War of the Spark Removal List
This is a list of all the removal in War of the Spark, 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).
There are a number of cards that could be considered removal but that I chose to leave out since there's so much other removal in this set. Many of the ones left out are planeswalkers with a static ability that nullifies some subset of your opponent's cards or makes them more difficult to cast.
Specific card notes:
- Price of Betrayal is not listed under creature removal since it can only kill Zombie Armies and Ugin's Conjurant (although it's also quite good against Devouring Hellion and Bioessence Hydra). It's not listed as artifact removal because it's pretty much useless in that role in this set.
- Ravnica at War is not listed under enchantment removal because the only multi-colored enchantment in the set is Oath of Kaya at rare.
- Liliana's Triumph is not listed under off-battlefield removal because the only the Liliana planeswalker in the set is at mythic.
- Dovin, Hand of Control's activated ability is a little like tapping a creature (although not quite as good), but I didn't list it under temporary creature removal. It can also neutralize planeswalker abilities that cause damage, but I also didn't list it under temporary planeswalker removal since that could be confusing.
- Narset, Parter of Veils is not listed under off-battlefield removal even though it largely neutralizes your opponent's card draw spells.
- Sarkhan the Masterless is not listed because your opponent gets to choose whether to attack, knowing how much damage their creature is going to take
- Tomik, Distinguished Advokist is not listed under off-battlefield removal because it is so specific.
- I decided to leave out the cards that make your opponent's spells cost more.
Permanent Creature & Planeswalker Removal
Color | Mana Cost | Card | Rarity | Type | Oracle Text | Notes |
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Lands | Blast Zone | ![]() |
Land | Blast Zone enters the battlefield with a charge counter on it. {T}: Add {C}. {X}{X}, {T}: Put X charge counters on Blast Zone. {3}, {T}, Sacrifice Blast Zone: Destroy each nonland permanent with converted mana cost equal to the number of charge counters on Blast Zone. | ||
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Ugin, the Ineffable | ![]() |
Planeswalker | Colorless spells you cast cost {2} less to cast. +1: Exile the top card of your library face down and look at it. Create a 2/2 colorless Spirit creature token. When that token leaves the battlefield, put the exiled card into your hand. -3: Destroy target permanent that's one or more colors. | |
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Prison Realm | ![]() |
Enchantment | When Prison Realm enters the battlefield, exile target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls until Prison Realm leaves the battlefield. When Prison Realm enters the battlefield, scry 1. | |
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Gideon Blackblade | ![]() |
Planeswalker | As long as it's your turn, Gideon Blackblade is a 4/4 Human Soldier creature with indestructible that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Gideon Blackblade during your turn. +1: Up to one other target creature you control gains your choice of vigilance, lifelink, or indestructible until end of turn. -6: Exile target nonland permanent. | ||
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Ravnica at War | ![]() |
Sorcery | Exile all multicolored permanents. | ||
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Single Combat | ![]() |
Sorcery | Each player chooses a creature or planeswalker they control, then sacrifices the rest. Players can't cast creature or planeswalker spells until the end of your next turn. | ||
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Spark Harvest | ![]() |
Sorcery | As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or pay {3}{B}. Destroy target creature or planeswalker. | |
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Vraska's Finisher | ![]() |
Creature | When Vraska's Finisher enters the battlefield, destroy target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls that was dealt damage this turn. | / | |
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Liliana, Dreadhorde General | ![]() |
Planeswalker | Whenever a creature you control dies, draw a card. +1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. -4: Each player sacrifices two creatures. -9: Each opponent chooses a permanent they control of each permanent type and sacrifices the rest. | ||
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Chandra's Pyrohelix | ![]() |
Instant | Chandra's Pyrohelix deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two targets. | |
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Heartfire | ![]() |
Instant | As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or planeswalker. Heartfire deals 4 damage to any target. | ||
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Chandra's Triumph | ![]() |
Instant | Chandra's Triumph deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls. Chandra's Triumph deals 5 damage to that permanent instead if you control a Chandra planeswalker. | ||
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Tibalt's Rager | ![]() |
Creature | When Tibalt's Rager dies, it deals 1 damage to any target. {1}{R}: Tibalt's Rager gets +2/+0 until end of turn. | / | |
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Tibalt, Rakish Instigator | ![]() |
Planeswalker | Your opponents can't gain life. -2: Create a 1/1 red Devil creature token with "Whenever this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to any target." | ||
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Jaya, Venerated Firemage | ![]() |
Planeswalker | If another red source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals that much damage plus 1 to that permanent or player instead. -2: Jaya, Venerated Firemage deals 2 damage to any target. | ||
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Bond of Passion | ![]() |
Sorcery | Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Bond of Passion deals 2 damage to any other target. | ||
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Angrath's Rampage | ![]() |
Sorcery | Choose one — • Target player sacrifices an artifact. • Target player sacrifices a creature. • Target player sacrifices a planeswalker. | |
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Despark | ![]() |
Instant | Exile target permanent with converted mana cost 4 or greater. | ||
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Domri's Ambush | ![]() |
Sorcery | Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Then that creature deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control. | ||
