Blaze

Sorcery

Blaze deals X damage to target creature or player.

Blessed Wind

Sorcery

Target player's life total becomes 20.

"The fourth wind of ascension is Anointer, deifying the worthy."
-Keld Triumphant

Blessings of Nature

Sorcery

Distribute four +1/+1 counters among any number of target creatures.

Miracle (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Blightning

Sorcery

Blightning deals 3 damage to target player. That player discards two cards.

While the smell of burning flesh is common in Grixis, the odor of smoldering brain matter is a rare treat.

Blinding Flare

Sorcery

Strive - Blinding Flare costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Any number of target creatures can't block this turn.

Blinding Light

Sorcery

Tap all nonwhite creatures.

"My shield will bear a shining sun so you will always be with me. / Inlaid with gold, it will shine like glowing embers."
-"Love Song of Night and Day"

Blood (Flesh/Blood)

Sorcery

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or player.

Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)

Blood Feud

Sorcery

Target creature fights another target creature. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

Succession is a matter of blood, and by blood it is often decided.

Blood Tithe

Sorcery

Each opponent loses 3 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

The Crimson Throne may be empty, but its coffers are full.

Blood Tribute

Sorcery

Kicker-Tap an untapped Vampire you control. (You may tap a Vampire you control in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.)

Target opponent loses half his or her life, rounded up. If Blood Tribute was kicked, you gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Bog Down

Sorcery

Kicker-Sacrifice two lands. (You may sacrifice two lands in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.)

Target player discards two cards. If Bog Down was kicked, that player discards three cards instead.

Boggart Birth Rite

Tribal Sorcery - Goblin

Return target Goblin card from your graveyard to your hand.

Auntie excitedly held up the squalling newborn. "This one looks like Byoog! Maybe he'll tell us what he saw and felt in the beyond."

Boiling Earth

Sorcery

Boiling Earth deals 1 damage to each creature your opponents control.

Awaken 4- (If you cast this spell for , also put four +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

Boiling Seas

Sorcery

Destroy all Islands.

What burns the land, boils the seas.

Bolt of Keranos

Sorcery

Bolt of Keranos deals 3 damage to target creature or player. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

The breakthroughs granted by Keranos, god of epiphany, can be surprisingly literal.

Bond of Agony

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast Bond of Agony, pay X life.

Each other player loses X life.

The Rakdos are unique in designing torture equipment they can operate while "suffering" alongside their victims.

Bone Splinters

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast Bone Splinters, sacrifice a creature.

Destroy target creature.

"Which do you deserve, the heft of a femur or the graceful sharpness of a forearm? Decisions, decisions . . ."
-Gisa the Mad

Bonfire of the Damned

Sorcery

Bonfire of the Damned deals X damage to target player and each creature he or she controls.

Miracle (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Book Burning

Sorcery

Any player may have Book Burning deal 6 damage to him or her. If no one does, target player puts the top six cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

The wizard's spellbook was full of burning questions.

Boom (Boom/Bust)

Sorcery

Destroy target land you control and target land you don't control.

Borrowing 100,000 Arrows

Sorcery

Draw a card for each tapped creature target opponent controls.

Kongming and Lu Su tricked Wei troops into shooting over 100,000 arrows at them to later use against the Wei at Red Cliffs.

Boulder Salvo

Sorcery

Surge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)

Boulder Salvo deals 4 damage to target creature.

"If someone claims the sky is falling, I listen."
-Yon Basrel, Oran-Rief survivalist

Boundless Realms

Sorcery

Search your library for up to X basic land cards, where X is the number of lands you control, and put them onto the battlefield tapped. Then shuffle your library.

"Planeswalking cannot be taught. Either you see the doors or you do not."
-Nissa Revane

Bountiful Harvest

Sorcery

You gain 1 life for each land you control.

"When we fail to see the beauty in every tree, we are no better than humans."
-Saelia, elvish scout

Brain Pry

Sorcery

Name a nonland card. Target player reveals his or her hand. That player discards a card with that name. If he or she can't, you draw a card.

To the Rakdos, the fun is in the shakedown. The loot is usually discarded.

