Ashen Powder

Sorcery

Put target creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

"What you call decay, I call ripening. You'll gain no sustenance from this harvest."
-Kaervek

Elven Cache

Sorcery

Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Elves know where to harvest the best of the forest, for they planted it there themselves.

Nature's Resurgence

Sorcery

Each player draws a card for each creature card in his or her graveyard.

Spring follows winter
-Elvish expression meaning
"all things pass"

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

Gerrard's Wisdom

Sorcery

You gain 2 life for each card in your hand.

A picture is worth a thousand swords.

Vengeance

Sorcery

Destroy target tapped creature.

"It is the duty of the strong to oppose any who threaten the weak."
-The Southern Paladin

Befoul

Sorcery

Destroy target land or nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

The bog's touch means death to all but the darkest of hearts.

Reprocess

Sorcery

Sacrifice any number of artifacts, creatures, and/or lands. Draw a card for each permanent sacrificed this way.

The battle's end is the meal's beginning.

Ambition's Cost

Sorcery

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Knowledge demands sacrifice."

All Hallow's Eve

Sorcery

Exile All Hallow's Eve with two scream counters on it.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if All Hallow's Eve is exiled with a scream counter on it, remove a scream counter from it. If there are no more scream counters on it, put it into your graveyard and each player returns all creature cards from his or her graveyard to the battlefield.

Acid Rain

Sorcery

Destroy all Forests.

Eureka

Sorcery

Starting with you, each player may put a permanent card from his or her hand onto the battlefield. Repeat this process until no one puts a card onto the battlefield.

Cleanse

Sorcery

Destroy all black creatures.

The clouds broke and the sun's rays burst forth; each foul beast in its turn faltered, and was gone.

Eternal Flame

Sorcery

Eternal Flame deals X damage to target opponent, where X is the number of Mountains you control. It deals half X damage, rounded up, to you.

Stench of Evil

Sorcery

Destroy all Plains. For each land destroyed this way, Stench of Evil deals 1 damage to that land's controller unless he or she pays .

Anarchy

Sorcery

Destroy all white permanents.

"The Shaman waved the staff, and the land itself went mad."
-Disa the Restless, journal entry

Avalanche

Sorcery

Destroy X target snow lands.

"The pass was completely blocked by the avalanche; we're forced to turn back. Nevertheless, we've gone farther and seen more than any before us."
-Disa the Restless, journal entry

Baki's Curse

Sorcery

Baki's Curse deals 2 damage to each creature for each Aura attached to that creature.

"Those who fling spells too quickly should have reason to regret it."
-Baki, Wizard Attendant

Retribution

Sorcery

Choose two target creatures an opponent controls. That player chooses and sacrifices one of those creatures. Put a -1/-1 counter on the other.

Fatal Lore

Sorcery

An opponent chooses one - You draw three cards; or you destroy up to two target creatures that opponent controls and that player draws up to three cards. Those creatures can't be regenerated.

"All knowledge has its price."
-Gerda Äagesdotter,
Archmage of the Unseen

Ritual of the Machine

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast Ritual of the Machine, sacrifice a creature.

Gain control of target nonartifact, nonblack creature.

"Rumors persist of dark deeds performed in the depths of Soldev. When will Dagsson heed the danger therein?"
-Sorine Relicbane, Soldevi Heretic

Taste of Paradise

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast Taste of Paradise, you may pay any number of times.

You gain 3 life plus an additional 3 life for each additional you paid.

"Any who drink of Freyalise's bounty drink the mead of rebirth."
-Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order

Icefall

Sorcery

Destroy target artifact or land.

Recover (When a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay . If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Otherwise, exile this card.)

As the Thaw met Terisiare, mountains shed their icy skins, crushing homes and hopes alike.

Kaervek's Hex

Sorcery

Kaervek's Hex deals 1 damage to each nonblack creature and an additional 1 damage to each green creature.

"If the curse does not strike you dead, question your soul."
-Kaervek

Natural Balance

Sorcery

Each player who controls six or more lands chooses five lands he or she controls and sacrifices the rest. Each player who controls four or fewer lands may search his or her library for X basic land cards and put them onto the battlefield, where X is five minus the number of lands he or she controls. Then each player who searched his or her library this way shuffles it.

Unyaro Bee Sting

Sorcery

Unyaro Bee Sting deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

"Much can be learned from the bees about dying for a cause."
-Asmira, Holy Avenger

Reign of Chaos

Sorcery

Choose one - Destroy target Plains and target white creature; or destroy target Island and target blue creature.

"The Burning Isles are the home to a dozen lords who claim dominion. Jamuraa will look to only one leader: me."
-Kaervek

Phyrexian Purge

Sorcery

Destroy any number of target creatures.

Phyrexian Purge costs 3 life more to cast for each target.

Only those who have nothing have nothing to fear.

Forbidden Ritual

Sorcery

Sacrifice a nontoken permanent. If you do, target opponent loses 2 life unless he or she sacrifices a permanent or discards a card. You may repeat this process any number of times.