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Dreadhorde Butcher | ![]() |
Creature | Haste Whenever Dreadhorde Butcher deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, put a +1/+1 counter on Dreadhorde Butcher. When Dreadhorde Butcher dies, it deals damage equal to its power to any target. | / | |
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Mayhem Devil | ![]() |
Creature | Whenever a player sacrifices a permanent, Mayhem Devil deals 1 damage to any target. | / | |
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Living Twister | ![]() |
Creature | {1}{R}, Discard a land card: Living Twister deals 2 damage to any target. {G}: Return a tapped land you control to its owner's hand. | / | |
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Oath of Kaya | ![]() |
Enchantment | When Oath of Kaya enters the battlefield, it deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life. Whenever an opponent attacks a planeswalker you control with one or more creatures, Oath of Kaya deals 2 damage to that player and you gain 2 life. | ||
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Role Reversal | ![]() |
Sorcery | Exchange control of two target permanents that share a permanent type. | ||
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Ral's Outburst | ![]() |
Instant | Ral's Outburst deals 3 damage to any target. Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard. | ||
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Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God | ![]() |
Planeswalker | Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God has all loyalty abilities of all other planeswalkers on the battlefield. +1: You draw a card. Each opponent exiles a card from their hand or a permanent they control. -3: Destroy target creature or planeswalker. -8: Each opponent who doesn't control a legendary creature or planeswalker loses the game. | ||
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Casualties of War | ![]() |
Sorcery | Choose one or more — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target creature. • Destroy target enchantment. • Destroy target land. • Destroy target planeswalker. |
Permanent Creature-Only Removal
Color | Mana Cost | Card | Rarity | Type | Oracle Text | Notes |
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White | ![]() ![]() |
Divine Arrow | ![]() |
Instant | Divine Arrow deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. | |
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Gideon's Triumph | ![]() |
Instant | Target opponent sacrifices a creature that attacked or blocked this turn. If you control a Gideon planeswalker, that player sacrifices two of those creatures instead. | ||
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The Wanderer | ![]() |
Planeswalker | Prevent all noncombat damage that would be dealt to you and other permanents you control. -2: Exile target creature with power 4 or greater. | ||
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Wanderer's Strike | ![]() |
Sorcery | Exile target creature, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.) | ||
Blue | ![]() ![]() |
Kasmina's Transmutation | ![]() |
Enchantment | Enchant creature Enchanted creature loses all abilities and has base power and toughness 1/1. | |
Black | ![]() ![]() |
Sorin's Thirst | ![]() |
Instant | Sorin's Thirst deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life. | |
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Liliana's Triumph | ![]() |
Instant | Each opponent sacrifices a creature. If you control a Liliana planeswalker, each opponent also discards a card. | ||
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Finale of Eternity | ![]() |
Sorcery | Destroy up to three target creatures with toughness X or less. If X is 10 or more, return all creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. | ||
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Ob Nixilis's Cruelty | ![]() |
Instant | Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead. | ||
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Bleeding Edge | ![]() |
Sorcery | Up to one target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. Amass 2. (Put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. If you don't control one, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.) | ||
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Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted | ![]() |
Planeswalker | Whenever an opponent draws a card, Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted deals 1 damage to that player. -2: Destroy target creature. Its controller draws two cards. | ||
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Massacre Girl | ![]() |
Creature | Menace When Massacre Girl enters the battlefield, each other creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Whenever a creature dies this turn, each creature other than Massacre Girl gets -1/-1 until end of turn. | / | |
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Jaya's Greeting | ![]() |
Instant | Jaya's Greeting deals 3 damage to target creature. Scry 1. | |
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Blindblast | ![]() |
Instant | Blindblast deals 1 damage to target creature. That creature can't block this turn. Draw a card. | ||
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Cyclops Electromancer | ![]() |
Creature | When Cyclops Electromancer enters the battlefield, it deals X damage to target creature an opponent controls, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. | / | |
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Forced Landing | ![]() |
Instant | Put target creature with flying on the bottom of its owner's library. | |
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Band Together | ![]() |
Instant | Up to two target creatures you control each deal damage equal to their power to another target creature. | ||
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Tyrant's Scorn | ![]() |
Instant | Choose one — • Destroy target creature with converted mana cost 3 or less. • Return target creature to its owner's hand. | |
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Domri, Anarch of Bolas | ![]() |
Planeswalker | Creatures you control get +1/+0. +1: Add {R} or {G}. Creature spells you cast this turn can't be countered. -2: Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. | ||
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Deathsprout | ![]() |
Instant | Destroy target creature. Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library. | ||
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Solar Blaze | ![]() |
Sorcery | Each creature deals damage to itself equal to its power. | ||
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Widespread Brutality | ![]() |
