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Thunder StrikeInstantTarget creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) Lightning reflexes, thunderous might. |
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Back to NatureInstantDestroy all enchantments. "Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same." |
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TwincastInstantCopy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. Imitation is the most dangerous form of flattery. |
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Ignite DisorderInstantIgnite Disorder deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three target white and/or blue creatures. The shaman prowled the academy halls, shaking his head at the pomp and babble of the sages inside. He knew just the spell to liven the place up. |
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RegenerateInstantRegenerate target creature. (The next time that creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat.) "This wound shall be like the chills of winter: swiftly forgotten when spring shoots rise." |
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View from AboveInstantTarget creature gains flying until end of turn. If you control a white permanent, return View from Above to its owner's hand. "This air feels so heavy and thick. There are no winds to speak of. I fear the knowledge that comes from a place like this." |
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Worldly CounselInstantDomain - Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. Every horizon hides a new possibility. |
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Molten FrameInstantDestroy target artifact creature. The metal filigree in his body glowed red-hot, and his flesh soon followed. |
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CountersquallInstantCounter target noncreature spell. Its controller loses 2 life. Each of the twenty-three winds of Esper is named and chronicled, and every possible interaction with the flow of magic is exhaustively detailed. |
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Vision SkeinsInstantEach player draws two cards. "I could see in the other mage's eyes that he'd thought of it too. Then it became a race to exploit the knowledge first." |
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Whirlpool WhelmInstantClash with an opponent, then return target creature to its owner's hand. If you win, you may put that creature on top of its owner's library instead. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of his or her library, then puts that card on the top or bottom. A player wins if his or her card had a higher converted mana cost.)
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Lash OutInstantLash Out deals 3 damage to target creature. Clash with an opponent. If you win, Lash Out deals 3 damage to that creature's controller. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of his or her library, then puts that card on the top or bottom. A player wins if his or her card had a higher converted mana cost.)
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Tribute to the WildInstantEach opponent sacrifices an artifact or enchantment. "You may enter, but leave those lifeless things of your world behind." |
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Fire (Fire/Ice)InstantFire deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two target creatures and/or players.
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Pit FightInstantTarget creature you control fights another target creature. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) "All the coins in Ravnica can't save his soul now."
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Gruul CharmInstantChoose one - Creatures without flying can't block this turn; or gain control of all permanents you own; or Gruul Charm deals 3 damage to each creature with flying. "Not Gruul? Then die!"
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Executioner's SwingInstantTarget creature that dealt damage this turn gets -5/-5 until end of turn. "The contract specified an appendage for a missed payment. Read the fine print: the head is an appendage." |
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Dimir CharmInstantChoose one - Counter target sorcery spell; or destroy target creature with power 2 or less; or look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put one back and the rest into that player's graveyard. "Dangerous to recognize. Deadly not to."
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Aerial ManeuverInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 and gains flying and first strike until end of turn. "When you put all of yourself into an attack, without fear or hesitation, in that instant you may attain greatness."
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SkullcrackInstantPlayers can't gain life this turn. Damage can't be prevented this turn. Skullcrack deals 3 damage to target player. The lawmage's argument was clever and well reasoned, but Blunk's response proved irrefutable. |
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Spell RuptureInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays "Like water, mana will drain from an inferior vessel."
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HydroformInstantTarget land becomes a 3/3 Elemental creature with flying until end of turn. It's still a land. "While the sea may be our home, the sky is our destiny."
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Wildwood RebirthInstantReturn target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. In Ravnica, there are maladies far more difficult to treat than death. |
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Aurelia's FuryInstantAurelia's Fury deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or players. Tap each creature dealt damage this way. Players dealt damage this way can't cast noncreature spells this turn.
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Orzhov CharmInstantChoose one - Return target creature you control and all Auras you control attached to it to their owner's hand; or destroy target creature and you lose life equal to its toughness; or return target creature card with converted mana cost 1 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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Tower DefenseInstantCreatures you control get +0/+5 and gain reach until end of turn. "The drakes are practice. We may one day need to bring down a sky swallower, or maybe even Rakdos himself."
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Signal the ClansInstantSearch your library for three creature cards and reveal them. If you reveal three cards with different names, choose one of them at random and put that card into your hand. Shuffle the rest into your library. Gruul clanfolk obey few rules, but all feel bound to answer the call of the horn. |
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Devour FleshInstantTarget player sacrifices a creature, then gains life equal to that creature's toughness. His twisted mind concluded that if he was what he ate, and he wanted to stay human, . . . |
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Biomass MutationInstantCreatures you control become X/X until end of turn. "A regression to ancient forms? A glimpse of future evolutions? Or a fleeting alteration of the present?"
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Shattering BlowInstantExile target artifact. "Aurelia seems too eager to solve her problems by delivering them to oblivion."
