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Zealous StrikeInstantTarget creature gets +2/+2 and gains first strike until end of turn. "Cower, fiend. The night is yours no longer." |
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Zealous PersecutionInstantUntil end of turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 and creatures your opponents control get -1/-1. "Jharic returned from Grixis changed, a haunted look in her eyes. She destroyed them with an unholy glee that made me shudder." |
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Yamabushi's FlameInstantYamabushi's Flame deals 3 damage to target creature or player. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.
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Wring FleshInstantTarget creature gets -3/-1 until end of turn. "Don't blame me. You're the one walking around with skin." |
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Wrecking BallInstantDestroy target creature or land. Rakdos festivals almost leave enough rubble in their wake to hide the bodies. |
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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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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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Word of SeizingInstantSplit second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) "Obey!" |
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Wojek SirenInstantRadiance - Target creature and each other creature that shares a color with it get +1/+1 until end of turn. It is the call to arms, the call to fury, the call to blood. |
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Withstand DeathInstantTarget creature is indestructible this turn. (Lethal damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it. If its toughness is 0 or less, it's still put into its owner's graveyard.) On Mirrodin, every conflict ends in either death or darksteel. |
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WithstandInstantPrevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. "Defense is as much a part of war as offense, the shield as important a tool as the sword." |
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Wipe AwayInstantSplit second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) An eyeblink later, all that remained of the tree-beast was the breeze of its momentum. |
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WinterflameInstantChoose one or both - "The mountains scream with the dragons' throats." |
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Wing ShardsInstantTarget player sacrifices an attacking creature.
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Wing PunctureInstantTarget creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature with flying. "If I were the air, I wouldn't taunt the ground. It has the weight advantage." |
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WindstormInstantWindstorm deals X damage to each creature with flying. "We don't like interlopers and thieves cluttering our skies." |
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Winds of Qal SismaInstantPrevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
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Willing (Ready/Willing)InstantCreatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.
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Will of the NagaInstantDelve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for The charm of a naga is undeniable. |
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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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WildsizeInstantTarget creature gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn. Two times the size, four times the smell. |
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Wild SlashInstantFerocious - If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, damage can't be prevented this turn. Never mistake deception for cleverness. |
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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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Wild HungerInstantTarget creature gets +3/+1 and gains trample until end of turn. Otto the Hunter was filled with many grand ambitions. The snake was filled only with Otto. |
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Whitesun's PassageInstantYou gain 5 life. All over the Razor Fields, Whitesun is celebrated. Even the followers of the rebel Juryan, far from the Cave of Light, bow their heads in reverence. |
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White Sun's ZenithInstantPut X 2/2 white Cat creature tokens onto the battlefield. Shuffle White Sun's Zenith into its owner's library. After the Battle of Liet Field, the white sun crested above Taj-Nar, bringing hope to all who survived the carnage. |
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Whispers of the MuseInstantBuyback "I followed her song only to find it was a dirge." |
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Whisk AwayInstantPut target attacking or blocking creature on top of its owner's library. The maneuvers of the Abzan formation intrigued Ojutai in both their complexity and their futility. |
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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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Whiplash TrapInstant - TrapIf an opponent had two or more creatures enter the battlefield under his or her control this turn, you may pay
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Weight of SpiresInstantWeight of Spires deals damage to target creature equal to the number of nonbasic lands that creature's controller controls. "Finally, a good use for an Azorius courthouse." |
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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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Wear AwayInstant - ArcaneDestroy target artifact or enchantment.
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Wear (Wear/Tear)InstantDestroy target artifact.
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Weapon SurgeInstantTarget creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.
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WaterwhirlInstantReturn up to two target creatures to their owners' hands. "Be as water: untamed and unheld, yet inexorably flowing toward a greater goal." |
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Warriors' LessonInstantUntil end of turn, up to two target creatures you control each gain "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card." "Let each challenge make you a better warrior." |
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Warrior's HonorInstantCreatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. "The day will come when the righteous warrior faces a battle she cannot win. She will greet that day as she has any other." |
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Warping WailInstant({C} represents colorless mana.)
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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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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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War ReportInstantYou gain life equal to the number of creatures on the battlefield plus the number of artifacts on the battlefield. Underling Ethu's 263rd report read simply "Yes, my lord. Overwhelmingly, my lord." This marked the end of the Mirran-Phyrexian War. |
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War FlareInstantCreatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn. Untap those creatures. "No sun or fire can warm my blood quite like a war flare." |
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Wake the DeadInstantCast Wake the Dead only during combat on an opponent's turn.
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Wail of the NimInstantChoose one - Regenerate each creature you control; or Wail of the Nim deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
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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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Volt ChargeInstantVolt Charge deals 3 damage to target creature or player. Proliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.)
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Volcanic UpheavalInstantDestroy target land. Like a living organism, Zendikar rids itself of infection, and it does so abruptly and ruthlessly. |
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Volcanic RushInstantAttacking creatures get +2/+0 and gain trample until end of turn. "The bravest warriors take the shortest path to victory, whatever that path may be." |
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Volcanic OfferingInstantDestroy target nonbasic land you don't control and target nonbasic land of an opponent's choice you don't control.
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Volcanic GeyserInstantVolcanic Geyser deals X damage to target creature or player. "The mountain's fire surges beneath your feet, demanding release. Can you not feel it?" |
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Volcanic FalloutInstantVolcanic Fallout can't be countered. "How can we outrun the sky?" |
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VoidslimeInstantCounter target spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.) "It is technically an ooze, but its lifespan measures only seconds. In that short time, its appetite for magic is extraordinary." |
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Void ShatterInstantDevoid (This card has no color.) Eldrazi break concentration like glass. |
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Vital SurgeInstant - ArcaneYou gain 3 life.