Natural Order

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast Natural Order, sacrifice a green creature.

Search your library for a green creature card and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

. . . but the price of Mangara's freedom was Asmira's life.

Argivian Restoration

Sorcery

Return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

"The Argivian University taught me two things: always look to the past, and never dismiss what appears useless."
-Hanna, Weatherlight navigator

Evincar's Justice

Sorcery

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

Evincar's Justice deals 2 damage to each creature and each player.

Legerdemain

Sorcery

Exchange control of target artifact or creature and another target permanent that shares one of those types with it. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Squee tucked the warm ball in his pocket and slipped a pebble in its place. ‘Glok,' he mumbled, and hid.

Aftershock

Sorcery

Destroy target artifact, creature, or land. Aftershock deals 3 damage to you.

"Every act of destruction has a repercussion."
-Karn, silver golem

Deadshot

Sorcery

Tap target creature. It deals damage equal to its power to another target creature.

"Carrion! Keep your distance. My blade will come to you!"
-Crovax

Lobotomy

Sorcery

Target player reveals his or her hand, then you choose a card other than a basic land card from it. Search that player's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as the chosen card and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Ransack

Sorcery

Look at the top five cards of target player's library. Put any number of them on the bottom of that library in any order and the rest on top of the library in any order.

Ruination

Sorcery

Destroy all nonbasic lands.

"We have built a wall upon sand. The wall will vanish. The sand will remain."
-Oracle en-Vec

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.

Flowstone Flood

Sorcery

Buyback-Pay 3 life, Discard a card at random. (You may pay 3 life and discard a card at random in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)

Destroy target land.

Path of Peace

Sorcery

Destroy target creature. Its owner gains 4 life.

"When the sword becomes a burden, let the warrior lay it aside that another with a truer heart might take it up."
-Radiant, archangel

Ill-Gotten Gains

Sorcery

Exile Ill-Gotten Gains. Each player discards his or her hand, then returns up to three cards from his or her graveyard to his or her hand.

Urza thought it a crusade. Xantcha knew it was a robbery.

Unnerve

Sorcery

Each opponent discards two cards.

"If fear is the only tool you have left, then you'll never control me."
-Xantcha, to Gix

Lay Waste

Sorcery

Destroy target land.

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

Hush

Sorcery

Destroy all enchantments.

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

Rejuvenate

Sorcery

You gain 6 life.

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

Titania's Boon

Sorcery

Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

When the winds rock the trees, listen for voices in the creaking of the trunks. If you hear your name, you are one of the Goddess's chosen.

Whirlwind

Sorcery

Destroy all creatures with flying.

Urza tried to rule the air, but Gaea taught him that she controlled all the elements.

Replenish

Sorcery

Return all enchantment cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. (Auras with nothing to enchant remain in your graveyard.)

Treasures, trinkets, trash-the relics of the past are brought forth again.

Eradicate

Sorcery

Exile target nonblack creature. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that creature and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Sowing Salt

Sorcery

Exile target nonbasic land. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that land and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Multani's Decree

Sorcery

Destroy all enchantments. You gain 2 life for each enchantment destroyed this way.

"This is my place of power. Nothing can take root here unless I allow it."
-Multani, maro-sorcerer

Splinter

Sorcery

Exile target artifact. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that artifact and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Unmask

Sorcery

You may exile a black card from your hand rather than pay Unmask's mana cost.

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

Bifurcate

Sorcery

Search your library for a permanent card with the same name as target nontoken creature and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

Spontaneous Generation

Sorcery

Put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token onto the battlefield for each card in your hand.

Saprolings always thrive on the ruins of others, and Mercadia ruins more than most.

Massacre

Sorcery

If an opponent controls a Plains and you control a Swamp, you may cast Massacre without paying its mana cost.

All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.

Pack Hunt

Sorcery

Search your library for up to three cards with the same name as target creature, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

The one you see is just a diversion.

Reverent Silence

Sorcery

If you control a Forest, rather than pay Reverent Silence's mana cost, you may have each other player gain 6 life.

Destroy all enchantments.

Skyshroud Claim

Sorcery

Search your library for up to two Forest cards and put them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

The forest's constant struggle is to keep the spreading flowstone at bay.

Rhystic Scrying

Sorcery

Draw three cards. Then, if any player pays , discard three cards.

"The trick is to ask when no one's listening."
-Alexi, zephyr mage

Despoil

Sorcery

Destroy target land. Its controller loses 2 life.

Nothing could grow where the vile smoke had been, and no one could breathe it and live.

Flay

Sorcery

Target player discards a card at random. Then that player discards another card at random unless he or she pays .

The Keldons would never admit it, but Greel unsettles them, too.

Outbreak

Sorcery

You may discard a Swamp card rather than pay Outbreak's mana cost.

Choose a creature type. All creatures of that type get -1/-1 until end of turn.

This plague chooses its victims.

Flameshot

Sorcery

You may discard a Mountain card rather than pay Flameshot's mana cost.

