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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Sudden ReclamationInstantPut the top four cards of your library into your graveyard, then return a creature card and a land card from your graveyard to your hand. "There is no secret buried so deep that we will never find it." |
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Sudden ImpactInstantSudden Impact deals damage to target player equal to the number of cards in that player's hand. "Some say it's better to think before you act. While those people are considering all the options, that's usually when I kill them." |
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Sudden DeathInstantSplit second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Some mages tapped into the time rifts, forcing upon others alternate timelines in which unimaginable horrors befall them. |
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SubmergeInstantIf an opponent controls a Forest and you control an Island, you may cast Submerge without paying its mana cost.
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SubdueInstantPrevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target creature this turn. That creature gets +0/+X until end of turn, where X is its converted mana cost.
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Stymied HopesInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays . Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.) When a god's will is against you, the day never ends well. |
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StunInstantTarget creature can't block this turn. "Fortunately, merfolk aren't used to opponents with feet." |
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Stubborn DenialInstantCounter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays . The Temur have no patience for subtlety. |
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Stroke of GeniusInstantTarget player draws X cards. After a hundred failed experiments, Urza was stunned to find that common silver passed through the portal undamaged. He immediately designed a golem made of the metal. |
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Strip BareInstantDestroy all Auras and Equipment attached to target creature. "All glamers lifted, all lies revealed, all flesh exposed." |
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Strength of the TajuruInstantMultikicker (You may pay an additional any number of times as you cast this spell.)
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Strength of NightInstantKicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
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Strength of CedarsInstant - ArcaneTarget creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of lands you control. "No sooner had the beast collapsed under the blows of Takeno's sword than the earth rippled and the creature rose again to face him." |
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Strength in NumbersInstantUntil end of turn, target creature gains trample and gets +X/+X, where X is the number of attacking creatures. "The hermit dies. The outcast dies. The lone wolf dies. Only those who stick together survive this world." |
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Street SpasmInstantStreet Spasm deals X damage to target creature without flying you don't control.
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Stream of ConsciousnessInstant - ArcaneTarget player shuffles up to four target cards from his or her graveyard into his or her library. "All things return to their beginnings. The waters that spill across the Kamitaki Falls flow to sea, only to be returned to her as the rain that joins the mighty river." |
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Strangling SootInstantDestroy target creature with toughness 3 or less. "What good is your blade without your breath?" |
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Strange InversionInstant - ArcaneSwitch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.
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Storm SeekerInstantStorm Seeker deals damage to target player equal to the number of cards in that player's hand.
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Stonewood InvocationInstantSplit second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) "Might of ancient wood and stone, |
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StonefuryInstantStonefury deals damage to target creature equal to the number of lands you control. Akoum can make any intruder look small. |
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Stone Idol TrapInstant - TrapStone Idol Trap costs less to cast for each attacking creature.
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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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Stoic RebuttalInstantMetalcraft - Stoic Rebuttal costs less to cast if you control three or more artifacts. Obsessed with the pursuit of knowledge above all else, vedalken can appear to be cold and emotionless. |
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Stir the PrideInstantChoose one - Creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn; or until end of turn, creatures you control gain "Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life."
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StifleInstantCounter target activated or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.) "If I wanted your opinion, I'd have told you what it was." |
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Stench of DecayInstantNonartifact creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn. "Disa is dead, and I am left. I shall allow no others to succumb to this pestilence." |
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Steeling StanceInstantCreatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
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Steel SabotageInstantChoose one - Counter target artifact spell; or return target artifact to its owner's hand. "You are hopelessly obsolete, my brothers. Come and join the Great Work." |
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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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Steal StrengthInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Another target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. With each grunt of pain from Haddad, Greel's grin widened. |
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Steady ProgressInstantProliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.) "More of that strange oil . . . It's probably nothing." |
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Stave OffInstantTarget creature gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. (It can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything of that color.)
