Massive RaidInstantMassive Raid deals damage to target creature or player equal to the number of creatures you control. "The Boros lack vision. Give them a convenient scapegoat and they'll be blind to the true threats."
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Psychic StrikeInstantCounter target spell. Its controller puts the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard. Until more information could be gleaned about Niv-Mizzet's intentions, Lazav took every opportunity to stall his experiments. |
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Arrows of JusticeInstantArrows of Justice deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. Archers from the Horizon Military Academy hone their skills by targeting pickpockets blocks away. |
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HindervinesInstantPrevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures with no +1/+1 counters on them. "Woodlands and laws. Both grow faster than the Azorius's ability to manage them."
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Riot ControlInstantYou gain 1 life for each creature your opponents control. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn. "Ravnicans need order. If they don't have it, we shall bring it to them." |
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Crypt IncursionInstantExile all creature cards from target player's graveyard. You gain 3 life for each card exiled this way. The Golgari maze-runner Varolz hungers to prove his fortitude in battle, and his trail of victims feeds other hungers. |
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DragonshiftInstantUntil end of turn, target creature you control becomes a 4/4 blue and red Dragon, loses all abilities, and gains flying.
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PutrefyInstantDestroy target artifact or creature. It can't be regenerated. "All matter, animate or not, rots when exposed to time. We merely speed up the process." |
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Render SilentInstantCounter target spell. Its controller can't cast spells this turn. "We have confiscated your spells as evidence. Once we conclude our investigation, you may petition to have them returned." |
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Restore the PeaceInstantReturn each creature that dealt damage this turn to its owner's hand. "You can always count on the Azorius to ruin a party." |
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ShowstopperInstantUntil end of turn, creatures you control gain "When this creature dies, it deals 2 damage to target creature an opponent controls." The audience quickly realized a few things: it wasn't a magic trick, there wasn't candy in there, and they'd need new clothes. |
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Protect (Protect/Serve)InstantTarget creature gets +2/+4 until end of turn.
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Ready (Ready/Willing)InstantCreatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. Untap each creature you control.
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Turn (Turn/Burn)InstantTarget creature loses all abilities and becomes a 0/1 red Weird until end of turn.
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FortifyInstantChoose one - Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn; or creatures you control get +0/+2 until end of turn. "Where metal is tainted and wood is scarce, we are best armed by faith." |
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Frost BreathInstantTap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step. If you have to be stuck somewhere for a while, it's better to be stuck there with a friend. |
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Grim ReturnInstantChoose target creature card in a graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn. Put that card onto the battlefield under your control. The necromancer's touch strips away memory and loyalty, and only strength and malice remain. |
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Dauntless OnslaughtInstantUp to two target creatures each get +2/+2 until end of turn. "The people of Akros must learn from our leonin adversaries. If we match their staunch ferocity with our superior faith, we cannot fail." |
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Ray of DissolutionInstantDestroy target enchantment. You gain 3 life. The works of one god last only as long as the patience of another. |
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DissolveInstantCounter target spell. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.) "You thought only the gods could stop you?" |
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Hero's DownfallInstantDestroy target creature or planeswalker. Destiny exalts a chosen few, but even heroes break. |
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Shredding WindsInstantShredding Winds deals 7 damage to target creature with flying. "Enemies of the wood! Your presence here is a slap in Nylea's face. Do not be surprised if she slaps back." |
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Fated InfatuationInstantPut a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of target creature you control. If it's your turn, 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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NecrobiteInstantTarget creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. Regenerate it. (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. Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) An undead snake doesn't bite in self-defense. It hungers as any zombie, never sated. |
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Reap What Is SownInstantPut a +1/+1 counter on each of up to three target creatures. The strength of the people comes from the land. And the bounty of the land comes from Karametra. |
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Phalanx FormationInstantStrive - Phalanx Formation costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.
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Hour of NeedInstantStrive - Hour of Need costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.
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Polymorphous RushInstantStrive - Polymorphous Rush costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.
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Nightmarish EndInstantTarget creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand. "To think some believe it peaceful to die in one's sleep." |
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Colossal HeroicsInstantStrive - Colossal Heroics costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.
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Consign to DustInstantStrive - Consign to Dust costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.
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Away (Far/Away)InstantTarget player sacrifices a creature.
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Loss (Profit/Loss)InstantCreatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn.
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Willing (Ready/Willing)InstantCreatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.
