ExtirpateInstantSplit second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
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Fatal FrenzyInstantUntil end of turn, target creature you control gains trample and gets +X/+0, where X is its power. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step. "I hope to have such a death-lying in triumph upon the broken bodies of those who slew me." |
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Fury CharmInstantChoose one - Destroy target artifact; or target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn; or remove two time counters from target permanent or suspended card.
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Healing LeavesInstantChoose one - Target player gains 3 life; or prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. The elves of Llanowar don't trust in alchemy. They rely instead on pure herbs harvested from the forest's sacred heart. |
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Imp's MischiefInstantChange the target of target spell with a single target. You lose life equal to that spell's converted mana cost. "Do the innocent pay for the crimes of the guilty? Of course they do. That's the fate of the weak." |
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Kor DirgeInstantAll damage that would be dealt this turn to target creature you control by a source of your choice is dealt to another target creature instead. Rath's new evincar eliminated the brutish moggs and took a new slave race, one more reminiscent of her own feline grace. |
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Mana TitheInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays . "Those who seek to upset the balance must be taxed for such ambitions." |
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Midnight CharmInstantChoose 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.
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OvinizeInstantTarget creature loses all abilities and becomes 0/1 until end of turn. "You wish for me to cow your enemies? I can do better than that . . . ." |
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Piracy CharmInstantChoose one - Target creature gains islandwalk until end of turn; or target creature gets +2/-1 until end of turn; or target player discards a card.
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PongifyInstantDestroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller puts a 3/3 green Ape creature token onto the battlefield. Some spellcrafting mistakes go on to become spells of their own. |
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Rebuff the WickedInstantCounter target spell that targets a permanent you control. "I cannot teach you their brand of magic, but I can teach you how to defend against it." |
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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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TimecraftingInstantChoose one - Remove X time counters from target permanent or suspended card; or put X time counters on target permanent with a time counter on it or suspended card. Oddly, an unstable time stream makes wizards want to tinker with it even more. |
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Treacherous UrgeInstantTarget 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.
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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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Angel's GraceInstantSplit second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
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BewilderInstantTarget creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn. "Teferi snapped his fingers, and the viashino started clucking like a chicken. Silly, yes, but exactly the thing we needed to break the stifling tension." |
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Careful ConsiderationInstantTarget player draws four cards, then discards three cards. If you cast this spell during your main phase, instead that player draws four cards, then discards two cards. "Sages who take the time to verify their sources are rewarded for their diligence." |
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Chameleon BlurInstantPrevent all damage that creatures would deal to players this turn. "Sometimes the best plan is neither fighting nor running." |
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ClockspinningInstantBuyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
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Dark WitheringInstantDestroy target nonblack creature.
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FortifyInstantChoose one - Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn; or creatures you control get +0/+2 until end of turn. "Where metal is tainted and wood is scarce, we are best armed by faith." |
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Haunting HymnInstantTarget player discards two cards. If you cast this spell during your main phase, that player discards four cards instead. The hymn's melody has persisted since Tourach's time, but the words changed to invoke the phobias of each listener. |
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Krosan GripInstantSplit second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) "Give up these unnatural weapons, these scrolls. Heart and mind and fist are enough." |
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Lightning AxeInstantAs an additional cost to cast Lightning Axe, discard a card or pay . "A gargoyle's meat can be carved with an ordinary cleaver, but for its petrous hide . . ." |
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Might of Old KrosaInstantTarget 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. |
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MolderInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment with converted mana cost X. It can't be regenerated. You gain X life. "The forests have succumbed to ruin, but the spirit of Krosa remains alive and vital in these devouring spores." |
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Momentary BlinkInstantExile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.
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MoonlaceInstantTarget spell or permanent becomes colorless. Once a vision of constancy in the sky, the moon had long been hidden from view by the haze that chokes the heavens. The very sight of it had become a sign that change was in the air. |
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Mystical TeachingsInstantSearch your library for an instant card or a card with flash, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
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Orcish CannonadeInstantOrcish Cannonade deals 2 damage to target creature or player and 3 damage to you. "Crispy! Scarback! Load another volcano-ball." |
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Pull from EternityInstantPut target face-up exiled card into its owner's graveyard. It is best to conquer dragons before they hatch. |
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ReiterateInstantBuyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) "Echoes of the Mirari's power yet linger." |
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SnapbackInstantYou may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay Snapback's mana cost. "If it returns years hence, our knowledge of how to combat it will be that much greater." |
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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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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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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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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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Strangling SootInstantDestroy target creature with toughness 3 or less. "What good is your blade without your breath?" |
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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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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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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 SpoilingInstantSplit second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
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Sulfurous BlastInstantSulfurous Blast deals 2 damage to each creature and each player. If you cast this spell during your main phase, Sulfurous Blast deals 3 damage to each creature and each player instead. The Keldons used the toxic vents in the cracked earth to bolster their home's defenses. |
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Thrill of the HuntInstantTarget creature gets +1/+2 until end of turn.
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Traitor's ClutchInstantTarget creature gets +1/+0, becomes black, and gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
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TrickbindInstantSplit second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
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Truth or TaleInstantReveal 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.
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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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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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Balduvian RageInstantTarget attacking creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn. "Let your heartbeat be the thunder in the valley. Let your swords be the lightning on the peaks." |
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Chill to the BoneInstantDestroy target nonsnow creature. "Thick hides and layered armor won't help when I freeze you from the inside out." |
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CommandeerInstantYou may exile two blue cards from your hand rather than pay Commandeer's mana cost.
