permanents.
• Portal to Phyrexia is listed as off-battlefield removal in addition to creature removal because it can remove creature cards from an opponent's graveyard.
• Bladecoil Serpent is listed as off-battlefield removal with a mana cost of X4BB since it requires paying at least two black mana to force the opponent to discard a card.
• Painful Quandary is listed as off-battlefield removal even though there is an alternative to discarding a card, because the alternative is sufficiently painful that it typically can't be chosen more than a couple of times.
• I'm not listing Planeswalker removal since there are only three Planeswalkers in the set, all at Mythic (and one of those requires an additional Rare to meld with), so it will rarely come up in Limited.
• I'm not listing any melded cards since it's extremely unlikely that a player will end up with a Mythic and the corresponding Rare card that melds with it, have them in play at the same time, and meet the conditions to meld them.

Permanent Creature Removal

Color	Mana Cost	Card	Rarity	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
Colorless		Goblin Firebomb		Artifact	Flash {7}, {T}, Sacrifice Goblin Firebomb: Destroy target permanent.
		Urza's Sylex		Artifact	{2}{W}{W}, {T}, Exile Urza's Sylex: Each player chooses six lands they control. Destroy all other permanents. Activate only as a sorcery. When Urza's Sylex is put into exile from the battlefield, you may pay {2}. If you do, search your library for a planeswalker card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
		The Mightstone and Weakstone		Artifact	When The Mightstone and Weakstone enters the battlefield, choose one — • Draw two cards. • Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn. {T}: Add {C}{C}. This mana can't be spent to cast nonartifact spells. (Melds with Urza, Lord Protector.)
		Cityscape Leveler		Artifact Creature	Trample When you cast this spell and whenever Cityscape Leveler attacks, destroy up to one target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a tapped Powerstone token. Unearth {8}	8/8
		Portal to Phyrexia		Artifact	When Portal to Phyrexia enters the battlefield, each opponent sacrifices three creatures. At the beginning of your upkeep, put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It's a Phyrexian in addition to its other types.
White		Lay Down Arms		Sorcery	Exile target creature with mana value less than or equal to the number of Plains you control. Its controller gains 3 life.
		Deadly Riposte		Instant	Deadly Riposte deals 3 damage to target tapped creature and you gain 2 life.
		Prison Sentence		Enchantment	Enchant creature When Prison Sentence enters the battlefield, scry 2. Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.
		In the Trenches		Enchantment	Creatures you control get +1/+1. {5}{W}: Exile target nonland permanent you don't control until In the Trenches leaves the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery and only once.
		Static Net		Enchantment	When Static Net enters the battlefield, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Static Net leaves the battlefield. When Static Net enters the battlefield, you gain 2 life and create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")
Blue		Weakstone's Subjugation		Enchantment	Enchant artifact or creature When Weakstone's Subjugation enters the battlefield, you may pay {3}. If you do, tap enchanted permanent. Enchanted permanent doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
		Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim		Planeswalker	Whenever you draw a card, put a loyalty counter on Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim. 0: Draw a card. −2: Create a 2/2 blue Spirit creature token with vigilance and "Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature." −12: Target opponent chooses a permanent they control and returns it to its owner's hand. Then they shuffle each nonland permanent they control into its owner's library.
Black		Disfigure		Instant	Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
	-	Overwhelming Remorse		Instant	This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature card in your graveyard. Exile target creature or planeswalker.
		Gnawing Vermin		Creature	When Gnawing Vermin enters the battlefield, target player mills two cards. When Gnawing Vermin dies, target creature you don't control gets -1/-1 until end of turn.	1/1
		Powerstone Fracture		Sorcery	As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
		Go for the Throat		Instant	Destroy target nonartifact creature.
		Gruesome Realization		Sorcery	Choose one — • You draw two cards and you lose 2 life. • Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn.
		Gix's Command		Sorcery	Choose two — • Put two +1/+1 counter on up to one creature. It gains lifelink until end of turn. • Destroy each creature with power 2 or less. • Return up to two creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. • Each opponent sacrifices a creature with the highest power among creatures they control.
		Corrupt		Sorcery	Corrupt deals damage to any target equal to the number of Swamps you control. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.
Red		Mishra's Command		Sorcery	Choose two — • Choose target player. They may discard up to X cards. Then they draw a card for each card discarded this way. • This spell deals X damage to target creature. • This spell deals X damage to target planeswalker. • Target creature gets +X/+0 and gains haste until end of turn.
		Mishra's Domination		Enchantment	Enchant creature As long as you control enchanted creature, it gets +2/+2. Otherwise, it can't block.
		Obliterating Bolt		Sorcery	Obliterating Bolt deals 4 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If that creature or planeswalker would die this turn, exile it instead.
		Excavation Explosion		Sorcery	Excavation Explosion deals 3 damage to any target. Create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")
		Brotherhood's End		Sorcery	Choose one — • Brotherhood's End deals 3 damage to each creature and each planeswalker. • Destroy all artifacts with mana value 3 or less.
		Pyrrhic Blast		Instant	As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Pyrrhic Blast deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target. Draw a card.
		Unleash Shell		Instant	Unleash Shell deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker and 2 damage to that permanent's controller.
		The Fall of Kroog		Sorcery	Choose target opponent. Destroy target land that player controls. The Fall of Kroog deals 3 damage to that player and 1 damage to each creature they control.
		Tyrant of Kher Ridges		Creature	Flying When Tyrant of Kher Ridges enters the battlefield, it deals 4 damage to any target. {R}: Tyrant of Kher Ridges gets +1/+0 until end of turn.	4/5
Green		Bushwhack		Sorcery	Choose one — • Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. • Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
		Epic Confrontation		Sorcery	Target creature you control gets +1/+2 until end of turn. It fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
		Shoot Down		Sorcery	Exile target artifact, enchantment, or creature with flying.
Multi-Color		Arbalest Engineers		Creature	When Arbalest Engineers enters the battlefield, choose one — • Arbalest Engineers deals 1 damage to any target. • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It gains trample and haste until end of turn. • Create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")	2/2
		Legions to Ashes		Sorcery	Exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls and all tokens that player controls with the same name as that permanent.
		Skyfisher Spider		Creature	Reach When Skyfisher Spider enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice another creature. When you do, destroy target nonland permanent. When Skyfisher Spider dies, you may gain 1 life for each creature card in your graveyard. If you do, exile Skyfisher Spider from your graveyard.	3/3

