Leeching Bite

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Another target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

A substantial portion of Vorinclex's forces became fuel for the rest.

Lethargy Trap

Instant - Trap

If three or more creatures are attacking, you may pay rather than pay Lethargy Trap's mana cost.

Attacking creatures get -3/-0 until end of turn.

Suddenly, Zurdi didn't care about treasure, glory, food . . . or the drakes circling above.

Liberate

Instant

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

"Not everyone gets a second chance."
-Hanna

Life Burst

Instant

Target player gains 4 life, then gains 4 life for each card named Life Burst in each graveyard.

As uplifting as a mystic's dreams.

Lifelace

Instant

Target spell or permanent becomes green. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Lifted by Clouds

Instant - Arcane

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Splice onto Arcane (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.)

Lightning Axe

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Lightning Axe, discard a card or pay .

Lightning Axe deals 5 damage to target creature.

"A gargoyle's meat can be carved with an ordinary cleaver, but for its petrous hide . . ."
-Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar,
The Underworld Cookbook

Lightning Blast

Instant

Lightning Blast deals 4 damage to target creature or player.

"Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do."
-Selenia, dark angel

Lightning Blow

Instant

Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.

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

"If you do it right, they'll never know what hit them."
-General Jarkeld, the Arctic Fox

Lightning Bolt

Instant

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

Lightning Dart

Instant

Lightning Dart deals 1 damage to target creature. If that creature is white or blue, Lightning Dart deals 4 damage to it instead.

Broken and punctured by dozens of Phyrexian portals, the angry sky began to spit lightning back at the world.

Lightning Helix

Instant

Lightning Helix deals 3 damage to target creature or player and you gain 3 life.

Though less well-known than its army of soldiers, the Boros Legion's mage-priests are as respected by the innocent as they are hated by the ghosts of the guilty.

Lightning Storm

Instant

Lightning Storm deals X damage to target creature or player, where X is 3 plus the number of charge counters on it.

Discard a land card: Put two charge counters on Lightning Storm. You may choose a new target for it. Any player may activate this ability but only if Lightning Storm is on the stack.

Lightning Strike

Instant

Lightning Strike deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

"The hand of Keranos can be seen in every rumbling storm cloud. Best not to stand where he points."
-Rakleia of Shrine Peak

Lightning Volley

Instant

Until end of turn, creatures you control gain ": This creature deals 1 damage to target creature or player."

"We are the motes of rain that join to make the thundercloud. The power of the storm god surges through us!"

Lim-Dûl's Vault

Instant

Look at the top five cards of your library. As many times as you choose, you may pay 1 life, put those cards on the bottom of your library in any order, then look at the top five cards of your library. Then shuffle your library and put the last cards you looked at this way on top of it in any order.

Liquify

Instant

Counter target spell with converted mana cost 3 or less. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Lithomancer's Focus

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to that creature this turn by colorless sources.

"Even in the hands of amateurs, Nahiri's hedrons can harm the Eldrazi."-Ugin

Living Destiny

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Living Destiny, reveal a creature card from your hand.

You gain life equal to the revealed card's converted mana cost.

"That our enemies are great only brings us greater hope."

Logic Knot

Instant

Delve (You may exile any number of cards from your graveyard as you cast this spell. It costs less to cast for each card exiled this way.)

Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

Long-Term Plans

Instant

Search your library for a card, shuffle your library, then put that card third from the top.

"Wait, it'll come to me in a minute."

Lose Hope

Instant

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

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.)

Loss (Profit/Loss)

Instant

Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn.

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

Lost in a Labyrinth

Instant

Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Even those who leave the labyrinth never escape it, forever dreaming of their time trapped within.

Lost in the Mist

Instant

Counter target spell. Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

The secrets she carried could have saved many lives, but they quietly drowned with her.

Lull

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

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

Luminesce

Instant

Prevent all damage that black sources and red sources would deal this turn.