Flameshot deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three target creatures.

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.

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.

Wash Out

Sorcery

Return all permanents of the color of your choice to their owners' hands.

"Rest now. You've neither won nor lost, but this battle is over for you just the same."
-Teferi

Bend or Break

Sorcery

Each player separates all nontoken lands he or she controls into two piles. For each player, one of his or her piles is chosen by one of his or her opponents of his or her choice. Destroy all lands in the chosen piles. Tap all lands in the other piles.

Saproling Symbiosis

Sorcery

You may cast Saproling Symbiosis any time you could cast an instant if you pay more to cast it.

Put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token onto the battlefield for each creature you control.

Barrin's Spite

Sorcery

Choose two target creatures controlled by the same player. Their controller chooses and sacrifices one of them. Return the other to its owner's hand.

"Only vengeance matters now."
-Barrin

Urza's Guilt

Sorcery

Each player draws two cards, then discards three cards, then loses 4 life.

Deep in Yawgmoth's realm, Urza stopped dead in his tracks and rubbed his soot-filled eyes. "Mishra?"

Dwarven Landslide

Sorcery

Kicker-, Sacrifice a land. (You may pay and sacrifice a land in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.)

Destroy target land. If Dwarven Landslide was kicked, destroy another target land.

Gaea's Balance

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast Gaea's Balance, sacrifice five lands.

Search your library for a land card of each basic land type and put them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

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

Deep Analysis

Sorcery

Target player draws two cards.

Flashback-, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

"The specimen seems to be broken."

Acorn Harvest

Sorcery

Put two 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens onto the battlefield.

Flashback-, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Invigorating Falls

Sorcery

You gain life equal to the number of creature cards in all graveyards.

Krosan druids do not fear death, for they know that nature will only prosper from their passing.

Battle Screech

Sorcery

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

Flashback-Tap three untapped white creatures you control. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Swelter

Sorcery

Swelter deals 2 damage to each of two target creatures.

No circle has a beginning, but many have foreseeable ends.

Swirling Sandstorm

Sorcery

Threshold - Swirling Sandstorm deals 5 damage to each creature without flying if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

As dust swept out, vultures swept in.

Venomous Vines

Sorcery

Destroy target enchanted permanent.

"True strength comes from within. The false promise of unnatural power only incurs Krosa's wrath."
-Seton, centaur druid

Airborne Aid

Sorcery

Draw a card for each Bird on the battlefield.

"We help our Southern Order comrades as much as we can. But the Cabal's insidious influence spreads, dividing our forces and leaving new arrivals to fend for themselves."
-Commander Eesha

Peer Pressure

Sorcery

Choose a creature type. If you control more creatures of that type than each other player, you gain control of all creatures of that type. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Aphetto Dredging

Sorcery

Return up to three target creature cards of the creature type of your choice from your graveyard to your hand.

Phage became both executioner and savior, helping others to the same rebirth she had found.

Endemic Plague

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast Endemic Plague, sacrifice a creature.

Destroy all creatures that share a creature type with the sacrificed creature. They can't be regenerated.

Profane Prayers

Sorcery

Profane Prayers deals X damage to target creature or player and you gain X life, where X is the number of Clerics on the battlefield.

"We have ways to make you talk, but you have nothing interesting to say."

Syphon Mind

Sorcery

Each other player discards a card. You draw a card for each card discarded this way.

When tempers run high, it's easy to lose your head.

Thunder of Hooves

Sorcery

Thunder of Hooves deals X damage to each creature without flying and each player, where X is the number of Beasts on the battlefield.

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.

Explosive Vegetation

Sorcery

Search your library for up to two basic land cards and put them onto the battlefield tapped. Then shuffle your library.

Torching Krosa would be pointless. It grows faster than it burns.

Kamahl's Summons

Sorcery

Each player may reveal any number of creature cards from his or her hand. Then each player puts a 2/2 green Bear creature token onto the battlefield for each card he or she revealed this way.

As Krosa unleashed the peace in Kamahl, he unleashed the fury in Krosa.

Decree of Justice

Sorcery

Put X 4/4 white Angel creature tokens with flying onto the battlefield.

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

When you cycle Decree of Justice, you may pay . If you do, put X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield.

Tendrils of Agony

Sorcery

Target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Break Asunder

Sorcery

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

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

"No good will come of this."

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.

Reap and Sow

Sorcery

Choose one - Destroy target land; or search your library for a land card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.

Entwine (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Fill with Fright

Sorcery

Target player discards two cards.

Scry 2. (To 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.)

Granulate

Sorcery

Destroy each nonland artifact with converted mana cost 4 or less.

There aren't that many ways to destroy a solid steel weapon, but somehow the goblins keep finding new ones.

Beacon of Creation

Sorcery

Put a 1/1 green Insect creature token onto the battlefield for each Forest you control. Shuffle Beacon of Creation into its owner's library.

A chorus of life heralds the arrival of Mirrodin's final sun.