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Devouring LightInstantConvoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.) Into the light the good are welcomed, and with the light the evil are banished. |
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Pillar of LightInstantExile target creature with toughness 4 or greater. "The vaulted ceiling of our faith rests upon such pillars." |
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DissipateInstantCounter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. "This abomination never belonged in our world. I'm merely setting it free." |
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Polymorphist's JestInstantUntil end of turn, each creature target player controls loses all abilities and becomes a blue Frog with base power and toughness 1/1. "The flies were bothering me." |
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Chord of CallingInstantConvoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
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Hunter's AmbushInstantPrevent all combat damage that would be dealt by nongreen creatures this turn. First you lose your enemy's trail. Then you lose all sense of direction. Then you hear the growls . . . |
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Kill ShotInstantDestroy target attacking creature. Mardu archers are trained in Dakla, the way of the bow. They never miss their target, no matter how small, how fast, or how far away. |
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Crippling ChillInstantTap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. One breath of the geist turns veins to rivers of ice and freezes hearts midbeat. |
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Trumpet BlastInstantAttacking creatures get +2/+0 until end of turn. Keldon warriors don't need signals to tell them when to attack. They need signals to tell them when to stop. |
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Awaken the BearInstantTarget creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn. When Temur warriors enter the battle trance known as "awakening the bear," they lose all sense of enemy or friend, seeing only threats to the wilderness. |
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Abzan CharmInstantChoose one -
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Crackling DoomInstantCrackling Doom deals 2 damage to each opponent. Each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures he or she controls. Do not fear the lightning. Fear the one it obeys. |
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Jeskai CharmInstantChoose one -
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Mardu CharmInstantChoose one -
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Sultai CharmInstantChoose one - "Strike," the fumes hiss. "Raise an empire with your ambition." |
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Temur CharmInstantChoose one -
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Trap EssenceInstantCounter target creature spell. Put two +1/+1 counters on up to one target creature. "Meat sustains the body. The spirit requires different sustenance." |
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WinterflameInstantChoose one or both - "The mountains scream with the dragons' throats." |
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Titan's PresenceInstantAs an additional cost to cast Titan's Presence, reveal a colorless creature card from your hand. Dust and memory are all that remain in Ulamog's wake. |
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Encircling FissureInstantPrevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures target opponent controls.
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Spell ShrivelInstantDevoid (This card has no color.)
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Scatter to the WindsInstantCounter target spell.
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Complete DisregardInstantDevoid (This card has no color.) "We returned to the field and found poor Len, every detail of his final moment perfectly cast in that awful dust."-Javad Nasrin, outrider captain |
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Grave BirthingInstantDevoid (This card has no color.)
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Unnatural AggressionInstantDevoid (This card has no color.) The battle served as a grim reminder of what a final victory for the Eldrazi would mean. |
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Natural ConnectionInstantSearch your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library. "Zendikar will not surrender, and neither can we." |
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Make a StandInstantCreatures you control get +1/+0 and gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.) For a moment they stood tall, all fear forgotten. |
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Abstruse InterferenceInstantDevoid (This card has no color.)
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Void ShatterInstantDevoid (This card has no color.) Eldrazi break concentration like glass. |
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Grip of the RoilInstantSurge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)
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Sweep AwayInstantReturn target creature to its owner's hand. If that creature is attacking, you may put it on top of its owner's library instead. The Roil takes many forms. It also takes many victims. |
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Tar SnareInstantTarget creature gets -3/-2 until end of turn. The amorphous, magically animated residue known as the Fathom Sludge lurks in the Hagra Cistern, attacking its prey with pseudopods and dragging it down to be digested. |
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Kozilek's ReturnInstantDevoid (This card has no color.)
