Guilds of Ravnica Removal List

This is a list of all the removal in Guilds of Ravnica, 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	Notes
Colorless		Chamber Sentry		Artifact Creature	Chamber Sentry enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it. {X}, {T}, Remove X +1/+1 counters from Chamber Sentry: It deals X damage to any target. {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}: Return Chamber Sentry from your graveyard to your hand.	0/0
		Silent Dart		Artifact	{4}, {T}, Sacrifice Silent Dart: It deals 3 damage to target creature.
White		Righteous Blow		Instant	Righteous Blow deals 2 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
		Demotion		Enchantment	Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.
		Bounty Agent		Creature	Vigilance {T}, Sacrifice Bounty Agent: Destroy target legendary permanent that's an artifact, creature, or enchantment.	2/2
		Response // Resurgence		Instant	Response deals 5 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
		Luminous Bonds		Enchantment	Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
		Citywide Bust		Sorcery	Destroy all creatures with toughness 4 or greater.
		Collar the Culprit		Instant	Destroy target creature with toughness 4 or greater.
		Conclave Tribunal		Enchantment	Convoke When Conclave Tribunal enters the battlefield, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Conclave Tribunal leaves the battlefield.
Blue		Capture Sphere		Enchantment	Flash Enchant creature When Capture Sphere enters the battlefield, tap enchanted creature. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
		Connive // Concoct		Sorcery	Gain control of target creature with power 2 or less.
Black		Dead Weight		Enchantment	Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -2/-2.
		Necrotic Wound		Instant	Undergrowth — Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
		Severed Strands		Sorcery	As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness. Destroy target creature an opponent controls.
		Mephitic Vapors		Sorcery	All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn. Surveil 2.
		Plaguecrafter		Creature	When Plaguecrafter enters the battlefield, each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker. Each player who can't discards a card.	3/2
		Price of Fame		Instant	This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a legendary creature. Destroy target creature. Surveil 2.
		Ritual of Soot		Sorcery	Destroy all creatures with converted mana cost 3 or less.
		Connive // Concoct		Sorcery	Gain control of target creature with power 2 or less.
		Deadly Visit		Sorcery	Destroy target creature. Surveil 2.
Red		Goblin Cratermaker		Creature	{1}, Sacrifice Goblin Cratermaker: Choose one — • Goblin Cratermaker deals 2 damage to target creature. • Destroy target colorless nonland permanent.	2/2
		Lava Coil		Sorcery	Lava Coil deals 4 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
		Response // Resurgence		Instant	Response deals 5 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
		Direct Current		Sorcery	Direct Current deals 2 damage to any target. Jump-start
		Cosmotronic Wave		Sorcery	Cosmotronic Wave deals 1 damage to each creature your opponents control. Creatures your opponents control can't block this turn.
		Command the Storm		Instant	Command the Storm deals 5 damage to target creature.
		Hellkite Whelp		Creature	Flying Whenever Hellkite Whelp attacks, it deals 1 damage to target creature defending player controls.	3/3
		Inescapable Blaze		Instant	This spell can't be countered. Inescapable Blaze deals 6 damage to any target.
Green		Prey Upon		Sorcery	Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control.
		Kraul Harpooner		Creature	Reach Undergrowth — When Kraul Harpooner enters the battlefield, choose up to one target creature with flying you don't control. Kraul Harpooner gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard, then you may have Kraul Harpooner fight that creature.	3/2
		Crushing Canopy		Instant	Choose one — • Destroy target creature with flying. • Destroy target enchantment.
		Affectionate Indrik		Creature	When Affectionate Indrik enters the battlefield, you may have it fight target creature you don't control.	4/4
Multi-Color		Justice Strike		Instant	Target creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.
		Assassin's Trophy		Instant	Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle their library.
		Firemind's Research		Enchantment	Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, put a charge counter on Firemind's Research. {1}{U}, Remove two charge counters from Firemind's Research: Draw a card. {1}{R}, Remove five charge counters from Firemind's Research: It deals 5 damage to any target.
		Beacon Bolt		Sorcery	Beacon Bolt deals damage to target creature equal to the total number of instant and sorcery cards you own in exile and in your graveyard. Jump-start
		Deafening Clarion		Sorcery	Choose one or both — • Deafening Clarion deals 3 damage to each creature. • Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.
		Artful Takedown		Instant	Choose one or both — • Tap target creature. • Target creature gets -2/-4 until end of turn.
		Undercity Uprising		Sorcery	Creatures you control gain deathtouch until end of turn. Then target creature you control fights target creature you don't control.
		Status // Statue		Instant	Destroy target artifact, creature, or enchantment.
		Etrata, the Silencer		Creature	Etrata, the Silencer can't be blocked. Whenever Etrata deals combat damage to a player, exile target creature that player controls and put a hit counter on that card. That player loses the game if they own three or more exiled cards with hit counters on them. Etrata's owner shuffles Etrata into their library.	3/5
		Vraska, Golgari Queen		Planeswalker	+2: You may sacrifice another permanent. If you do, you gain 1 life and draw a card. −3: Destroy target nonland permanent with converted mana cost 3 or less. −9: You get an emblem with "Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game."
		Integrity // Intervention		Instant	Intervention deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
		Expansion // Explosion		Instant	Explosion deals X damage to any target. Target player draws X cards.
		Hypothesizzle		Instant	Draw two cards. Then you may discard a nonland card. When you do, Hypothesizzle deals 4 damage to target creature.
		Ral, Izzet Viceroy		Planeswalker	+1: Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard. −3: Ral, Izzet Viceroy deals damage to target creature equal to the total number of instant and sorcery cards you own in exile and in your graveyard. −8: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this emblem deals 4 damage to any target and you draw two cards."
		Swathcutter Giant		Creature	Vigilance Whenever Swathcutter Giant attacks, it deals 1 damage to each creature defending player controls.	5/5
		Niv-Mizzet, Parun		Creature	This spell can't be countered. Flying Whenever you draw a card, Niv-Mizzet, Parun deals 1 damage to any target. Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, you draw a card.	5/5