Temporary Creature Removal

Color	Mana Cost	Card	Rarity	Type	Oracle Text
White		Soul Partition		Instant	Exile target nonland permanent. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may play it. A spell cast by an opponent this way costs {2} more to cast.
Blue	/	Machine Over Matter		Instant	This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control an artifact creature. Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
		Urza's Rebuff		Instant	Choose one — • Counter target spell. • Tap up to two target creatures.
		Involuntary Cooldown		Sorcery	Tap up to two target artifacts and/or creatures. Put two stun counters on each of them. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
		Desynchronize		Instant	Target nonland permanent's owner puts it on the top or bottom of their library. Scry 2.
	/	Hurkyl's Final Meditation		Instant	As long as it's not your turn, this spell costs {3} more to cast. Return all nonland permanents to their owner's hands. End the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities from the stack, including this card. The player whose turn it is discards down to their maximum hand size. Damage wears off, and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.)
Red		Sibling Rivalry		Sorcery	Gain control of target artifact or creature until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn. Create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")

Artifact, Enchantment, and Land Removal

Color	Mana Cost	Card	Rarity	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
Colorless		Goblin Firebomb		Artifact	Flash {7}, {T}, Sacrifice Goblin Firebomb: Destroy target permanent.
		Haywire Mite		Artifact Creature	When Haywire Mite dies, you gain 2 life. {G}, Sacrifice Haywire Mite: Exile target noncreature artifact or noncreature enchantment.	1/1
		Urza's Sylex		Artifact	{2}{W}{W}, {T}, Exile Urza's Sylex: Each player chooses six lands they control. Destroy all other permanents. Activate only as a sorcery. When Urza's Sylex is put into exile from the battlefield, you may pay {2}. If you do, search your library for a planeswalker card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
		Cityscape Leveler		Artifact Creature	Trample When you cast this spell and whenever Cityscape Leveler attacks, destroy up to one target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a tapped Powerstone token. Unearth {8}	8/8
White		Disenchant		Instant	Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
		Soul Partition		Instant	Exile target nonland permanent. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may play it. A spell cast by an opponent this way costs {2} more to cast.
		Loran of the Third Path		Creature	Vigilance When Loran of the Third Path enters the battlefield, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment. {T}: You and target opponent each draw a card.	2/1
		In the Trenches		Enchantment	Creatures you control get +1/+1. {5}{W}: Exile target nonland permanent you don't control until In the Trenches leaves the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery and only once.
		Static Net		Enchantment	When Static Net enters the battlefield, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Static Net leaves the battlefield. When Static Net enters the battlefield, you gain 2 life and create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")
Blue	/	Machine Over Matter		Instant	This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control an artifact creature. Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
		Weakstone's Subjugation		Enchantment	Enchant artifact or creature When Weakstone's Subjugation enters the battlefield, you may pay {3}. If you do, tap enchanted permanent. Enchanted permanent doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
		Involuntary Cooldown		Sorcery	Tap up to two target artifacts and/or creatures. Put two stun counters on each of them. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
		Desynchronize		Instant	Target nonland permanent's owner puts it on the top or bottom of their library. Scry 2.
		Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim		Planeswalker	Whenever you draw a card, put a loyalty counter on Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim. 0: Draw a card. −2: Create a 2/2 blue Spirit creature token with vigilance and "Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature." −12: Target opponent chooses a permanent they control and returns it to its owner's hand. Then they shuffle each nonland permanent they control into its owner's library.
	/	Hurkyl's Final Meditation		Instant	As long as it's not your turn, this spell costs {3} more to cast. Return all nonland permanents to their owner's hands. End the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities from the stack, including this card. The player whose turn it is discards down to their maximum hand size. Damage wears off, and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.)
Red		Raze to the Ground		Sorcery	This spell can't be countered. Destroy target artifact. If its mana value was 1 or less, draw a card.
		Brotherhood's End		Sorcery	Choose one — • Brotherhood's End deals 3 damage to each creature and each planeswalker. • Destroy all artifacts with mana value 3 or less.
		Sibling Rivalry		Sorcery	Gain control of target artifact or creature until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn. Create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")
		The Fall of Kroog		Sorcery	Choose target opponent. Destroy target land that player controls. The Fall of Kroog deals 3 damage to that player and 1 damage to each creature they control.
Green		Shoot Down		Sorcery	Exile target artifact, enchantment, or creature with flying.
		Fade from History		Sorcery	Each player who controls an artifact or enchantment creates a 2/2 green Bear creature token. Then destroy all artifacts and enchantments.
Multi-Color		Legions to Ashes		Sorcery	Exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls and all tokens that player controls with the same name as that permanent.
		Skyfisher Spider		Creature	Reach When Skyfisher Spider enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice another creature. When you do, destroy target nonland permanent. When Skyfisher Spider dies, you may gain 1 life for each creature card in your graveyard. If you do, exile Skyfisher Spider from your graveyard.	3/3