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Martial GloryInstantTarget creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn. "Yes, Boros tactics are unparalleled. But when your comrades are dying around you, inner strength must carry the day."
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Boros CharmInstantChoose one - Boros Charm deals 4 damage to target player; or permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn; or target creature gains double strike until end of turn. "Practice compassion and mercy. But know when they must end."
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Simic CharmInstantChoose one - Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn; or permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn; or return target creature to its owner's hand. "We measure our progress in heartbeats."
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Renounce the GuildsInstantEach player sacrifices a multicolored permanent. "Scores will die in the name of peace. That is what you call compromise?" |
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Warped PhysiqueInstantTarget creature gets +X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand. The Gruul seek unbounded strength. The Dimir deliver cruel irony. |
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Far (Far/Away)InstantReturn target creature to its owner's hand.
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Profit (Profit/Loss)InstantCreatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
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Wear (Wear/Tear)InstantDestroy target artifact.
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Otherworldly JourneyInstant - ArcaneExile target creature. At the beginning of the next end step, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it. "The landscape shimmered and I felt a chill breeze. When my vision cleared, I found myself alone among the corpses of my fallen friends." |
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Test of FaithInstantPrevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn, and put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each 1 damage prevented this way. Those who survive the test bear a mark of power anyone can recognize. |
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Dampen ThoughtInstant - ArcaneTarget player puts the top four cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
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Echoing TruthInstantReturn target nonland permanent and all other permanents with the same name as that permanent to their owners' hands. A single lie unleashes a tide of disbelief. |
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Logic KnotInstantDelve (You may exile any number of cards from your graveyard as you cast this spell. It costs
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Peer Through DepthsInstant - ArcaneLook at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal an instant or sorcery card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
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Death DeniedInstant - ArcaneReturn X target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. Takenuma was filled with a chorus of moans, shrieks, and wails. Some came from the living, some from the dying, and some, most horribly, from the dead. |
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Desperate RitualInstant - ArcaneAdd
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Fury CharmInstantChoose one - Destroy target artifact; or target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn; or remove two time counters from target permanent or suspended card.
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Glacial RayInstant - ArcaneGlacial Ray deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
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Shrapnel BlastInstantAs an additional cost to cast Shrapnel Blast, sacrifice an artifact.
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Sudden ShockInstantSplit second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Arc mages aren't known for their patience. |
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Echoing CourageInstantTarget creature and all other creatures with the same name as that creature get +2/+2 until end of turn. A single seed unleashes a flurry of growth. |
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Lightning HelixInstantLightning Helix deals 3 damage to target creature or player and you gain 3 life. Though less well-known than its army of soldiers, the Boros Legion's mage-priests are as respected by the innocent as they are hated by the ghosts of the guilty. |
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ManamorphoseInstantAdd two mana in any combination of colors to your mana pool. For a moment, objects of pure mana glimmered in the wonderstruck boggart's hands. In the next moment, they were in his mouth, as he chewed contentedly. |
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Celestial FlareInstantTarget player sacrifices an attacking or blocking creature. "You were defeated the moment you declared your aggression."-Gideon Jura |
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ImpulseInstantLook at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. "Controlling time ensures you need never look impulsive again." |
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Battlewise ValorInstantTarget creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.) It's never good to walk into an ambush, but with the right spell you might walk out again. |
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Last BreathInstantExile target creature with power 2 or less. Its controller gains 4 life. "Tsk. You'd think those nasty merrows would know how to hold their breath." |
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GainsayInstantCounter target blue spell. "I'd be happy to stop contradicting you, Urza, just as soon as you start being right." |
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Stymied HopesInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays When a god's will is against you, the day never ends well. |
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Voyage's EndInstantReturn target creature to its owner's hand. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.) Philosophers say those lost at sea ascended to a more perfect realm. Sailors say they drowned. |
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Pharika's CureInstantPharika's Cure deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life. "The venom cleanses the sickness from your body, but it will not be pleasant, and you may not survive. Pharika's blessings are fickle." |
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Lightning StrikeInstantLightning Strike deals 3 damage to target creature or player. "The hand of Keranos can be seen in every rumbling storm cloud. Best not to stand where he points." |
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Magma JetInstantMagma Jet deals 2 damage to target creature or player. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)
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Defend the HearthInstantPrevent all combat damage that would be dealt to players this turn. The defenders said not a word. Their shields, spears, and stances were warning enough. |
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Destructive RevelryInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment. Destructive Revelry deals 2 damage to that permanent's controller. "Stoke a fire hot enough and you'll never run out of things to burn." |
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Unexpectedly AbsentInstantPut target nonland permanent into its owner's library just beneath the top X cards of that library. Once you've been dragged down the currents of time, you'll never quite trust your own permanence again. |
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Arcane DenialInstantCounter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
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StarstormInstantStarstorm deals X damage to each creature. Pardic barbarians didn't complain when the Order started blaming every crisis on the Cabal. |
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Lim-Dûl's VaultInstantLook at the top five cards of your library. As many times as you choose, you may pay 1 life, put those cards on the bottom of your library in any order, then look at the top five cards of your library. Then shuffle your library and put the last cards you looked at this way on top of it in any order.
