Swords to Plowshares
Mana cost {W}.
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Swords to Plowshares is a white card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Fourth Edition printing.
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Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €4.31 and €5.73 in that time.
How often Swords to Plowshares is played
Swords to Plowshares is maindecked in 37 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (28%), averaging 3.9 copies; kept in 4 sideboards (3%); used by 14 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 52 decks that can cast white cards, 40 of them play it (77%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Swords to Plowshares
- Enchantress (3x)
- Terrageddon (4x)
- Replenish (4x)
- Landstill (4x)
- Oath of Druids: Answers Phyrexian Dreadnought, Exalted Angel face up or face down, and a reanimated Akroma or Phantom Nishoba. Use it carefully, since removing the opponent's last creature switches off your own Oath.
- Deadguy Ale (4x)
- Tron: In every list, four copies: for one mana it exiles any creature, including Phyrexian Dreadnought, an Exalted Angel face up or face down and a reanimated Akroma, Angel of Wrath, though the controller gains life equal to its power. With the lands online it is cheap enough to cast in the same turn as a counter.
- The Solution: Exiles any creature for one mana, though its controller gains life equal to its power. It answers Phyrexian Dreadnought, a face-up Exalted Angel or a reanimated Akroma, and it is cheap enough to cast alongside another spell in the same turn.
- Dromar Control: In all but one list, always four: for {W} it exiles target creature, and its controller gains life equal to its power, so it answers Phyrexian Dreadnought, an opposing Exalted Angel and Akroma. It cannot target Iridescent Angel, which has protection from every color.
- White Weenie: Four copies in almost every list. It exiles the one creature that stops your attack or wins their game: Terravore, Psychatog, Akroma or a Phyrexian Dreadnought.
- BW Control (4x)
- Gro-a-Tog: One mana, exile any creature: Phyrexian Dreadnought, Terravore, Akroma or an opposing Psychatog. In almost every list, four copies.
- Rebels (4x)
Sideboard plans with Swords to Plowshares
- Enchantress vs. Red aggro: Goblins and Sligh.
- Full English Breakfast vs. Stiflenought, Landstill, Psychatog, Tron, The Solution and Dromar Control.
- Full English Breakfast vs. Goblins, Sligh, Elves, UG Madness, Clerics, Zombies, White Weenie, RG Zoo and Gro-a-Tog.
- Full English Breakfast vs. Reanimator and the mirror.
Tournament decks with Swords to Plowshares
- P-Deadguy Ale: 2nd Place at Online Monthly (4× mainboard)
- Deadguy Ale: 2nd Place at Sword Luderia (4× mainboard)
- White Weenie: 8th Place at PMPMPMPM XLI (4× mainboard)
- Fires: 7th Place at Manila Premodern Championships (4× mainboard)
- Enchantress Aggro: 1st Place at Phoenix Games Monthly (4× main + sideboard)
- 5C Good Girls: 1st Place at #2026 Krakow (4× mainboard)
- Rebels: 2nd Place at Premodern Bilbao 2026 (4× mainboard)
- Gro-A-Tog: 1st Place at Eurofest Valencia 2026 (4× mainboard)
- Great Combo: 1st Place at Beijing Holiday #4 (2× sideboard)
- Madness Tribe: 1st Place at Premodern Granducato (4× mainboard)
- Wizards: 8th Place at Adriatic Pile tappa bonus (4× mainboard)
- Rogue: 2nd Place at 2026 Peach Ball (4× mainboard)
- Perros de Avellaneda: 7th Place at Technoliga Valenciana (4× mainboard)
- Oath Spec: 1st Place at Buckeye Brawl II (4× mainboard)
- Rogue: 1st Place at 5#2026 Krakow (4× mainboard)
- Rogue: 1st Place at Secrets Makuhari 2026 (4× mainboard)
- 4c Blessing Control: 5th Place at Midwest Championship Ope (4× mainboard)
- UWB Control: 5th Place at Premodern MTGO Challenge (4× mainboard)
- Mirari's Wake: 1st Place at Road to Mexican Nationals 2027 (4× mainboard)
- Treva Oath Control: 8th Place at Liga Premodern Alicante 2026 (4× mainboard)
- 5C Solution: 2nd Place at Peach Ball @ Giga-Bites (4× mainboard)
- Quiet Tribe: 8th Place at Nacional Premodern - Second Chance (4× mainboard)
- White Weenie: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (4× mainboard)
- RW Goblins: 2nd Place at Fight Club #1 @ Barcelona (3× sideboard)
- Junk Nightmare: 1st Place at Premodern Monthly (4× mainboard)
- The Solution: 1st Place at Polish Premodern Nationals (4× mainboard)
- Deadguy Angels: 1st Place at Lega Premodern La Contea (4× mainboard)
- Bwg Control: 1st Place at LA Open 2026 (4× mainboard)
- Tropical Naught: 2nd Place at Mensual Premodern Valencia (3× sideboard)
- Rector Decree: 3rd Place at Fight Club - Monthly #7 (4× mainboard)
- UW Landstill: 1st Place at New England Summer Regional (4× mainboard)
- Domain Control: 6th Place at Damnation Community Cup (4× mainboard)
- Mono W Tron: 2nd Place at Premodern at the Port (4× mainboard)
- Dromar Control: 1st Place at Monthly Premodern Beagá (4× mainboard)
- Super Wayfarer: 1st Place at Premodern Online Monthly (4× mainboard)
- Dromar Solution: 3rd Place at Side Event Final Pudraiser (4× mainboard)
- BW Control: 5th Place at LWPP Maio/2026 Top8 (4× mainboard)
- UW Control: 1st Place at Moxforge League May 2026 (4× mainboard)
- 5 Color White Weenie: 4th Place at Grand Pre Louisville (4× mainboard)
- The Solution: 2nd Place at Monthly Italiano Maggio (4× mainboard)
Spicy brews with Swords to Plowshares
- Battle of Wits (1×)
- Land Locked (4×)
- 4c Blessing Control (4×)
- Tropical Naught (3×)
- Counter Sliver (4×)