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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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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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StarfallInstantStarfall deals 3 damage to target creature. If that creature is an enchantment, Starfall deals 3 damage to that creature's controller. "The most brilliant stars are not born of Nyx." |
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StandardizeInstantChoose a creature type other than Wall. Each creature becomes that type until end of turn. At that point, the wizards' argument got a lot uglier. |
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Stand TogetherInstantPut two +1/+1 counters on target creature and two +1/+1 counters on another target creature. Strange times make for strange allies. |
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Stand FirmInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
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Stand (Stand/Deliver)InstantPrevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.
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StampedeInstantAttacking creatures get +1/+0 and gain trample until end of turn. "When are beasts like a river?" |
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StaggershockInstantStaggershock deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
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Stabbing PainInstantTarget creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Tap that creature. "You can take the fight out of nearly any creature if you know where its soft spot is." |
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SquelchInstantCounter target activated ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.) Oku-Doku had gone through all the motions: the same akki cursewords, the same ingredients with their horrid stink, the same rude gestures. Yet not a person died. |
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Squall LineInstantSquall Line deals X damage to each creature with flying and each player. The constant shifting of Dominaria's shredded timeline played havoc with its atmosphere, combining savage electrical storms from ages past. |
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Spy NetworkInstantLook at target player's hand, the top card of that player's library, and any face-down creatures he or she controls. Look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
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Sprouting VinesInstantSearch your library for a basic land card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
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Sprout SwarmInstantConvoke (Each creature you tap while casting this spell reduces its total cost by or by one mana of that creature's color.)
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SproutInstantPut a 1/1 green Saproling creature token onto the battlefield. Centuries of temporal strife had stripped Dominaria of its natural defenses, but nature fought back with armies constructed of little more than grime and sunlight. |
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Spring CleaningInstantDestroy target enchantment. Clash with an opponent. If you win, destroy all enchantments your opponents control. (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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Spore CloudInstantTap all blocking creatures. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Each attacking creature and each blocking creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
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Spontaneous CombustionInstantAs an additional cost to cast Spontaneous Combustion, sacrifice a creature. "Heat of battle" is usually a metaphor. |
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Spoils of the VaultInstantName a card. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal the named card, then put that card into your hand. Exile all other cards revealed this way, and you lose 1 life for each of the exiled cards.
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Spoils of EvilInstantFor each artifact or creature card in target opponent's graveyard, add to your mana pool and you gain 1 life. "Virtue has its rewards, as does its opposite." |
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Spoils of BloodInstantPut an X/X black Horror creature token onto the battlefield, where X is the number of creatures that died this turn. "There are always leftovers." |
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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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Spite (Spite/Malice)InstantCounter target noncreature spell.
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SpiritualizeInstantUntil end of turn, whenever target creature deals damage, you gain that much life. "There is purity in all things. Even hatred." |
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Spiritual VisitInstant - ArcanePut a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token onto the battlefield.
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Spirit FlareInstantTap target untapped creature you control. If you do, it deals damage equal to its power to target attacking or blocking creature an opponent controls.
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Spinning DarknessInstantYou may exile the top three black cards of your graveyard rather than pay Spinning Darkness's mana cost.
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Spinal EmbraceInstantCast Spinal Embrace only during combat.
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Spin into MythInstantPut target creature on top of its owner's library, then fateseal 2. (To fateseal 2, look at the top two cards of an opponent's library, then put any number of them on the bottom of that player's library and the rest on top in any order.)
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Spidery GraspInstantUntap target creature. It gets +2/+4 and gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.) "Nobody's seen the Lady of Videns for years. Poor dear, no companions at all in that old castle." |
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Sphinx's RevelationInstantYou gain X life and draw X cards. "Let the knowledge of absolute law inspire you to live a life of absolute order." |
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SpellshiftInstantCounter target instant or sorcery spell. Its controller reveals cards from the top of his or her library until he or she reveals an instant or sorcery card. That player may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then he or she shuffles his or her library.