Brainbite

Sorcery

Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card.

Draw a card.

An Esper mage will leave a hole in your memory with surgical precision. A Grixis mage sees no reason to be so kind.

Braingeyser

Sorcery

Target player draws X cards.

Brainspoil

Sorcery

Destroy target creature that isn't enchanted. It can't be regenerated.

Transmute (, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same converted mana cost as this card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Bramblecrush

Sorcery

Destroy target noncreature permanent.

"Civilization is fertilizer."
-Garruk Wildspeaker

Break Asunder

Sorcery

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

"No good will come of this."

Breaking (Breaking/Entering)

Sorcery

Target player puts the top eight cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)

Breaking Point

Sorcery

Any player may have Breaking Point deal 6 damage to him or her. If no one does, destroy all creatures. Creatures destroyed this way can't be regenerated.

"Enough"

Breaking Wave

Sorcery

You may cast Breaking Wave any time you could cast an instant if you pay more to cast it.

Simultaneously untap all tapped creatures and tap all untapped creatures.

Breakthrough

Sorcery

Draw four cards, then choose X cards in your hand and discard the rest.

The ideas came flooding in so fast that they couldn't all be contained.

Breath of Darigaaz

Sorcery

Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)

Breath of Darigaaz deals 1 damage to each creature without flying and each player. If Breath of Darigaaz was kicked, it deals 4 damage to each creature without flying and each player instead.

Breath of Life

Sorcery

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

"Nothing can stop the power of life-not even death."
-Onean cleric

Bribery

Sorcery

Search target opponent's library for a creature card and put that card onto the battlefield under your control. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

In Mercadia City, loyalties extend only as far as your purse can stretch.

Brightflame

Sorcery

Radiance - Brightflame deals X damage to target creature and each other creature that shares a color with it. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.

"Let the pyres of the unbelievers light our way."
-Razia

Brilliant Plan

Sorcery

Draw three cards.

At Red Cliffs, Kongming and Zhou Yu each wrote his plan for defeating Wei on the palm of his hand. They laughed as they both revealed the same word, "Fire."

Brilliant Spectrum

Sorcery

Converge - Draw X cards, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast Brilliant Spectrum. Then discard two cards.

There are more sights on Zendikar than the eyes can see.

Brilliant Ultimatum

Sorcery

Exile the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. You may play any number of cards from one of those piles without paying their mana costs.

Revealing the truth only deepened Tezzeret's curiosity for the secrets still buried.

Bring to Light

Sorcery

Converge - Search your library for a creature, instant, or sorcery card with converted mana cost less than or equal to the number of colors of mana spent to cast Bring to Light, exile that card, then shuffle your library. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost.

Brood Birthing

Sorcery

If you control an Eldrazi Spawn, put three 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens onto the battlefield. They have "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool." Otherwise, put one of those tokens onto the battlefield.

Browbeat

Sorcery

Any player may have Browbeat deal 5 damage to him or her. If no one does, target player draws three cards.

"Even the threat of power has power."
-Jeska, warrior adept

Brush with Death

Sorcery

Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)

Target opponent loses 2 life. You gain 2 life.

Bubbling Muck

Sorcery

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps a Swamp for mana, that player adds to his or her mana pool (in addition to the mana the land produces).

The muck claims a hundred living things for each meager treasure it spews forth.

Builder's Bane

Sorcery

Destroy X target artifacts. Builder's Bane deals damage to each player equal to the number of artifacts he or she controlled put into a graveyard this way.

There is only so much a person may be buried with.

Bump in the Night

Sorcery

Target opponent loses 3 life.

Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

It's not just the wind. It's not all in your head. And it's definitely something to worry about.

Buried Alive

Sorcery

Search your library for up to three creature cards and put them into your graveyard. Then shuffle your library.

The scrape of shovels and the tumble of cold dirt soon muffled their pleas.

Burn at the Stake

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast Burn at the Stake, tap any number of untapped creatures you control.

Burn at the Stake deals damage to target creature or player equal to three times the number of creatures tapped this way.

