Victim of Night

Instant

Destroy 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."
-Olivia Voldaren

Vex

Instant

Counter 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."
-Pontifex, elder researcher

Veteran's Reflexes

Instant

Target 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."

Vertigo

Instant

Vertigo deals 2 damage to target creature with flying. That creature loses flying until end of turn.

"I saw the wizard gesturing, but I didn't guess his plan until my aesthir cried out and went into a dive."
-Arna Kennerüd, skyknight

Verdigris

Instant

Destroy target artifact.

"Only the most sophisticated inventions can survive nature's unsophisticated motivations."
-Hanna, Weatherlight navigator

Venser's Diffusion

Instant

Return 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."

Venomous Breath

Instant

Choose target creature. At end of combat, destroy all creatures that blocked or were blocked by it this turn.

Vengeful Dreams

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Vengeful Dreams, discard X cards.

Exile X target attacking creatures.

Teroh dreams of his enemies' doom.

Vendetta

Instant

Destroy 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."
-Idrol, Guul Draz assassin

Venarian Glimmer

Instant

Target 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.

Veil of Secrecy

Instant - Arcane

Target creature gains shroud until end of turn and is unblockable this turn.

Splice onto Arcane-Return a blue creature you control to its owner's hand. (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Vault Skyward

Instant

Target 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 . . ."
-Lafarius, Neurok sky agent

Vapor Snag

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Its controller loses 1 life.

"This creature is inadequate. Send it to the splicers for innovation."
-Malcator, Executor of Synthesis

Vanquish

Instant

Destroy target blocking creature.

"All beings have an inner light. Let me show you yours."
-Ushanti, leonin seer

Vanishment

Instant

Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library.

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

Vanish into Memory

Instant

Exile 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.

Vampiric Tutor

Instant

Search your library for a card, then shuffle your library and put that card on top of it. You lose 2 life.

"I write upon clean white parchment with a sharp quill and the blood of my students, divining their secrets."
-Shauku, Endbringer

Vampiric Fury

Instant

Vampire 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.

Vampire's Bite

Instant

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

Target creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn. If Vampire's Bite was kicked, that creature gains lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

Valorous Stance

Instant

Choose one -

• Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn.

• Destroy target creature with toughness 4 or greater.

"Every choice alters the path of fate."
-Sarkhan Vol

Valor Made Real

Instant

Target 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.'"

Utter End

Instant

Exile target nonland permanent.

"I came seeking a challenge. All I found was you."
-Zurgo, khan of the Mardu

Urza's Rage

Instant

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

Urza's Rage can't be countered by spells or abilities.

Urza's Rage deals 3 damage to target creature or player. If Urza's Rage was kicked, instead it deals 10 damage to that creature or player and the damage can't be prevented.

Urgent Exorcism

Instant

Destroy 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."
-Mikaeus, the Lunarch

Urge to Feed

Instant

Target 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.

Urborg Justice

Instant

Target opponent sacrifices a creature for each creature put into your graveyard from the battlefield this turn.

"It is a narrow line between justice and vengeance."
-Crovax

Updraft

Instant

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

"Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I."
-Sir Walter Scott, "The Lady of the Lake"

Untamed Might

Instant

Target 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."
-Konnos, Sylvok sage

Unsummon

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Not to be. That is the answer.

Unstable Footing

Instant

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

Damage can't be prevented this turn. If Unstable Footing was kicked, it deals 5 damage to target player.

A long way down is shorter than you think.

Unravel the Æther

Instant

Choose 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.

Unnerving Assault

Instant

Creatures your opponents control get -1/-0 until end of turn if was spent to cast Unnerving Assault, and creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn if was spent to cast it. (Do both if was spent.)

The scales of battle rarely balance.

Unnatural Speed

Instant - Arcane

Target 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."
-Sensei Hisoka, letter to Lord Konda

Unnatural Predation

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.

"Domination by the strongest-that is all that matters in the Tangle now."
-Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

Unnatural Endurance

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Regenerate it.

"Eldrazi don't die easy. Sometimes they don't die at all."
-Yon Basrel, Oran-Rief survivalist

Unnatural Aggression

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Target creature you control fights target creature an opponent controls. If the creature an opponent controls would die this turn, exile it instead.

The battle served as a grim reminder of what a final victory for the Eldrazi would mean.

Unmake the Graves

Instant

Convoke (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.)

Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.

"I'm raising an army. Any volunteers?"

Unmake

Instant

Exile 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.

Unity of Purpose

Instant

Support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.)