Temporary Creature Removal

Color	Mana Cost	Card	Rarity	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
White		Intrusive Packbeast		Creature	Vigilance When Intrusive Packbeast enters the battlefield, tap up to two target creatures your opponents control.	3/3
Blue		Selective Snare		Sorcery	Return X target creatures of the creature type of your choice to their owner's hand.
		Unexplained Disappearance		Instant	Return target creature to its owner's hand. Surveil 1.
		Dream Eater		Creature	Flash Flying When Dream Eater enters the battlefield, surveil 4. When you do, you may return target nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand.	4/3
Red		Smelt-Ward Minotaur		Creature	Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, target creature an opponent controls can't block this turn.	2/3
		Cosmotronic Wave		Sorcery	Cosmotronic Wave deals 1 damage to each creature your opponents control. Creatures your opponents control can't block this turn.
Multi-Color		House Guildmage		Creature	{1}{U}, {T}: Target creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. {2}{B}, {T}: Surveil 2.	2/2
		Legion Guildmage		Creature	{5}{R}, {T}: Legion Guildmage deals 3 damage to each opponent. {2}{W}, {T}: Tap another target creature.	2/2
		Sonic Assault		Instant	Tap target creature. Sonic Assault deals 2 damage to that creature's controller. Jump-start
		Ochran Assassin		Creature	Deathtouch All creatures able to block Ochran Assassin do so.	1/1
		Artful Takedown		Instant	Choose one or both — • Tap target creature. • Target creature gets -2/-4 until end of turn.
		Discovery // Dispersal		Instant	Each opponent returns a nonland permanent they control with the highest converted mana cost among permanents they control to its owner's hand, then discards a card.