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SpelljackInstantCounter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. You may play it without paying its mana cost for as long as it remains exiled. (If it has X in its mana cost, X is 0.)
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Spell SyphonInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays for each blue permanent you control. Warrik Brutehexer felt betrayed that his aura favored the depths of the Wanderbrine River over its rightful place, hovering around him. |
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Spell SnipInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays . "Magic cast through a hand of flesh is just as weak as the flesh itself." |
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Spell SnareInstantCounter target spell with converted mana cost 2. Every culture has its unlucky numbers. In a city where you're either alone, in a crowd, or being stabbed in the back, two is the worst number of all. |
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Spell ShrivelInstantDevoid (This card has no color.)
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Spell RuptureInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays , where X is the greatest power among creatures you control. "Like water, mana will drain from an inferior vessel."
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Spell PierceInstantCounter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays . "There's a hole in your plan." |
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Spell CrumpleInstantCounter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it on the bottom of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard. Put Spell Crumple on the bottom of its owner's library.
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Spell ContortionInstantMultikicker (You may pay an additional any number of times as you cast this spell.)
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Spell BurstInstantBuyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) The brutish mage's version of thinking. |
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Spell BlastInstantCounter target spell with converted mana cost X. (For example, if that spell's mana cost is , X is 5.)
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Spectral ShiftInstantChoose one - Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one basic land type with another; or change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (These effects last indefinitely.)
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Spawning BreathInstantSpawning Breath deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Put a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool." Death by death, Kozilek's lineage spread. |
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Spatial ContortionInstant({C} represents colorless mana.) "For those without the Planeswalker spark, the merest touch of the Blind Eternities can kill." |
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Spark SprayInstantSpark Spray deals 1 damage to target creature or player. It's the only kind of shower goblins will tolerate. |
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Spark JoltInstantSpark Jolt deals 1 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.) Acolytes of Purphoros hammer the world until they see the sparks of change. |
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Spare from EvilInstantCreatures you control gain protection from non-Human creatures until end of turn. "As long as we can utter a prayer or lift a weapon, we have the power to fight back." |
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SoulshriekInstantTarget creature you control gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice that creature at the beginning of the next end step. "The flesh is a casket for the soul." |
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Soulless RevivalInstant - ArcaneReturn target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
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SoulblastInstantAs an additional cost to cast Soulblast, sacrifice all creatures you control.
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Soul's GraceInstantYou gain life equal to target creature's power. An avatar he sculpts of fellowship and light. |
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Soul's FireInstantTarget creature you control on the battlefield deals damage equal to its power to target creature or player. An avatar he sculpts of anger and flame. |
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Soul SpikeInstantYou may exile two black cards from your hand rather than pay Soul Spike's mana cost.
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Soul RendInstantDestroy target creature if it's white. A creature destroyed this way can't be regenerated. "Since I cannot stop death, I choose to stop life." |
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Soul ParryInstantPrevent all damage one or two target creatures would deal this turn. "I was called to this world of steel, and it will be my steel that answers." |
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Soul NovaInstantExile target attacking creature and all Equipment attached to it. Within seconds, the nim was consumed in blinding sunfire. Afterwards, only a puddle of molten iron remained. |
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Soul ManipulationInstantChoose one or both - Counter target creature spell; and/or return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. "Birth and death are both reversible." |
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Sorin's ThirstInstantSorin's Thirst deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life. "All your steel won't protect you if your will is weak." |
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Soothing BalmInstantTarget player gains 5 life. Orim taught Ta-Karnst and the other Cho-Arrim healers a far less invasive method of healing. |
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Sonic SeizureInstantAs an additional cost to cast Sonic Seizure, discard a card at random.
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Sonic BurstInstantAs an additional cost to cast Sonic Burst, discard a card at random. Music scythes the savage beast. |
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Songs of the DamnedInstantAdd to your mana pool for each creature card in your graveyard. Not wind, but the breath of the dead. |
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Solidarity of HeroesInstantStrive - Solidarity of Heroes costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.
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