What Should Removal in Green Look Like?

Inspired by Metaghost's GDS2 essay on moving pacifism-like Auras to green, I explored removal that could feel Green and not break the color pie.

Here's what I think about green removal Auras:

Auras like Lignify or Utopia Vow don't feel so off to me and I agree with Metaghost that Auras are better for green than spells like Bee Sting. While green shouldn't get straight-up removal, green should be given tools to fight evasion and activated abilities of creatures. I think Green is a color that wants to take trickery out of the equation and reduce things to a contest of power and size.

I'm still on the fence of the acceptability of Arachnus Web, a new green pacifism in M12, despite its very cool story-evoking design.

Arachnus Web 2G
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.
At the beginning of the end step, if enchanted creature's power is 4 or greater, destroy Arachnus Web.

The part that makes sense to me is that it only works on small targets, so it's very likely to be used on evasive creatures or creatures with activated abilities, which green should be given tools to cope with.

It's also similar to the case of Ice Cage, where you get creature removal in a color that shouldn't, but it's fragile and risky. Players could board in power-boosting Auras to combat the Web.

What I don't like is that it can be used to remove blockers. When mono-green aggro players can potentially go "Remove your blocker, attack. Remove your blocker, attack," it just doesn't feel mono-green. That's what Giant Growths and trample are for. I guess the same could be said for Utopia Vow, and while I can't fully verbalize why Utopia Vow feels ok to me, at least it feels like converting the opposing creature's usage rather than virtually removing it from the board.

So, with that in mind, here are some types of Aura-based removal that I think could be a staples in green.

Hunt Cards:
These cards allow your creatures to hunt down the enemy's creatures. There are various rewards for the hunt, making it feel like some kind of quest. In that sense, they're story-telling cards.

This would allow your fatties to take out little birds, as well as tappers or pingers.

While there are one-shot sorceries that force blocking, I think putting it in Aura form would be better since your opponent can't waste your spell by killing your attacker in response. That goes a long way towards playability.

This is a variant that allows small creatures to join forces and take down a bomby Dragon or Demon, although there's no guarantee that those creatures will survive themselves.

This one forces a block even when the opponent's creature is tapped. It's somewhat funky to bend the blocking rules, but it was annoying when the provoke mechanic didn't work against creatures with tapping abilities because they could tap to avoid blocking.

By the way, I think it would be cool to have a higher rarity version with bigger bonuses:

Web Cards

These are an extension of the hunting cards above, but incapacitates the enchanted creature in some way.

This is where it starts to get like Pacifism, except that instead of preventing blocking, it forces blocking. Maybe I should stop there but if I add in the "hunt reward," it becomes:

The bonus could be any of the bonuses that appeared on the hunt cards above such as life gain, +1/+1 counters, or something else. But maybe it is too busy for a common, since the above card actually does 3 things.

This one doesn't prevent attacking, but it shuts off evasion abilities like flying. If it was a small evasive creature, it will die if it tries to attack. 

I hope the wording works, but it may cause confusion with attribute-setting text like Lhurgoyf or Maro. That kind of text don't get negated when the creature loses all abilities, but most players don't know that.

I also made a version with "Enchanted creature loses flying and activated abilities and must block if able. When enchanted creature dies, BONUS." But the text might look too busy. Also, it won't stop other evasive abilities that may be in the set, including intimidate and unblockability.

Token Punishment Cards

This could be put on an opponent's evasive creature or creature with a tap ability to dissuade that opponent from using the creature. If it enchants an opponent's non-trampling fatty, it produces a chump blocker for it every time it attacks, negating its offensive capability. I think it's a very green way of fighting creatures.

I like how you could play it on your own creature too, depending on the situation.

If the flying bee feels too much like a color bleed, it could be a non-flying token.

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Finally, I like cards like Irresistible Prey and Feral Contest. These are great designs, but I often found it difficult to find space for them in my limited decks. The trouble is that they can be wasted by the opponent's removal spells in response. Also, they suffer from being situational. With removal spells, if you draw removal spells and no creatures, you are fine. But if you draw a hand with block-forcing and no relevant early creatures, you are screwed.

I hope there can be cards like this:

Repeat-use lure creatures can be too strong at times. I think a 1-on-1 forced block effect as an enters-the-battlefield effect would be just right.

I hope you enjoyed this, and please tell me what you think is most doable.