Sorcery | Amass 2, then the Army you amassed deals damage equal to its power to each non-Army creature. (To amass 2, put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. If you don't control one, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.) | ||
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Enter the God-Eternals | ![]() |
Sorcery | Enter the God-Eternals deals 4 damage to target creature and you gain life equal to the damage dealt this way. Target player puts the top four cards of their library into their graveyard. Amass 4. (Put four +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. If you don't control one, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.) | ||
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Time Wipe | ![]() |
Sorcery | Return a creature you control to its owner's hand, then destroy all creatures. | ||
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Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves | ![]() |
Creature | When Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves enters the battlefield, create Voja, Friend to Elves, a legendary 3/3 green and white Wolf creature token. Whenever a Wolf enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 3 life and that creature fights up to one target creature an opponent controls. | / | |
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Nahiri, Storm of Stone | ![]() |
Planeswalker | As long as it's your turn, creatures you control have first strike and equip abilities you activate cost {1} less to activate. -X: Nahiri, Storm of Stone deals X damage to target tapped creature. | |
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Kaya, Bane of the Dead | ![]() |
Planeswalker | Your opponents and permanents your opponents control with hexproof can be the target of spells and abilities you control as though they didn't have hexproof. -3: Exile target creature. |
Permanent Planeswalker-Only Removal
Color | Mana Cost | Card | Rarity | Type | Oracle Text |
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Black | ![]() |
Price of Betrayal | ![]() |
Sorcery | Remove up to five counters from target artifact, creature, planeswalker, or opponent. |
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The Elderspell | ![]() |
Sorcery | Destroy any number of target planeswalkers. Choose a planeswalker you control. Put two loyalty counters on it for each planeswalker destroyed this way. | |
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Chandra, Fire Artisan | ![]() |
Planeswalker | Whenever one or more loyalty counters are removed from Chandra, Fire Artisan, she deals that much damage to target opponent or planeswalker. +1: Exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn. -7: Exile the top seven cards of your library. You may play them this turn. |
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Sarkhan's Catharsis | ![]() |
Instant | Sarkhan's Catharsis deals 5 damage to target player or planeswalker. | |
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Ral, Storm Conduit | ![]() |
Planeswalker | Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, Ral, Storm Conduit deals 1 damage to target opponent or planeswalker. +2: Scry 1. -2: When you cast your next instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. |
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Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord | ![]() |
Planeswalker | As long as it's your turn, creatures and planeswalkers you control have lifelink. +2: Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker. -X: Return target creature card with converted mana cost X from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a Vampire in addition to its other types. |
Temporary Creature & Planeswalker Removal
Color | Mana Cost | Card | Rarity | Type | Oracle Text |
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Callous Dismissal | ![]() |
Sorcery | Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Amass 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. If you don't control one, create a 0/0 black Zombie army creature token first.) |
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Totally Lost | ![]() |
Instant | Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library. |
Temporary Creature-Only Removal
Color | Mana Cost | Card | Rarity | Type | Oracle Text | Notes |
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White | ![]() |
Law-Rune Enforcer | ![]() |
Creature | {1}, {T}: Tap target creature with converted mana cost 2 or greater. | / |
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Topple the Statue | ![]() |
Instant | Tap target permanent. If it's an artifact, destroy it. Draw a card. | ||
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Bond of Discipline | ![]() |
Sorcery | Tap all creatures your opponents control. Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn. | ||
Red | ![]() ![]() |
Blindblast | ![]() |
Instant | Blindblast deals 1 damage to target creature. That creature can't block this turn. Draw a card. | |
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Chainwhip Cyclops | ![]() |
Creature | {3}{R}: Target creature can't block this turn. | / | |
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Bond of Passion | ![]() |
Sorcery | Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Bond of Passion deals 2 damage to any other target. | ||
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Tyrant's Scorn | ![]() |
Instant | Choose one — • Destroy target creature with converted mana cost 3 or less. • Return target creature to its owner's hand. | |
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Teferi, Time Raveler | ![]() |
Planeswalker | Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery. +1: Until your next turn, you may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash. -3: Return up to one target artifact, creature, or enchantment to its owner's hand. Draw a card. |
Artifact, Enchantment, and Land Removal
Color | Mana Cost | Card | Rarity | Type | Oracle Text |
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Lands | Blast Zone | ![]() |
Land | Blast Zone enters the battlefield with a charge counter on it. {T}: Add {C}. {X}{X}, {T}: Put X charge counters on Blast Zone. {3}, {T}, Sacrifice Blast Zone: Destroy each nonland permanent with converted mana cost equal to the number of charge counters on Blast Zone. | |
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Karn, the Great Creator | ![]() |
Planeswalker | Activated abilities of artifacts your opponents control can't be activated. +1: Until your next turn, up to one target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost. -2: You may choose an artifact card you own from outside the game or in exile, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. |
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Ugin, the Ineffable | ![]() |
