Removal Spells
How to deal with what your opponent plays — damage, destruction, and exile.
Removal is any card that gets rid of a threat. Efficient, flexible removal is the backbone of most competitive decks.
Flavors of removal
- Damage / burn
- Deal damage to creatures or players, e.g. Shock and Lightning Bolt.
- Destruction
- “Destroy target…” sends a permanent to the graveyard.
- Exile
- Removes a card from the game entirely, dodging death triggers and recursion.
- Bounce & tuck
- Return a permanent to hand or library — temporary, but unconditional.
- Counters
- Stop a spell before it ever resolves.
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