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Acolyte's RewardInstantPrevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn, where X is your devotion to white. If damage is prevented this way, Acolyte's Reward deals that much damage to target creature or player. (Each
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Hold at BayInstantPrevent the next 7 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. It was Daeron's bravery that brought him to Odunos. But it was the magic of Meletis that brought him home. |
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CrypsisInstantTarget creature you control gains protection from creatures your opponents control until end of turn. Untap it. Tritons borrow the camouflage of their oceanic prey to become predators on land. |
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NullifyInstantCounter target creature or Aura spell. "Those who incur Thassa's anger will be swallowed whole by her waves, or torn asunder by her bident." |
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Thassa's RebuffInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays To resist Thassa is to deny the rising tide. |
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Bile BlightInstantTarget creature and all other creatures with the same name as that creature get -3/-3 until end of turn. Not an arrow loosed, javelin thrown, nor sword raised. None were needed. |
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Fall of the HammerInstantTarget creature you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature. It is unwise to insult the god of the forge. It is also unwise to stand near anyone else who has insulted him. |
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Rise to the ChallengeInstantTarget creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. Plidius wagered that Arissa couldn't kill a chimera with her javelins alone. She proved him wrong in a way everyone could see for days to come. |
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Searing BloodInstantSearing Blood deals 2 damage to target creature. When that creature dies this turn, Searing Blood deals 3 damage to the creature's controller. Purphoros's blessing: sometimes a boon, sometimes a bane. Always ablaze. |
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Mortal's ResolveInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 and gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.) The Fates tried to cut her string but found the thread had turned to iron. |
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Unravel the ÆtherInstantChoose target artifact or enchantment. Its owner shuffles it into his or her library. Thaumaturges of Theros have learned to weave their magic into the world around them, but it can be pulled apart strand by strand. |
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DeicideInstantExile target enchantment. If the exiled card is a God card, search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as that card and exile them, then that player shuffles his or her library. "It is done." |
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ReprisalInstantDestroy target creature with power 4 or greater. It can't be regenerated. "The meek shall fight as one, and they shall overcome even the greatest of foes." |
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HubrisInstantReturn target creature and all Auras attached to it to their owners' hands. "You wish to learn of Nyx? Very well." |
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Feast of DreamsInstantDestroy target enchanted creature or enchantment creature. "We gave the gods the power to war against us. It is time we took that power back." |
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Setessan TacticsInstantStrive - Setessan Tactics costs
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Solidarity of HeroesInstantStrive - Solidarity of Heroes costs
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Split DecisionInstantWill of the council - Choose target instant or sorcery spell. Starting with you, each player votes for denial or duplication. If denial gets more votes, counter the spell. If duplication gets more votes or the vote is tied, copy the spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
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ProvokeInstantUntap target creature you don't control. That creature blocks this turn if able. Mirri did not have time to think, only to react. |
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RespiteInstantPrevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. You gain 1 life for each attacking creature. "If they board us we're finished," warned Orim. Crovax nodded. "And if they don't . . . what then?" |
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Wrap in VigorInstantRegenerate each creature you control. Some nature mages unknowingly took advantage of the temporal energies still swirling on Dominaria. What they mistook for healing magic was in fact the manipulation of time. |
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Serve (Protect/Serve)InstantTarget creature gets -6/-0 until end of turn.
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Burn (Turn/Burn)InstantBurn deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
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Ephemeral ShieldsInstantConvoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for
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Raise the AlarmInstantPut two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield. "The nim raid our homes without warning. We must defend our homes without hesitation." |
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Feat of ResistanceInstantPut a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Dragons are extinct on Tarkir, but Abzan magic still emulates their endurance. |
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Disdainful StrokeInstantCounter target spell with converted mana cost 4 or greater. "You are beneath contempt. Your lineage will be forgotten." |
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Force AwayInstantReturn target creature to its owner's hand. Where an enemy once rode, not even a whisper remains. |
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Feed the ClanInstantYou gain 5 life. The Temur believe three things only are needed in life: a hot fire, a full belly, and a strong companion. |
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Deflecting PalmInstantThe next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. If damage is prevented this way, Deflecting Palm deals that much damage to that source's controller.
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MindswipeInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays "The past and the unwritten are frozen. To understand their meaning requires heat." |
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