Cards That Destroy Creatures
Creature removal is essential in every format. These cards destroy creatures — from targeted removal to board wipes that clear the entire battlefield.
166 cards
Afterlife
{2}{W}
Instant
Akoum
Plane — Zendikar
Altar of Shadows
{7}
Artifact
Angrath, Minotaur Pirate
{4}{B}{R}
Legendary Planeswalker — Angrath
Austere Command
{4}{W}{W}
Sorcery
Avatar of Woe
{6}{B}{B}
Creature — Avatar
Bake into a Pie
{2}{B}{B}
Instant
Begin Anew
{G}{G}{W}{W}
Sorcery
Betrayal of Flesh
{5}{B}
Instant
Bitter Downfall
{3}{B}
Instant
Black Hole
{3}{B}
Sorcery
Blind Zealot
{1}{B}{B}
Creature — Phyrexian Human Cleric
Blood on the Snow
{4}{B}{B}
Snow Sorcery
Bone Splinters
{B}
Sorcery
Bring Down
{3}{W}
Sorcery
Casualties of War
{2}{B}{B}{G}{G}
Sorcery
Cavalier of Night
{2}{B}{B}{B}
Creature — Elemental Knight
Certain Death
{5}{B}
Sorcery
Chain Assassination
{2}{B}{B}
Instant
Cinder Cloud
{3}{R}{R}
Instant
Citywide Bust
{1}{W}{W}
Sorcery
Clear a Path
{R}
Sorcery
Come Back Wrong
{2}{B}
Sorcery
Cromat
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
Legendary Creature — Illusion
Crooked Scales
{4}
Artifact
Cruel Cut
{1}{B}
Instant
Crumbling Ashes
{1}{B}
Enchantment
Cut Down
{B}
Instant
Damning Verdict
{3}{W}{W}
Sorcery
Deadly Alliance
{4}{B}
Instant
Deadly Cover-Up
{3}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Deadly Derision
{2}{B}{B}
Instant
Deadly Embrace
{3}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Deadly Visit
{3}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Death Begets Life
{5}{B}{G}{U}
Sorcery
Deface
{R}
Sorcery
Defeat
{1}{B}
Sorcery
Defend the Campus
{3}{W}
Instant
Depopulate
{2}{W}{W}
Sorcery
Devastation
{5}{R}{R}
Sorcery
Dimir Charm
{U}{B}
Instant
Dirge Bat
{2}{B}{B}
Creature — Bat
Disemvowel
{3}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Doomskar
{3}{W}{W}
Sorcery
Downwind Ambusher
{3}{B}
Creature — Skunk Assassin
Dread Cacodemon
{7}{B}{B}{B}
Creature — Demon
Dreadbore
{B}{R}
Sorcery
Drown in the Loch
{U}{B}
Instant
Eater of Hope
{5}{B}{B}
Creature — Demon
Embrace Oblivion
{B}
Sorcery
Ertai Resurrected
{2}{U}{B}
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Human Wizard
Essence Vortex
{1}{U}{B}
Instant
Fatal Blow
{B}
Instant
Fatal Push
{B}
Instant
Fated Retribution
{4}{W}{W}{W}
Instant
Fateful Absence
{1}{W}
Instant
Feed the Cauldron
{2}{B}
Instant
Fell the Mighty
{4}{W}
Sorcery
Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
Instant // Land
Final Act
{4}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Final Showdown
{W}
Instant
Final-Sting Faerie
{3}{B}
Creature — Faerie Assassin
Finishing Blow
{4}{B}
Instant
Fissure
{3}{R}{R}
Instant
Flesh to Dust
{3}{B}{B}
Instant
Force of Despair
{1}{B}{B}
Instant
Forced March
{X}{B}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Fowl Strike
{1}{G}
Instant
Fumarole
{3}{B}{R}
Sorcery
Gallant Strike
{1}{W}
Instant
Gallows at Willow Hill
{3}
Artifact
Garruk, Apex Predator
{5}{B}{G}
Legendary Planeswalker — Garruk
Get Lost
{1}{W}
Instant
Getaway Glamer
{W}
Instant
Gloomlance
{3}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Glyph of Doom
{B}
Instant
Glyph of Reincarnation
{G}
Instant
Grist, the Hunger Tide
{1}{B}{G}
Legendary Planeswalker — Grist
Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
Instant // Land
Hand of Justice
{5}{W}
Creature — Avatar
Heartless Act
{1}{B}
Instant
Hunter of Eyeblights
{3}{B}{B}
Creature — Elf Assassin
I Will Savor Your Agony
Scheme
Jarl of the Forsaken
{3}{B}
Creature — Zombie Cleric
Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet
{5}{B}{B}
Legendary Creature — Vampire Warrior
Kill! Maim! Burn!