"The White Shield is not the burnished metal you lash to your forearm but the conviction that burns in your chest."
-Lucilde Fiksdotter,
leader of the Order of the White Shield

Luminescent Rain

Instant

Choose a creature type. You gain 2 life for each permanent you control of that type.

Storms in Lorwyn don't patter on village rooftops, but rather drench the clachan in rays of amber light.

Lunge

Instant

Lunge deals 2 damage to target creature and 2 damage to target player.

Cho-Arrim righteousness was no match for Benalish combat training.

Lure of Prey

Instant

Cast Lure of Prey only if an opponent cast a creature spell this turn.

You may put a green creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Machinate

Instant

Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of artifacts you control. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

As long as there are questions to be asked, the vedalken will ask them.

Mage's Guile

Instant

Target creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

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

"Next time, don't bother."

Mages' Contest

Instant

You and target spell's controller bid life. You start the bidding with a bid of 1. In turn order, each player may top the high bid. The bidding ends if the high bid stands. The high bidder loses life equal to the high bid. If you win the bidding, counter that spell.

Magical Hack

Instant

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one basic land type with another. (For example, you may change "swampwalk" to "plainswalk." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Magma Burst

Instant

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

Magma Burst deals 3 damage to target creature or player. If Magma Burst was kicked, it deals 3 damage to another target creature or player.

Magma Jet

Instant

Magma Jet deals 2 damage to target creature or player. 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.)

Magma Spray

Instant

Magma Spray deals 2 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

"Jund is a wounded world. Beware its searing blood spilling out onto the surface."
-Rakka Mar

Magmaquake

Instant

Magmaquake deals X damage to each creature without flying and each planeswalker.

"Where will you run when I punish you with the very ground you flee on?"
-Nicol Bolas

Magnetic Flux

Instant

Artifact creatures you control gain flying until end of turn.

After the researcher's astonishing success, his assistants spent six hours finding a way to return the specimens safely to the ground.

Magnetic Theft

Instant

Attach target Equipment to target creature. (Control of the Equipment doesn't change.)

Among the Vulshok, the most prized blades are those that killed their original owners.

Magnify

Instant

All creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.

The seed torches' pollen gives off light, but the elves find it heightens their senses as well.

Make a Stand

Instant

Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

For a moment they stood tall, all fear forgotten.

Makeshift Mannequin

Instant

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a mannequin counter on it. For as long as that creature has a mannequin counter on it, it has "When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it."

"This vulgar mimicry will end now."
-Desmera, perfect of Wren's Run

Malicious Advice

Instant

Tap X target artifacts, creatures, and/or lands. You lose X life.

"Rule through fear, Darigaaz. Only if the dragons feel terror will they truly be your servants."
-Tevesh Szat

Malicious Affliction

Instant

Morbid - When you cast Malicious Affliction, if a creature died this turn, you may copy Malicious Affliction and may choose a new target for the copy.

Destroy target nonblack creature.

"Such an affliction appears to seek out the pure."
-Byro, plague doctor

Mana Drain

Instant

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add to your mana pool, where X is that spell's converted mana cost.

Mana Leak

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

The fatal flaw in every plan is the assumption that you know more than your enemy.

Mana Short

Instant

Tap all lands target player controls and empty his or her mana pool.

Mana Tithe

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

"Those who seek to upset the balance must be taxed for such ambitions."
-Verithain, mesa high priest

Manamorphose

Instant

Add two mana in any combination of colors to your mana pool.

Draw a card.

For a moment, objects of pure mana glimmered in the wonderstruck boggart's hands. In the next moment, they were in his mouth, as he chewed contentedly.

Mangara's Blessing

Instant

You gain 5 life.

When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard Mangara's Blessing, you gain 2 life, and you return Mangara's Blessing from your graveyard to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Mardu Charm

Instant

Choose one -

• Mardu Charm deals 4 damage to target creature.

• Put two 1/1 white Warrior creature tokens onto the battlefield. They gain first strike until end of turn.