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Pulse of MurasaInstantReturn target creature or land card from a graveyard to its owner's hand. You gain 6 life. "Little flower twirl and bloom, arise from this your rocky tomb. Little warrior slash and brawl, be born again to free us all." |
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Eyes in the SkiesInstantPut a 1/1 white Bird creature token with flying onto the battlefield, then populate. (Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control.) "What root and branch cannot reach, our winged friends will attend to." |
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InspirationInstantTarget player draws two cards. "Day 31: I finally succeeded in my time reversal experiment! |
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Launch PartyInstantAs an additional cost to cast Launch Party, sacrifice a creature. Life's too short to not do the things you love. |
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Chorus of MightInstantUntil end of turn, target creature gets +1/+1 for each creature you control and gains trample. "In each of us is the strength of all of us." |
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Essence BacklashInstantCounter target creature spell. Essence Backlash deals damage equal to that spell's power to its controller. "The other guilds will learn the hard way not to interfere with our investigations." |
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Scatter ArcInstantCounter target noncreature spell. "Should your chosen emissary be able to fluctuate triharmonic pentodes, however unlikely, I shall shunt excess negavolt radicals." |
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ÆtherizeInstantReturn all attacking creatures to their owner's hand. "You can come back once you've learned some manners-and figured out how to reconstitute your physical forms." |
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Grisly SpectacleInstantDestroy target nonartifact creature. Its controller puts a number of cards equal to that creature's power from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard. "Watch people flock to a murder scene. Then tell me we're not all a little sick in the head."
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Homing LightningInstantHoming Lightning deals 4 damage to target creature and each other creature with the same name as that creature. "I see countless worlds. What makes them think I can't find them in just one?"
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MindstaticInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays . "It's always satisfying to stymie the best efforts of a rival, but the reactions of the Gruul are particularly amusing." |
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Fatal FumesInstantTarget creature gets -4/-2 until end of turn. Travelers in the undercity dread the horrors and assassins of the Dimir, but nearly as many die from more mundane hazards. |
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Advent of the WurmInstantPut a 5/5 green Wurm creature token with trample onto the battlefield. The consciousness of Mat'Selesnya does not always spread in peaceful ways. |
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Plasm CaptureInstantCounter target spell. At the beginning of your next precombat main phase, add X mana in any combination of colors to your mana pool, where X is that spell's converted mana cost. "Everything serves a purpose. Even you." |
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Warleader's HelixInstantWarleader's Helix deals 4 damage to target creature or player and you gain 4 life. "There is no time to remedy our enemies' ignorance. Blast it out of them." |
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CongregateInstantTarget player gains 2 life for each creature on the battlefield. "In the gathering there is strength for all who founder, renewal for all who languish, love for all who sing." |
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Chandra's OutrageInstantChandra's Outrage deals 4 damage to target creature and 2 damage to that creature's controller. Chandra never believed in using her "inside voice." |
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Wild RicochetInstantYou may choose new targets for target instant or sorcery spell. Then copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. "I knew that trick long before your great-grandmother's great-grandmother was born." |
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Divine VerdictInstantDestroy target attacking or blocking creature. "Guilty." |
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GriptideInstantPut target creature on top of its owner's library. "Beware the seagrafs just off the shore. These waters are filled with hungry geists looking for an easy meal." |
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Cutthroat ManeuverInstantUp to two target creatures each get +1/+1 and gain lifelink until end of turn. "Our ambition drives us forward. Together we will claim what is ours, no matter who holds it." |
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Artisan's SorrowInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment. 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.) Some seers read bones or entrails. Others just like to break things. |
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Steam AuguryInstantReveal the top five cards of your library and separate them into two piles. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard. Keranos is a fickle god, delivering punishment as readily as prophecy. |
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Sudden StormInstantTap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.) No matter how big and strong you are, the sea is bigger and stronger. |
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Fated ConflagrationInstantFated Conflagration deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If it's your turn, 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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Lightning VolleyInstantUntil end of turn, creatures you control gain ": This creature deals 1 damage to target creature or player." "We are the motes of rain that join to make the thundercloud. The power of the storm god surges through us!" |
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CountermandInstantCounter target spell. Its controller puts the top four cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard. The physical pain was nothing compared to the agony in his mind. |
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Ritual of the ReturnedInstantExile target creature card from your graveyard. Put a black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield. Its power is equal to that card's power and its toughness is equal to that card's toughness. A mask forged to avenge a death forgotten. |
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Silence the BelieversInstantStrive - Silence the Believers costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.
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Statute of DenialInstantCounter target spell. If you control a blue creature, draw a card, then discard a card. "Pyrotechnic activity of any sort is strictly prohibited. It is irrelevant that today is a holiday." |
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Stoke the FlamesInstantConvoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
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Smite the MonstrousInstantDestroy target creature with power 4 or greater. Though the old holy wards and roadside shrines have begun to fail, faith in Avacyn still holds true power. |
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Weave FateInstantDraw two cards. Temur shamans speak of three destinies: the now, the echo of the past, and the unwritten. They find flickering paths among tangled possibilities. |
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