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Visions of BeyondInstantDraw a card. If a graveyard has twenty or more cards in it, draw three cards instead. "The past is the foundation for all that exists in the present. We merely reconstruct what our ancestors have already discovered." |
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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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Virulent WoundInstantPut a -1/-1 counter on target creature. When that creature dies this turn, its controller gets a poison counter. Sadly, the extent of Gerkk's healing knowledge was "don't pick at it." |
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Virulent SwipeInstantTarget creature gets +2/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn.
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Viridescent WispsInstantTarget creature becomes green and gets +1/+0 until end of turn. In the wisps that night, the once timid boggart saw all the terrible, bloody things he was capable of. And it was glorious. |
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Violent OutburstInstantCascade (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.)
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Vines of VastwoodInstantKicker
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Vines of the RecluseInstantTarget creature gets +1/+2 and gains reach until end of turn. Untap it. (A creature with reach can block creatures with flying.) "The most elegant solutions are found in nature. You just have to know where to look." |
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Vile RebirthInstantExile target creature card from a graveyard. Put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield. "‘Here lies our beloved Gartu, the gentlest of all men.' Ooh, I love irony." |
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Vigean IntuitionInstantChoose a card type, then reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all cards of the chosen type revealed this way into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. (Artifact, creature, enchantment, instant, land, planeswalker, sorcery, and tribal are card types.)
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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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Victim of NightInstantDestroy target non-Vampire, non-Werewolf, non-Zombie creature. "Do not touch a drop. Not yet. I want to watch this so-called slayer's last crisis of faith." |
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VexInstantCounter target spell. That spell's controller may draw a card. "The druids would be better off if they spent more time in the lab and less time watching trees grow." |
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Veteran's ReflexesInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Untap that creature. "Assume everything wants to kill you. At the very least, assume everything wants what's in your pack." |
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Venser's DiffusionInstantReturn target nonland permanent or suspended card to its owner's hand. "Each reality is but the dream of another, and each sleeper a god unknowing." |
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VendettaInstantDestroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. You lose life equal to that creature's toughness. "Consider my debt to your kin paid in full." |
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Venarian GlimmerInstantTarget player reveals his or her hand. You choose a nonland card with converted mana cost X or less from it. That player discards that card. Dream of nothing, and wake to a dream come true. |
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Veil of SecrecyInstant - ArcaneTarget creature gains shroud until end of turn and is unblockable this turn.
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Vault SkywardInstantTarget creature gains flying until end of turn. Untap it. "The edges of the Quicksilver Sea run dark with the spread of the Mephidross. Two more aerial passes before I can be sure what I'm seeing . . ." |
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Vapor SnagInstantReturn target creature to its owner's hand. Its controller loses 1 life. "This creature is inadequate. Send it to the splicers for innovation." |
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VanquishInstantDestroy target blocking creature. "All beings have an inner light. Let me show you yours." |
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VanishmentInstantPut target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library.
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Vanish into MemoryInstantExile target creature. You draw cards equal to that creature's power. At the beginning of your next upkeep, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If you do, discard cards equal to its toughness. Out of sight, into mind. |
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Vampiric FuryInstantVampire creatures you control get +2/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn. Many peasants secretly admire vampires' glamour and elegance-until they witness a moment of pure bloodlust. |
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Vampire's BiteInstantKicker
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Valorous StanceInstantChoose one - "Every choice alters the path of fate." |
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Valor Made RealInstantTarget creature can block any number of creatures this turn. "As my father taught, ‘Training will raise your shield to the blow, but courage fills the gaps the shield leaves open.'" |
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Utter EndInstantExile target nonland permanent. "I came seeking a challenge. All I found was you." |
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Urgent ExorcismInstantDestroy target Spirit or enchantment. "To show geists pity is to prolong their agonies. Whether they know it or not, they seek the Blessed Sleep, and we are to give it to them." |
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Urge to FeedInstantTarget creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn. You may tap any number of untapped Vampire creatures you control. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on each of those Vampires.
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Untamed MightInstantTarget creature gets +X/+X until end of turn. "Beasts kill for their very survival. If you would have their strength, you must know their desperation." |
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UnsummonInstantReturn target creature to its owner's hand. Not to be. That is the answer. |
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Unstable FootingInstantKicker A long way down is shorter than you think. |
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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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Unnerving AssaultInstantCreatures your opponents control get -1/-0 until end of turn if The scales of battle rarely balance. |
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Unnatural SpeedInstant - ArcaneTarget creature gains haste until end of turn. "How can we hope to match the speed of lightning? The fury of storms? The power of mountains? The answer is simple. We cannot. I advise against this war." |
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Unnatural PredationInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn. "Domination by the strongest-that is all that matters in the Tangle now." |
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Unnatural EnduranceInstantDevoid (This card has no color.) "Eldrazi don't die easy. Sometimes they don't die at all." |
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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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Unmake the GravesInstantConvoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for "I'm raising an army. Any volunteers?" |
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UnmakeInstantExile target creature. A gwyllion's favorite trap is the vanity mirror. A bewitched piece of glass traps the looker's soul and does away with the body. |
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Unity of PurposeInstantSupport 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.) Faced with the novel problem of inspiring an army, Jace asked himself: "What would Gideon say?" |
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Unified WillInstantCounter target spell if you control more creatures than that spell's controller. "We're glad to be of service-to be an audience to your failure." |
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UnforgeInstantDestroy target Equipment. If that Equipment was attached to a creature, Unforge deals 2 damage to that creature. Compared to the fire of the forge, the strength of steel is nothing. |
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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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