Planeswalker | Colorless spells you cast cost {2} less to cast. +1: Exile the top card of your library face down and look at it. Create a 2/2 colorless Spirit creature token. When that token leaves the battlefield, put the exiled card into your hand. -3: Destroy target permanent that's one or more colors. | |
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Topple the Statue | ![]() |
Instant | Tap target permanent. If it's an artifact, destroy it. Draw a card. |
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Gideon Blackblade | ![]() |
Planeswalker | As long as it's your turn, Gideon Blackblade is a 4/4 Human Soldier creature with indestructible that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Gideon Blackblade during your turn. +1: Up to one other target creature you control gains your choice of vigilance, lifelink, or indestructible until end of turn. -6: Exile target nonland permanent. | |
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Callous Dismissal | ![]() |
Sorcery | Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Amass 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. If you don't control one, create a 0/0 black Zombie army creature token first.) |
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Totally Lost | ![]() |
Instant | Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library. | |
Black | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Liliana, Dreadhorde General | ![]() |
Planeswalker | Whenever a creature you control dies, draw a card. +1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. -4: Each player sacrifices two creatures. -9: Each opponent chooses a permanent they control of each permanent type and sacrifices the rest. |
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Demolish | ![]() |
Sorcery | Destroy target artifact or land. |
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Return to Nature | ![]() |
Instant | Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target enchantment. • Exile target card from a graveyard. |
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Storm the Citadel | ![]() |
Sorcery | Until end of turn, creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, destroy target artifact or enchantment defending player controls." | |
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Angrath's Rampage | ![]() |
Sorcery | Choose one — • Target player sacrifices an artifact. • Target player sacrifices a creature. • Target player sacrifices a planeswalker. |
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Despark | ![]() |
Instant | Exile target permanent with converted mana cost 4 or greater. | |
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Role Reversal | ![]() |
Sorcery | Exchange control of two target permanents that share a permanent type. | |
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Teferi, Time Raveler | ![]() |
Planeswalker | Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery. +1: Until your next turn, you may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash. -3: Return up to one target artifact, creature, or enchantment to its owner's hand. Draw a card. | |
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Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God | ![]() |
Planeswalker | Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God has all loyalty abilities of all other planeswalkers on the battlefield. +1: You draw a card. Each opponent exiles a card from their hand or a permanent they control. -3: Destroy target creature or planeswalker. -8: Each opponent who doesn't control a legendary creature or planeswalker loses the game. | |
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Casualties of War | ![]() |
Sorcery | Choose one or more — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target creature. • Destroy target enchantment. • Destroy target land. • Destroy target planeswalker. |
Off-Battlefield Removal
Color | Mana Cost | Card | Rarity | Type | Oracle Text |
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The Wanderer | ![]() |
Planeswalker | Prevent all noncombat damage that would be dealt to you and other permanents you control. -2: Exile target creature with power 4 or greater. |
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Narset's Reversal | ![]() |
Instant | Copy target instant or sorcery spell, then return it to its owner's hand. You may choose new targets for the copy. |
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No Escape | ![]() |
Instant | Counter target creature or planeswalker spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. Scry 1. | |
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Crush Dissent | ![]() |
Instant | Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}. Amass 2. (Put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. If you don't control one, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.) | |
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Toll of the Invasion | ![]() |
Sorcery | Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. Amass 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. If you don't control one, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.) |
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Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage | ![]() |
Planeswalker | At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has one or fewer cards in hand, Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage deals 2 damage to them. -1: Target player discards a card. | |
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Davriel's Shadowfugue | ![]() |
Sorcery | Target player discards two cards and loses 2 life. | |
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Return to Nature | ![]() |
Instant | Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target enchantment. • Exile target card from a graveyard. |
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Dovin's Veto | ![]() |
Instant | This spell can't be countered. Counter target noncreature spell. |
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Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God | ![]() |
Planeswalker | Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God has all loyalty abilities of all other planeswalkers on the battlefield. +1: You draw a card. Each opponent exiles a card from their hand or a permanent they control. -3: Destroy target creature or planeswalker. -8: Each opponent who doesn't control a legendary creature or planeswalker loses the game. | |
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Ashiok, Dream Render | ![]() |
Planeswalker | Spells and abilities your opponents control can't cause their controller to search their library. -1: Target player puts the top four cards of their library into their graveyard. Then exile each opponent's graveyard. |