Untap each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Faced with the novel problem of inspiring an army, Jace asked himself: "What would Gideon say?"

Unified Will

Instant

Counter 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."
-Maizah Shere, Tazeem lullmage

Unified Strike

Instant

Exile target attacking creature if its power is less than or equal to the number of Soldiers on the battlefield.

The tall, reedy grass of the Daru Plains rustles loudly in the winds, a perfect cover for any ambush.

Unforge

Instant

Destroy 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.

Unexpectedly Absent

Instant

Put 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.

Undying Evil

Instant

Target creature gains undying until end of turn. (When it dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

"Is it true the evil that people do follows them into death? Let's find out."
-Liliana Vess

Undermine

Instant

Counter target spell. Its controller loses 3 life.

"Which would you like first, the insult or the injury?"

Undergrowth

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Undergrowth, you may pay .

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. If its additional cost was paid, Undergrowth doesn't affect combat damage that would be dealt by red creatures.

"It is the work of sorcery. Burn it!" -Taaveti of Kelsinko, Elvish Hunter

Unchecked Growth

Instant - Arcane

Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn. If it's a Spirit, it gains trample until end of turn.

"That energy was once granted to growing things. Now the kami keep it for themselves, releasing it in sudden floods that overwhelm flesh and foliage alike."
-Sakiko, Mother of Summer

Uncanny Speed

Instant

Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains haste until end of turn.

"To survive, we must embrace the savagery we knew in our race's infancy."
-Edgar Markov

Ultimate Price

Instant

Destroy target monocolored creature.

"Let him be an example to others who would default on their debts to us."
-"The Cozen," Orzhov assassin

Ulcerate

Instant

Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn. You lose 3 life.

"If it were merely lethal, that would be sufficient. The art, however, is in maximizing the suffering it causes."
-Liliana Vess

Twitch

Instant

You may tap or untap target artifact, creature, or land.

Draw a card.

"The flow is diverted. Your path is clear. What are you waiting for-the cave to bid you welcome?"
-Maizah Shere, Tazeem lullmage

Twisted Image

Instant

Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.

Draw a card.

"True strength is in the mind, for the body is too malleable a form."
-Politus, vedalken emisar

Twinstrike

Instant

Twinstrike deals 2 damage to each of two target creatures.

Hellbent - Destroy those creatures instead if you have no cards in hand.

They're dying left and right.

Twincast

Instant

Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Imitation is the most dangerous form of flattery.

Twin Bolt

Instant

Twin Bolt deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two target creatures and/or players.

Kolaghan archers are trained in Dakla, the way of the bow. They utilize their dragonlord's lightning to strike their target, no matter how small, how fast, or how far away.

Twiddle

Instant

You may tap or untap target artifact, creature, or land.

Turnabout

Instant

Choose artifact, creature, or land. Tap all untapped permanents of the chosen type target player controls, or untap all tapped permanents of that type that player controls.

The best cure for a big ego is a little failure.

Turn to Mist

Instant

Exile target creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

"Did you expect me to dodge? How quaint."
-Olka, mistmeadow witch

Turn to Frog

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and becomes a blue Frog with base power and toughness 1/1.

"Ribbit."

Turn to Dust

Instant

Destroy target Equipment. Add to your mana pool.

Turn the Tide

Instant

Creatures your opponents control get -2/-0 until end of turn.

"Let their mindless armies come and face the might of genius."
-Varil, Neurok partisan

Turn the Tables

Instant

All combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn is dealt to target attacking creature instead.

"Your arrogance is my best weapon."

Turn Aside

Instant

Counter target spell that targets a permanent you control.

"It's not my job to ask our leaders about their experiments at the Knowledge Pool. It's my job to make sure they can continue performing them."

Turn Against

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.

"No, don't! Nal, it's me-"

Turn (Turn/Burn)

Instant

Target creature loses all abilities and becomes a 0/1 red Weird until end of turn.

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

Turf Wound

Instant

Target player can't play land cards this turn.

Draw a card.

"I can't imagine how anyone lives in Shiv, let alone why they choose to stay."
-Sisay

Tunnel

Instant

Destroy target Wall. It can't be regenerated.

Tsabo's Decree

Instant

Choose a creature type. Target player reveals his or her hand and discards all creature cards of that type. Then destroy all creatures of that type that player controls. They can't be regenerated.

Truth or Tale

Instant

Reveal the top five cards of your library and separate them into two piles. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put a card from the chosen pile into your hand, then put all other cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in any order.

Trumpet Blast

Instant

Attacking 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.