Burn Trail

Sorcery

Burn Trail deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

Conspire (As you cast this spell, you may tap two untapped creatures you control that share a color with it. When you do, copy it and you may choose a new target for the copy.)

Burning Inquiry

Sorcery

Each player draws three cards, then discards three cards at random.

Jariad burned the midnight oil, burned through scroll after scroll, and then burned down his laboratory.

Burning Wish

Sorcery

You may choose a sorcery card you own from outside the game, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Exile Burning Wish.

She wished for a weapon, but not for the skill to wield it.

Burst of Speed

Sorcery

Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn. (They can attack and even if they just came under your control.)

Great generals inspire by example. Goblin chieftains inspire by electrifying the barracks.

Cabal Conditioning

Sorcery

Any number of target players each discard a number of cards equal to the highest converted mana cost among permanents you control.

"Hear only the Cabal's voice.
See only the Cabal's way.
Speak only the Cabal's word."
-Cabal mantra

Cabal Therapy

Sorcery

Name a nonland card. Target player reveals his or her hand and discards all cards with that name.

Flashback-Sacrifice a creature. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Cached Defenses

Sorcery

Bolster 3. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put three +1/+1 counters on it.)

The glittering scales in the Abzan vaults represent mighty deeds of the past and protection for generations to come.

Call (Beck/Call)

Sorcery

Put four 1/1 white Bird creature tokens with flying onto the battlefield.

Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)

Call of the Conclave

Sorcery

Put a 3/3 green Centaur creature token onto the battlefield.

Centaurs are sent to evangelize in Gruul territories where words of war speak louder than prayers of peace.

Call of the Herd

Sorcery

Put a 3/3 green Elephant creature token onto the battlefield.

Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Call of the Nightwing

Sorcery

Put a 1/1 blue and black Horror creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

Call the Gatewatch

Sorcery

Search your library for a planeswalker card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

"I've heard it said that a Planeswalker is someone who can always run from danger. But Gideon's right: we're also the ones who can choose to stay."
-Jace Beleren

Call the Scions

Sorcery

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Put two 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature tokens onto the battlefield. They have "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool."

Ulamog's progeny swarm the land, draining Zendikar's mana to feed the titan's insatiable hunger.

Call the Skybreaker

Sorcery

Put a 5/5 blue and red Elemental creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)

It hears and answers every orison across Shadowmoor.

Call to Mind

Sorcery

Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

"It's hard to say which is more satisfying: the search for that missing piece or fitting that piece into place."
-Evo Ragus

Call to the Netherworld

Sorcery

Return target black creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Madness (If you discard this card, you may cast it for its madness cost instead of putting it into your graveyard.)

The ritual was normally performed only by horrors and pit spawn. Lesser mages had but one sanity to crack in the casting.

Calming Verse

Sorcery

Destroy all enchantments you don't control. Then, if you control an untapped land, destroy all enchantments you control.

The chattering forest fell silent as the otherworldly song began.

Cannibalize

Sorcery

Choose two target creatures controlled by the same player. Exile one of those creatures and put two +1/+1 counters on the other.

"Mine."

Canopy Surge

Sorcery

Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)

Canopy Surge deals 1 damage to each creature with flying and each player. If Canopy Surge was kicked, it deals 4 damage to each creature with flying and each player instead.

Captain's Call

Sorcery

Put three 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield.

"Who among you has the courage to face certain death? Who will heed my call?"
-Rayel Vanger, Firstblade of Thune

Captured Sunlight

Sorcery

Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

You gain 4 life.

Caravan Vigil

Sorcery

Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.

Morbid - You may put that card onto the battlefield instead of putting it into your hand if a creature died this turn.

Careful Study

Sorcery

Draw two cards, then discard two cards.

Books are like crops-they must be thinned for best yield.

Caress of Phyrexia

Sorcery

Target player draws three cards, loses 3 life, and gets three poison counters.

"I am weak. Make . . . me . . . ideal."

Castigate

Sorcery

Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose a nonland card from it and exile that card.

"We have no need for military might. We wield two of the sharpest swords ever forged: Faith in our left hand, Wealth in our right."
-Vuliev of the Ghost Council

Cataclysm

Sorcery

Each player chooses from the permanents he or she controls an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, and a land, then sacrifices the rest.