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

Marrow Shards

Instant

( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

Marrow Shards deals 1 damage to each attacking creature.

"We are a single entity. Dissenters must be sutured into the Orthodoxy."
-Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Marsh Gas

Instant

All creatures get -2/-0 until end of turn.

"Comes right outta th' ground. If ya can smell it, it's too late."
-Keevy Bogsbury

Martial Glory

Instant

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

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

"Yes, Boros tactics are unparalleled. But when your comrades are dying around you, inner strength must carry the day."
-Gideon Jura, to Aurelia

Martyrdom

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature you control gains ": The next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn is dealt to this creature instead." Only you may activate this ability.

"Martyrs are cheaper than mercenaries, and a far better investment."
-General Varchild

Mask of the Mimic

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Mask of the Mimic, sacrifice a creature.

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

Massive Raid

Instant

Massive Raid deals damage to target creature or player equal to the number of creatures you control.

"The Boros lack vision. Give them a convenient scapegoat and they'll be blind to the true threats."
-Lazav

Master Warcraft

Instant

Cast Master Warcraft only before attackers are declared.

You choose which creatures attack this turn.

You choose which creatures block this turn and how those creatures block.

Master's Call

Instant

Put two 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature tokens onto the battlefield.

The need to obey was inscribed on every plate in their bodies.

Meddle

Instant

If target spell has only one target and that target is a creature, change that spell's target to another creature.

"Shadimir was as surprised as he was relieved when the blow turned aside."
-Afari, Tales

Meditate

Instant

Draw four cards. You skip your next turn.

"Part of me believes that Barrin taught me meditation simply to shut me up."
-Ertai, wizard adept

Meditation Puzzle

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.)

You gain 8 life.

Find your center, and you will find your way.

Melee

Instant

Cast Melee only during your turn and only during combat before blockers are declared.

You choose which creatures block this combat and how those creatures block.

Whenever a creature attacks and isn't blocked this combat, untap it and remove it from combat.

Memory Lapse

Instant

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it on top of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard.

"Oh, I had a conscience once. But alas, I seem to have forgotten where I put it."
-Chandler

Memory Plunder

Instant

You may cast target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard without paying its mana cost.

"Vengeance is the echo of the victim's own crime."
-Grensch, merrow cutthroat

Memory's Journey

Instant

Target player shuffles up to three target cards from his or her graveyard into his or her library.

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

Mending Hands

Instant

Prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

"I can staunch their blood, mend their flesh, and knit their bones. But I cannot restore their hope."
-Tender-Hand, kitsune healer

Mending Touch

Instant

Regenerate target creature.

"The gift of life must be freely given. Anything less would diminish us all."
-Arin, Selesnya healer

Mental Misstep

Instant

( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

Counter target spell with converted mana cost 1.

"Your first mistake was thinking I would let you live long enough to make a second."
-Sarnvax, Gitaxian sective

Mental Note

Instant

Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.

Draw a card.

Some minds are more open than others.

Mercadia's Downfall

Instant

Each attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each nonbasic land defending player controls.

With an explosion that shook the foundation of the city, the Weatherlight burst from the underground hangar.

Mercy Killing

Instant

Target creature's controller sacrifices it, then puts X 1/1 green and white Elf Warrior creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is that creature's power.

"We will give you the peace you seek, though you may not yet know you seek it."

Metal Fatigue

Instant

Tap all artifacts.

The Auriok have fought the metal hordes for so long now that knowing how to cripple them has become an instinct.

Metamorphose

Instant

Put target permanent an opponent controls on top of its owner's library. That opponent may put an artifact, creature, enchantment, or land card from his or her hand onto the battlefield.

If it's not one thing, it's another.

Midnight Charm

Instant

Choose one - Midnight Charm deals 1 damage to target creature and you gain 1 life; or target creature gains first strike until end of turn; or tap target creature.

