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Removal refers to cards that can put creatures (or other cards) in the battle zone into other zones (such as the graveyard, hand or shields.)
Details[]
In a narrow sense, it usually refers to putting creatures into the graveyard, but each civilization has varying ways of removing cards from the battle zone.
It also pairs well with Card Discard as an important strategy in Control deck types.
The main classification for removal includes;
- Can choose and remove a high threat creature or cross gear.
- Can remove multiple creatures at once.
Each civilization has different ways of removing cards;
Civilization: | Removal: |
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Light | ■ Shield Feed ■ Tap and Destroy ■ Freeze |
Water | ■ Bounce ■ Deck Feed |
Darkness | ■ Decrease Power ■ Fixed Removal ■ Slayer |
Fire | ■ Can Attack Untapped Creatures ■ Force Battle ■ Power Based Removal ■ Sealing ■ Untap Killer |
Nature | ■ Mana Feed |
However, certain exceptions such as Apocalypse Day exist.
Destruction caused by battles can also be seen as a form removal of creatures.
There are various ways to protect yourself from your opponents removal cards. This includes;
- Discard your opponents hand.
- Reduce the removal by Replacement Effects such as Saver or "Sprout".
- Avoid the removal range by Increase Power and Unchoosable.
- Replay the cards with Salvage, Reanimate or Mana Recovery.
- Prevent the cards being played (such as spells with Codeking Number Nine).
- Fill the battle zone with too many creatures to remove.
Many removal cards such as Terror Pit and Aqua Surfer have their specific card type mentioned (i.e. Creature). There is however Card Based Removal that can choose to remove cards such as Lance of Tonginus.
As only one D2 Field can be in the battle zone at the same zone, playing one of your own can be a form of removal card against your opponent's D2 Field.
Importance of Removal[]
- There are a lot of powerful and versatile Removal cards that are extremely powerful and can remove just about any creature. Therefore, a Quasi-Vanilla creature with high power and a "Breaker" ability as it's only ability is not a threat as it would be easily removed after a turn of doing nothing due to summoning sickness. To prove themselves effectively in a competitive metagame, a creature must have some game changing effect.
- Some smaller and lower-costing creatures such as Magnum, Allshot Puppet, Petrova, Channeler of Suns and Hibiki, Explosive Mirror pose enough threat to make one lose the game and they will not attack often in order to prevent themselves from getting destroyed by another attack or a block. Therefore, Power-Based Removal, Cost-Based Removal, Decreasing power and the ability to Attack Untapped Creatures becomes very important against these creatures without wasting major forms of removal.
- Some creatures such as Skull Moon, the Enlightened and Terradragon Diruga Vejida can be difficult to destroy normally due to their destruction Replacement Effects. Therefore, indirect removal such as Bounce and Shield Feed becomes extremely important against these creatures.
Removal Categories[]
- Blocker Based Removal
- Bounce
- Can Attack Untapped Creatures
- Card Removal
- Choice Removal
- Cost Based Removal
- Cross Gear Removal
- Deck Feed
- Decrease Power
- Fixed Removal
- Force Attack
- Force Battle
- Mana Feed
- Mass Removal
- Power Based Removal
- Puts Seals
- Self Removal
- Shield Feed
- Slayer
- Tapped Removal
- Untapped Removal
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Effects
Oneshot Effect ● Continuous Effect ● Replacement Effect
Destruction Replacement effect ● Sprout
Abilities
Static Ability ● Trigger Ability ● Activated Ability ● Spell Ability
List of Static Abilities
Triggers
When you put / Come Into Play
Attack Trigger ● Put Into Graveyard ● Leave Trigger
List of Trigger Conditions
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Reset ● Resistance ● Reverse Fury Charge ● Reverse Slayer ● Shield Addition
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Suicide ● Skip the rest of the turn ● Trample
Unattackable ● Unblockable ● Unchoosable
Vigilance ● Win All Battles ● 3D Dragsolution
Cards that can be put into the Battle Zone at the start of the game
Recovery (Salvage)
Graveyard Recovery ● Mana Recovery ● Shield Recovery
For No Cost
Madness ● Reanimate ● Recruit ● Shield Trigger creature
Removal
Blocker Based Removal ● Bounce ● Can Attack Untapped Creatures
Card Based Removal ● Decrease Power ● Fixed Removal ● Force Battle ● Mass Removal
Power Based Removal ● Reset ● Sealing ● Self Removal ● Tap In ● Tap and Destroy
Deck Feed ● Graveyard Feed ● Mana Feed ● Shield Feed
Advantage (Merit)
Disadvantage ● Board Advantage ● Field Advantage
Hand Advantage ● Information Advantage ● Mana Advantage
Tempo Advantage ● Time Advantage ● Suppression
Demerits
Can't Attack ● Can't Block
Attack if Able ● Block if Able
Alternate Loss Condition
Characteristic support
Cost 1 ● Cost 3 ● Cost 7 or less ● Cost 9 ● Cost 10
Power 6000 or more ● Power 12000 or more
Blocker ● Last 3 Digits
Activation Cost ● Additional Cost ● Attacking Creature
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Rock-Paper-Scissors ● Stop ● System Creature ● The Over Eggplant-cross
Touch ● Trivia card ● Twinpactification ● Vanilla