Artifact, Enchantment, and Land Removal

Color	Mana Cost	Card	Rarity	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
White		Bounty Agent		Creature	Vigilance {T}, Sacrifice Bounty Agent: Destroy target legendary permanent that's an artifact, creature, or enchantment.	2/2
		Conclave Tribunal		Enchantment	Convoke When Conclave Tribunal enters the battlefield, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Conclave Tribunal leaves the battlefield.
		Crush Contraband		Instant	Choose one or both — • Exile target artifact. • Exile target enchantment.
Blue		Dream Eater		Creature	Flash Flying When Dream Eater enters the battlefield, surveil 4. When you do, you may return target nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand.	4/3
Red		Goblin Cratermaker		Creature	{1}, Sacrifice Goblin Cratermaker: Choose one — • Goblin Cratermaker deals 2 damage to target creature. • Destroy target colorless nonland permanent.	2/2
Green		Crushing Canopy		Instant	Choose one — • Destroy target creature with flying. • Destroy target enchantment.
		Sprouting Renewal		Sorcery	Convoke Choose one — • Create a 2/2 green and white Elf Knight creature token with vigilance. • Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Multi-Color		Assassin's Trophy		Instant	Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle their library.
		Knight of Autumn		Creature	When Knight of Autumn enters the battlefield, choose one — • Put two +1/+1 counters on Knight of Autumn. • Destroy target artifact or enchantment. • You gain 4 life.	2/1
		Vraska, Golgari Queen		Planeswalker	+2: You may sacrifice another permanent. If you do, you gain 1 life and draw a card. −3: Destroy target nonland permanent with converted mana cost 3 or less. −9: You get an emblem with "Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game."
		Status // Statue		Instant	Destroy target artifact, creature, or enchantment.
		Discovery // Dispersal		Instant	Each opponent returns a nonland permanent they control with the highest converted mana cost among permanents they control to its owner's hand, then discards a card.

Off-Battlefield Removal

Color	Mana Cost	Card	Rarity	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
Blue		Disdainful Stroke		Instant	Counter target spell with converted mana cost 4 or greater.
		Sinister Sabotage		Instant	Counter target spell. Surveil 1.
		Devious Cover-Up		Instant	Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. You may shuffle up to four target cards from your graveyard into your library.
Black		Vicious Rumors		Sorcery	Vicious Rumors deals 1 damage to each opponent. Each opponent discards a card, then puts the top card of their library into their graveyard. You gain 1 life.
		Pilfering Imp		Creature	Flying {1}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice Pilfering Imp: Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.	1/1
		Burglar Rat		Creature	When Burglar Rat enters the battlefield, each opponent discards a card.	1/1
		Never Happened		Sorcery	Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from that player's graveyard or hand and exile it.
		Blood Operative		Creature	Lifelink When Blood Operative enters the battlefield, you may exile target card from a graveyard. Whenever you surveil, if Blood Operative is in your graveyard, you may pay 3 life. If you do, return Blood Operative to your hand.	3/1
Multi-Color		Thought Erasure		Sorcery	Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. Surveil 1.
		Disinformation Campaign		Enchantment	When Disinformation Campaign enters the battlefield, you draw a card and each opponent discards a card. Whenever you surveil, return Disinformation Campaign to its owner's hand.
		Ionize		Instant	Counter target spell. Ionize deals 2 damage to that spell's controller.
		Unmoored Ego		Sorcery	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 their library, then draws a card for each card exiled from their hand this way.
		Mnemonic Betrayal		Sorcery	Exile all cards from all opponents' graveyards. You may cast those cards this turn, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to cast those spells. At the beginning of the next end step, if any of those cards remain exiled, return them to their owners' graveyards. Exile Mnemonic Betrayal.
		Discovery // Dispersal		Instant	Each opponent returns a nonland permanent they control with the highest converted mana cost among permanents they control to its owner's hand, then discards a card.