Truce

Instant

Each player may draw up to two cards. For each card less than two a player draws this way, that player gains 2 life.

Not all victories require defeat.
-Onean idiom

Trostani's Judgment

Instant

Exile target creature, then populate. (Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

"Some cannot be saved as they are, but all can serve the Worldsoul."
-Trostani

Triton Tactics

Instant

Up to two target creatures each get +0/+3 until end of turn. Untap those creatures. At this turn's next end of combat, tap each creature that was blocked by one of those creatures this turn and it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Trickery Charm

Instant

Choose one - Target creature gains flying until end of turn; or target creature becomes the creature type of your choice until end of turn; or look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Trickbind

Instant

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)

Counter target activated or triggered ability. If a permanent's ability is countered this way, activated abilities of that permanent can't be activated this turn. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Tribute to the Wild

Instant

Each opponent sacrifices an artifact or enchantment.

"You may enter, but leave those lifeless things of your world behind."
-Modruni, maro-sorcerer

Tribute to Hunger

Instant

Target opponent sacrifices a creature. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness.

Marella was delighted. The ball had attracted so many suitors for her daughter, including that handsome stranger. She wondered where the two were now . . . .

Tribal Unity

Instant

Creatures of the creature type of your choice get +X/+X until end of turn.

Kamahl left the violence of his former life behind him, but he still believes in the power of muscle.

Trial (Trial/Error)

Instant

Return all creatures blocking or blocked by target creature to their owner's hand.

Treva's Charm

Instant

Choose one - Destroy target enchantment; or exile target attacking creature; or draw a card, then discard a card.

Tread Upon

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn.

"Boasting impenetrable defenses only draws the most tenacious of attackers."
-Yikaro, Atarka warrior

Treacherous Urge

Instant

Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You may put a creature card from it onto the battlefield under your control. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Traumatic Visions

Instant

Counter target spell.

Basic landcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.)

Trapmaker's Snare

Instant

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

"Trapmaking is an art. The trap is a corporeal riddle, a battle of wits between its creator and whatever it lures inside."

Trap Essence

Instant

Counter target creature spell. Put two +1/+1 counters on up to one target creature.

"Meat sustains the body. The spirit requires different sustenance."
-Arel the Whisperer

Transmutation

Instant

Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.

"You know what I was,/ You see what I am: change me, change me!"
-Randall

Tranquil Domain

Instant

Destroy all non-Aura enchantments.

"An ancient court mage unified the houses into guilds to serve Zhalfir above their own interests. Even during the civil war, the guilds stood together, a testament to the wisdom of Teferi."
-Afari, Tales

Traitor's Clutch

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+0, becomes black, and gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

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

Trailblazer

Instant

Target creature is unblockable this turn.

"Our Elvish Hunter Taaveti led us swiftly along hidden paths through the dense forest. We caught the Orcs from behind, and completely by surprise."
-Lucilde Fiksdotter, Leader of the Order of the White Shield

Tragic Slip

Instant

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Morbid - That creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead if a creature died this turn.

Linger on death's door and risk being invited in.

Toxic Stench

Instant

Target nonblack creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Threshold - If seven or more cards are in your graveyard, instead destroy that creature. It can't be regenerated.

Tower Defense

Instant

Creatures 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."
-Korun Nar, Rubblebelt hunter

Touch of Vitae

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature gains haste and ": Untap this creature. Activate this ability only once."

Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Touch of Darkness

Instant

Any number of target creatures become black until end of turn.

"Black spirits and white, red spirits and gray,/ Mingle, mingle, mingle, you that mingle may." -Thomas Middleton, The Witch

Totally Lost

Instant

Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library.

Fblthp had always hated crowds.

Tortoise Formation

Instant

Creatures you control gain shroud until end of turn. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)

At sea, the Jhessian fleet strikes swiftly and decisively. On land, facing the elite cavalry of Valeron, its marines must rely on more cautious strategies.

Torrent of Stone

Instant - Arcane

Torrent of Stone deals 4 damage to target creature.

Splice onto Arcane-Sacrifice two Mountains. (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Tomb Hex

Instant

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

Landfall - If you had a land enter the battlefield under your control this turn, that creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn instead.

Tolarian Winds

Instant

Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards.

Why not ask the winds?
-Tolarian expression meaning
"Who knows?"

Toils of Night and Day

Instant - Arcane

You may tap or untap target permanent, then you may tap or untap another target permanent.

"The war sent Kamigawa into turmoil. Here it was spring and there winter. For some, time stood still, while for others, moments flashed past like minnows in a pond."
-Observations of the Kami War