Off-Battlefield Removal

Color	Mana Cost	Card	Rarity	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
Colorless		Ashnod's Harvester		Artifact Creature	Whenever Ashnod's Harvester attacks, exile target card from a graveyard. 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.)	3/1
		The Stone Brain		Artifact	{2}, {T}, Exile The Stone Brain: Choose a card name. Search target opponent's graveyard, hand, and library for up to four cards with that name and exile them. That player shuffles, then draws a card for each card exiled from their hand this way. Activate only as a sorcery.
		Swiftgear Drake		Artifact Creature	Flying, haste When Swiftgear Drake enters the battlefield, put up to one target card from a graveyard on the bottom of its owner's library.	2/4
		Portal to Phyrexia		Artifact	When Portal to Phyrexia enters the battlefield, each opponent sacrifices three creatures. At the beginning of your upkeep, put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It's a Phyrexian in addition to its other types.
White		Calamity's Wake		Instant	Exile all graveyards. Players can't cast noncreature spells this turn. Exile Calamity's Wake.
		Myrel, Shield of Argive		Creature	During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments. Whenever Myrel, Shield of Argive attacks, create X 1/1 colorless Soldier artifact creature tokens, where X is the number of Soldiers you control.	3/4
Blue		Scatter Ray		Instant	Counter target artifact or creature spell unless its controller pays {4}.
		Defabricate		Instant	Choose one — • Counter target artifact or enchantment spell. If a spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. • Counter target activated or triggered ability.
		Urza's Rebuff		Instant	Choose one — • Counter target spell. • Tap up to two target creatures.
		Keeper of the Cadence		Creature	{3}: Put target artifact, instant, or sorcery card from a graveyard on the bottom of its owner's library.	2/5
	/	Hurkyl's Final Meditation		Instant	As long as it's not your turn, this spell costs {3} more to cast. Return all nonland permanents to their owner's hands. End the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities from the stack, including this card. The player whose turn it is discards down to their maximum hand size. Damage wears off, and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.)
Black		Dreams of Steel and Oil		Sorcery	Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose an artifact or creature card from it, then choose an artifact or creature card from their graveyard. Exile the chosen cards.
		Carrion Locust		Creature	Flying When Carrion Locust enters the battlefield, exile target card from an opponent's graveyard. If it was a creature card, that player loses 1 life.	2/1
		Gix's Caress		Sorcery	Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. Create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")
		Painful Quandary		Enchantment	Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.
		Bladecoil Serpent		Artifact Creature	When Bladecoil Serpent enters the battlefield, for each {U}{U} spent to cast it, draw a card. When Bladecoil Serpent enters the battlefield, for each {B}{B} spent to cast it, each opponent discards a card. When Bladecoil Serpent enters the battlefield, for each {R}{R} spent to cast it, it gets +1/+0 and gains trample and haste until end of turn.	5/4
Green		Hoarding Recluse		Creature	Reach, deathtouch When Hoarding Recluse dies, put up to one other target card from a graveyard on the bottom of its owner's library.	2/3
		Titania's Command		Sorcery	Choose two — • Exile target player's graveyard. You gain 1 life for each card exiled this way. • Search your library for up to two land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. • Create two 2/2 green Bear creature tokens. • Put two +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.