Removal for Commander
Single-target answers: destroy, exile, or bounce whatever is about to kill you. Exile is at a premium in Commander, where regeneration and recursion are everywhere.
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| Card | Cost | Type | What it does | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swords to Plowshares | {W} | Instant | Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power. | — |
| 2 | Path to Exile | {W} | Instant | Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. | — |
| 3 | Beast Within | {2}{G} | Instant | Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token. | $0.62 |
| 4 | Chaos Warp | {2}{R} | Instant | The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield. | — |
| 5 | Generous Gift | {2}{W} | Instant | Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token. | $0.74 |
| 6 | Boseiju, Who Endures | Legendary Land | {T}: Add {G}. Channel — {1}{G}, Discard this card: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, the… | $48.70 | |
| 7 | Feed the Swarm | {1}{B} | Sorcery | Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value. | $0.22 |
| 8 | Vandalblast | {R} | Sorcery | Destroy target artifact you don't control. Overload {4}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.") | $1.38 |
| 9 | Deadly Rollick | {3}{B} | Instant | If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Exile target creature. | $29.44 |
| 10 | Assassin's Trophy | {B}{G} | 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. | $1.22 |
| 11 | Abrade | {1}{R} | Instant | Choose one — • Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature. • Destroy target artifact. | $0.31 |
| 12 | Pongify | {U} | Instant | Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Ape creature token. | $2.76 |
| 13 | Anguished Unmaking | {1}{W}{B} | Instant | Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life. | $1.59 |
| 14 | Austere Command | {4}{W}{W} | Sorcery | Choose two — • Destroy all artifacts. • Destroy all enchantments. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 3 or less. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 4 or greater. | $0.32 |
| 15 | Farewell | {4}{W}{W} | Sorcery | Choose one or more — • Exile all artifacts. • Exile all creatures. • Exile all enchantments. • Exile all graveyards. | $6.15 |
| 16 | Fell the Profane // Fell Mire | {2}{B}{B} | Instant // Land | Fell the Profane: Destroy target creature or planeswalker. // Fell Mire: As this land enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. | $5.05 |
| 17 | Stroke of Midnight | {2}{W} | Instant | Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token. | — |
| 18 | Rapid Hybridization | {U} | Instant | Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller creates a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token. | $0.81 |
| 19 | Terminate | {B}{R} | Instant | Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. | $0.34 |
| 20 | Infernal Grasp | {1}{B} | Instant | Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life. | $0.36 |
| 21 | Withering Torment | {2}{B} | Instant | Destroy target creature or enchantment. You lose 2 life. | $1.45 |
| 22 | Reality Shift | {1}{U} | Instant | Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time f… | $0.33 |
| 23 | Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow | {3}{W} | Creature — Human Warlock // Land | Witch Enchanter: When this creature enters, destroy target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls. // Witch-Blessed Meadow: As this land enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}. | $5.89 |
| 24 | Rakdos Charm | {B}{R} | Instant | Choose one — • Exile target player's graveyard. • Destroy target artifact. • Each creature deals 1 damage to its controller. | $0.38 |
| 25 | Reclamation Sage | {2}{G} | Creature — Elf Shaman | When this creature enters, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment. | $0.30 |
| 26 | Putrefy | {1}{B}{G} | Instant | Destroy target artifact or creature. It can't be regenerated. | $0.29 |
| 27 | Damn | {B}{B} | Sorcery | Destroy target creature. A creature destroyed this way can't be regenerated. Overload {2}{W}{W} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.") | $1.99 |
| 28 | Go for the Throat | {1}{B} | Instant | Destroy target nonartifact creature. | $0.62 |
| 29 | Nature's Claim | {G} | Instant | Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller gains 4 life. | $1.61 |
| 30 | Damnation | {2}{B}{B} | Sorcery | Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated. | $21.06 |
30 of 5750 cards the search scored for "removal spells for commander". Ordered by how much each card is played, among the cards that matched. Prices and legality come from Scryfall; the list was last refreshed on 2026-09-23.
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