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ControvertInstantCounter target spell.
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Grim HarvestInstantReturn target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
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Kjeldoran War CryInstantCreatures you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is 1 plus the number of cards named Kjeldoran War Cry in all graveyards. King Darien's breath crystallized and fell to the frozen battlefield, but its command carried true to all soldiers of New Argive. |
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Krovikan RotInstantDestroy target creature with power 2 or less.
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Lightning StormInstantLightning Storm deals X damage to target creature or player, where X is 3 plus the number of charge counters on it.
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Mystic MeltingInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment. The sun-hot glow radiated from the druids, leaving scattered metal in steaming pools as it passed. |
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ResizeInstantTarget creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
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Rune SnagInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays plus an additional for each card named Rune Snag in each graveyard. "Concentration is key. Without it, a mage conjures nothing but a splitting headache." |
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SkredInstantSkred deals damage to target creature equal to the number of snow permanents you control. "This close to Rimewind Keep, no avalanche is nature's doing." |
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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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Sun's BountyInstantYou gain 4 life. "Heidar has forced the sun into hiding, but it has not forgotten us." |
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Surging ÆtherInstantRipple 4 (When you cast this spell, you may reveal the top four cards of your library. You may cast any revealed cards with the same name as this spell without paying their mana costs. Put the rest on the bottom of your library.)
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Surging FlameInstantRipple 4 (When you cast this spell, you may reveal the top four cards of your library. You may cast any revealed cards with the same name as this spell without paying their mana costs. Put the rest on the bottom of your library.)
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Swift ManeuverInstantPrevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. Darien's call to Yavimaya would have fallen red to the snow had it not been for the agility of the aesthir. |
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Thermal FluxInstantChoose one - Target nonsnow permanent becomes snow until end of turn; or target snow permanent isn't snow until end of turn.
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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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Azorius PloyInstantPrevent all combat damage target creature would deal this turn. Azorius military tactics, like their legal tactics, capitalize on delay and nullification. |
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Æthermage's TouchInstantReveal the top four cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield. It has "At the beginning of your end step, return this creature to its owner's hand." Then put the rest of the cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in any order.
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Bound (Bound/Determined)InstantSacrifice a creature. Return up to X cards from your graveyard to your hand, where X is the number of colors that creature was. Exile this card.
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Brace for ImpactInstantPrevent all damage that would be dealt to target multicolored creature this turn. For each 1 damage prevented this way, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature. Flesh can be tempered by spellcraft and forged ever stronger by the hammers of foes. |
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Cackling FlamesInstantCackling Flames deals 3 damage to target creature or player. "I like a little entertainment with my dinner." |
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CaromInstantThe next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn is dealt to another target creature instead. Her enemy's strength is her own. |
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CytoshapeInstantChoose a nonlegendary creature on the battlefield. Target creature becomes a copy of that creature until end of turn. "Though highly effective at reshaping flesh, these specially bred cytoplasts leave the subject reeking of omnibian mucus." |
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Flash FoliageInstantCast Flash Foliage only during combat after blockers are declared. "This undemanding vegetation takes root in a mote of dust but grows incredibly quickly." |
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Hide (Hide/Seek)InstantPut target artifact or enchantment on the bottom of its owner's library.
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Hit (Hit/Run)InstantTarget player sacrifices an artifact or creature. Hit deals damage to that player equal to that permanent's converted mana cost.
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Ignorant BlissInstantExile all cards from your hand face down. At the beginning of the next end step, return those cards to your hand, then draw a card. "A quick step beyond oblivion lies a place so full of thoughts that it leaves no room for your own." |
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Might of the NephilimInstantTarget 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." |
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NightcreepInstantUntil end of turn, all creatures become black and all lands become Swamps. "Please tell me I'm hallucinating. I'd rather be crazy than here." |
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Odds (Odds/Ends)InstantFlip a coin. If it comes up heads, counter target instant or sorcery spell. If it comes up tails, copy that spell and you may choose new targets for the copy.
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OverruleInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays . You gain X life. With one commanding word, the spell was put down and a fine collected for its casting. |
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Psychotic FuryInstantTarget multicolored creature gains double strike until end of turn. "Rage, my servants. Our ancient power is renewed in blood." |
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Research (Research/Development)InstantChoose up to four cards you own from outside the game and shuffle them into your library.
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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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Steeling StanceInstantCreatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
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Swift SilenceInstantCounter all other spells. Draw a card for each spell countered this way. "This world may not know peace, but in my presence you will know quiet." |
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Trial (Trial/Error)InstantReturn all creatures blocking or blocked by target creature to their owner's hand.
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TwinstrikeInstantTwinstrike deals 2 damage to each of two target creatures. They're dying left and right. |
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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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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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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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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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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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Wrecking BallInstantDestroy target creature or land. Rakdos festivals almost leave enough rubble in their wake to hide the bodies. |
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Cerebral VortexInstantTarget player draws two cards, then Cerebral Vortex deals damage to that player equal to the number of cards he or she has drawn this turn. Izzet brains and Izzet boilers: contents under pressure. |
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Crash LandingInstantTarget creature with flying loses flying until end of turn. Crash Landing deals damage to that creature equal to the number of Forests you control. "The other guilds think they're untouchable. It's time we brought them back down to earth." |
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