{3}{B}{R}
Instant
Kjeldoran Frostbeast
{3}{G}{W}
Creature — Elemental Beast
Lethal Protection
{3}{B}
Sorcery
Lethal Scheme
{2}{B}{B}
Instant
Lethal Sting
{2}{B}
Sorcery
Lethal Throwdown
{B}
Sorcery
Mage Hunters' Onslaught
{2}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Magister of Worth
{4}{W}{B}
Creature — Angel
Make Yourself Useful
Scheme
Mandate of Abaddon
{3}{B}
Sorcery
Merfolk Assassin
{U}{U}
Creature — Merfolk Assassin
Minion of Leshrac
{4}{B}{B}{B}
Creature — Demon Minion
Mob
{4}{B}
Instant
Murderous Rider // Swift End
{1}{B}{B} // {1}{B}{B}
Creature — Zombie Knight // Instant — Adventure
Necrite
{1}{B}{B}
Creature — Thrull
Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver
{5}{U}{B}{R}
Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas
No Witnesses
{2}{W}{W}
Sorcery
Ob Nixilis Reignited
{3}{B}{B}
Legendary Planeswalker — Nixilis
Ogre Gatecrasher
{3}{R}
Creature — Ogre Rogue
Ogre Siegebreaker
{2}{B}{R}
Creature — Ogre Berserker
Oran-Rief Recluse
{2}{G}
Creature — Spider
Orzhov Charm
{W}{B}
Instant
Orzhov Euthanist
{2}{B}
Creature — Human Assassin
Ovinomancer
{2}{U}
Creature — Human Wizard
Phthisis
{3}{B}{B}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Pile On
{3}{B}
Instant
Pistus Strike
{2}{G}
Instant
Plague Wind
{7}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Polymorph
{3}{U}
Sorcery
Pongify
{U}
Instant
Price of Fame
{3}{B}
Instant
Qutrub Forayer
{2}{B}
Creature — Zombie Horror
Rakdos, the Showstopper
{4}{B}{R}
Legendary Creature — Demon
Rally the Monastery
{3}{W}
Instant
Rapid Hybridization
{U}
Instant
Reprisal
{1}{W}
Instant
Retaliate
{2}{W}{W}
Instant
Retribution of the Meek
{2}{W}
Sorcery
Ritual of Soot
{2}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Rooftop Assassin
{3}{B}
Creature — Vampire Assassin
Ruinous Path
{1}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Severed Strands
{1}{B}
Sorcery
Shatter the Sky
{2}{W}{W}
Sorcery
Skirsdag Flayer
{1}{B}
Creature — Human Cleric
Solar Tide
{4}{W}{W}
Sorcery
Soul Rend
{1}{B}
Instant
Spark Harvest
{B}
Sorcery
Spectacular Tactics
{1}{W}
Instant
Spiteful Blow
{4}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Spread the Sickness
{4}{B}
Sorcery
Start // Finish
{2}{W} // {2}{B}
Instant // Sorcery
Stingerfling Spider
{4}{G}
Creature — Spider
Summon: Primal Odin
{4}{B}{B}
Enchantment Creature — Saga Knight
Suncrusher
{9}
Artifact Creature — Construct
Sungold Barrage
{2}{W}
Instant
Sunscour
{5}{W}{W}
Sorcery
Supreme Verdict
{1}{W}{W}{U}
Sorcery
Terror Ballista
{7}
Artifact Creature — Construct
The Death of Gwen Stacy
{2}{B}
Enchantment — Saga
Time Wipe
{2}{W}{W}{U}
Sorcery
Twisted Embrace
{2}{B}{B}
Enchantment — Aura
Ultima Weapon
{7}
Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Unforgiving Overtake
{2}{B}
Sorcery
Unfortunate Accident
{B}
Instant
Unliving Psychopath
{2}{B}{B}
Creature — Zombie Assassin
Urborg Panther
{2}{B}
Creature — Nightstalker Cat
Urn of Godfire
{1}
Artifact
Valiant Endeavor
{4}{W}{W}
Sorcery
Valorous Stance
{1}{W}
Instant
Vanquish the Weak
{2}{B}
Instant
Venomous Breath
{3}{G}
Instant
Villainous Wrath
{3}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Viscerid Drone
{1}{U}
Creature — Homarid Drone
Vivisection Evangelist
{3}{W}{B}
Creature — Phyrexian Cleric
Wall of Corpses
{1}{B}
Creature — Wall
Wave of Terror
{2}{B}
Enchantment
Whiptongue Hydra
{5}{G}
Creature — Lizard Hydra
Would You Have Done the Same?
{B}
Instant
Wrath of God
{2}{W}{W}
Sorcery
Wrath of Leknif
{1}{W}{W}{U}
Sorcery
Wrecking Ball
{2}{B}{R}
Instant