Midnight Haunting

Instant

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

The path back to the world of the living is murky and bewildering. A geist may not even realize that it's terrifying its own loved ones.

Might of Alara

Instant

Domain - Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each basic land type among lands you control.

The combined strength of all five planes spawned creations none had seen before.

Might of Oaks

Instant

Target creature gets +7/+7 until end of turn.

May your weapon be no sword forged. May your armor be no metal wrought.
-Elvish saying

Might of Old Krosa

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If you cast this spell during your main phase, that creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn instead.

Sometimes even humble forest creatures were gifted with mighty emanations from the past.

Might of the Masses

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature you control.

The Joraga elves never need ask a troll to leave their territory. They merely grant it their combined strength, and it can't resist embarking on a merry rampage.

Might of the Nephilim

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each of its colors.

"Send a runner to Tin Street, and tell 'em the delivery has been . . . uh . . . held up."
-Bonmod, caravan rear guard

Mighty Leap

Instant

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

"The southern fortress taken by invaders? Heh, sure . . . when elephants fly."
-Brezard Skeinbow, captain of the guard

Minamo's Meddling

Instant

Counter target spell. That spell's controller reveals his or her hand, then discards each card with the same name as a card spliced onto that spell.

Like storm water through the segments of bamboo, the spell followed the links of magic. Then it destroyed them.

Mind Bend

Instant

Change the text of target permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another. (For example, you may change "nonblack creature" to "nongreen creature" or "forestwalk" to "islandwalk." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

"The world, I've come to realize, is a blank canvas on which to paint."
-Ixidor, reality sculptor

Mind Games

Instant

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

Tap target artifact, creature, or land.

Mindbreak Trap

Instant - Trap

If an opponent cast three or more spells this turn, you may pay rather than pay Mindbreak Trap's mana cost.

Exile any number of target spells.

"Life is a maze. This is one of its dead ends."
-Noyan Dar, Tazeem lullmage

Mindstatic

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

"It's always satisfying to stymie the best efforts of a rival, but the reactions of the Gruul are particularly amusing."
-Bori Andon, Izzet blastseeker

Mindswipe

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays . Mindswipe deals X damage to that spell's controller.

"The past and the unwritten are frozen. To understand their meaning requires heat."
-Arel the Whisperer

Miraculous Recovery

Instant

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a +1/+1 counter on it.

"You stop breathing for just a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions."
-Zarkuu, necrosavant

Mirran Mettle

Instant

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

Metalcraft - That creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn instead if you control three or more artifacts.

"Our land will not yield to Phyrexian corruption!"

Mirror Strike

Instant

All combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn by target unblocked creature is dealt to its controller instead.

"Enemies can be your weapons or your shields. Simply show them which they are."
-The Teachings of Zho

Mirrorweave

Instant

Each other creature becomes a copy of target nonlegendary creature until end of turn.

"Those who are different are untrustworthy, unpredictable. Put your safety in the hands of your own kind."
-Bowen, Barrenton guardcaptain

Miscalculation

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

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

Misdirection

Instant

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

Change the target of target spell with a single target.

Misery Charm

Instant

Choose one - Destroy target Cleric; or return target Cleric card from your graveyard to your hand; or target player loses 2 life.

Misinformation

Instant

Put up to three target cards from an opponent's graveyard on top of his or her library in any order.

"When you cannot rely on your sources, trust your own senses. When you cannot trust those, you must follow your instincts." -Lovisa Coldeyes, Balduvian Chieftain

Mizzium Skin

Instant

Target creature you control gets +0/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn.

Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

Mnemonic Nexus

Instant

Each player shuffles his or her graveyard into his or her library.

True enlightenment comes not with a new thought, but with understanding of all the old ones.

Mogg Salvage

Instant

If an opponent controls an Island and you control a Mountain, you may cast Mogg Salvage without paying its mana cost.

Destroy target artifact.

Three moggs, one treasure, too bad.