The Weatherlight dragged the Predator behind it, the cradle hauling the casket.

Catastrophe

Sorcery

Destroy all lands or all creatures. Creatures destroyed this way can't be regenerated.

Radiant's eyes flashed. "Go, then," the angel spat at Serra, "and leave this world to those who truly care."

Catch (Catch/Release)

Sorcery

Gain control of target permanent until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn.

Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)

Cateran Summons

Sorcery

Search your library for a Mercenary card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Even when recruitment is slow, the guild can always cook something up.

Caustic Rain

Sorcery

Exile target land.

"Looking out the great windows of Vitu-Ghazi at the foundry stacks belching their smoke to the sky, I wonder when the sky will take its vengeance."
-Heruj, Selesnya initiate

Cave-In

Sorcery

You may exile a red card from your hand rather than pay Cave-In's mana cost.

Cave-In deals 2 damage to each creature and each player.

One fleet was gone; others were poised.

Cenn's Enlistment

Sorcery

Put two 1/1 white Kithkin Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield.

Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)

The more the scarier.

Cerebral Eruption

Sorcery

Target opponent reveals the top card of his or her library. Cerebral Eruption deals damage equal to the revealed card's converted mana cost to that player and each creature he or she controls. If a land card is revealed this way, return Cerebral Eruption to its owner's hand.

Chain Lightning

Sorcery

Chain Lightning deals 3 damage to target creature or player. Then that player or that creature's controller may pay . If the player does, he or she may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.

Chain of Acid

Sorcery

Destroy target noncreature permanent. Then that permanent's controller may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.

Chain of Smog

Sorcery

Target player discards two cards. That player may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.

Chain Reaction

Sorcery

Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.

"We train for the improbable, like lightning striking the same place twice, or striking everywhere at once."
-Nundari, Sea Gate militia captain

Chainer's Edict

Sorcery

Target player sacrifices a creature.

Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

The pits have their own form of mercy.

Channel

Sorcery

Until end of turn, any time you could activate a mana ability, you may pay 1 life. If you do, add to your mana pool.

Channel the Suns

Sorcery

Add to your mana pool.

To some the birth of the fifth sun was a sign of doom. To others it was a sign of salvation. But to all it was a sign.

Chatter of the Squirrel

Sorcery

Put a 1/1 green Squirrel creature token onto the battlefield.

Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Chill of Foreboding

Sorcery

Each player puts the top five cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

"Wait . . . did you fellows hear something?"

Choice of Damnations

Sorcery - Arcane

Target opponent chooses a number. You may have that player lose that much life. If you don't, that player sacrifices all but that many permanents.

"Life is a series of choices between bad and worse."
-Toshiro Umezawa

Choking Sands

Sorcery

Destroy target non-Swamp land. If that land was nonbasic, Choking Sands deals 2 damage to the land's controller.

"The people wiped the sand from their eyes and cursed-and left the barren land to the hyenas and vipers."
-Afari, Tales

Chronomantic Escape

Sorcery

Until your next turn, creatures can't attack you. Exile Chronomantic Escape with three time counters on it.

Suspend 3- (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, cast it without paying its mana cost.)

Churning Eddy

Sorcery

Return target creature and target land to their owners' hands.

"Magic is like the tide-both ebb, both flow, and both serve my whims."
-Empress Llawan

Clan Defiance

Sorcery

Choose one or more - Clan Defiance deals X damage to target creature with flying; Clan Defiance deals X damage to target creature without flying; and/or Clan Defiance deals X damage to target player.

Clarion Ultimatum

Sorcery

Choose five permanents you control. For each of those permanents, you may search your library for a card with the same name as that permanent. Put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.

Be worthy of a single blessing, and many more will follow.

Claws of Wirewood

Sorcery

Claws of Wirewood deals 3 damage to each creature with flying and each player.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

They say the forest has eyes. They never mention its claws.

Cleanfall

Sorcery - Arcane

Destroy all enchantments.

During the war, the rites of purification were still effective, but the kami, not the kitsune, chose what to cleanse.