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EDH Removal Master List

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WORK IN PROGRESS - Feel free to recommend cards I missed! I know they're out there...

UNDER CONSTRUCTION! Many categories are being reworked/reorganized. Overhaul in the works.

Here is a list of what I consider EDH-worthy removal. I am combining both staples and oft-overlooked budget replacements. There may be a lot of below-average choices but I want to include at least the best of the chaff for budget or mono-colored decks that want a lot of removal. I'll exclude the real stinkers though.

We pretty much all know what the great removal cards are ( Swords to Plowshares , Damnation , Beast Within , Blasphemous Act , etc). This is not a list of staples and stand-outs. This is supposed to be a repository of nearly all the removal spells, should one be hunting for options.

There are going to be lots of categories and there will be some overlap but I'll try to keep it as streamlined and uncluttered as I can, which is a tall task. Use the list or don't.

Red direct-damage spells are great and reliable removal in 60-card decks but the nature of EDH means noticeably fewer creatures die to things like Lightning Bolt , Mogg Fanatic , and Shock . I likely won't include many of these, but I'll include the better and/or more interesting ones and the ones with -casting costs. I'll also include some that are on modular cards, but typically for the other options on the card.

I don't believe I will include pingers and/or deathtouchers, or effects like Walking Ballista or Goblin Bombardment . I also won't include tappers (with the exception of permanent tappers). Finally, I won't include conditional damagers, that aren't ETB effects, like Tyrant's Familiar , but I will include particularly good conditional destroyers like Trygon Predator --ETBs only, for the most part. Won't include Annihilator creatures. All can be removal, but I think it might be a bit much for the list. We'll see.

I won't be including Threaten effects, even though they can be removal with proper combat set-ups or sacrifice outlets.

I am listing as many promo versions of cards just for fun.

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