TerminateInstantDestroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. "I've seen death before. My mother succumbing to illness, my comrades bleeding on the battlefield . . . But I'd never seen anything as dreadful as that." |
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Colossal MightInstantTarget creature gets +4/+2 and gains trample until end of turn. "Never corner a barbarian. You become the path of least resistance." |
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Zealous PersecutionInstantUntil end of turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 and creatures your opponents control get -1/-1. "Jharic returned from Grixis changed, a haunted look in her eyes. She destroyed them with an unholy glee that made me shudder." |
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Fight to the DeathInstantDestroy all blocking creatures and all blocked creatures. When a battlefield falls silent, it's rarely due to a cease-fire. |
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Pyretic RitualInstantAdd to your mana pool. The Multiverse is filled with limitless power just waiting for someone to reach out and seize it. |
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Thunder StrikeInstantTarget creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) Lightning reflexes, thunderous might. |
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Back to NatureInstantDestroy all enchantments. "Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same." |
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TwincastInstantCopy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. Imitation is the most dangerous form of flattery. |
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Ignite DisorderInstantIgnite Disorder deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three target white and/or blue creatures. The shaman prowled the academy halls, shaking his head at the pomp and babble of the sages inside. He knew just the spell to liven the place up. |
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RegenerateInstantRegenerate target creature. (The next time that creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat.) "This wound shall be like the chills of winter: swiftly forgotten when spring shoots rise." |
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View from AboveInstantTarget creature gains flying until end of turn. If you control a white permanent, return View from Above to its owner's hand. "This air feels so heavy and thick. There are no winds to speak of. I fear the knowledge that comes from a place like this." |
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Worldly CounselInstantDomain - Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. Every horizon hides a new possibility. |
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Molten FrameInstantDestroy target artifact creature. The metal filigree in his body glowed red-hot, and his flesh soon followed. |
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CountersquallInstantCounter target noncreature spell. Its controller loses 2 life. Each of the twenty-three winds of Esper is named and chronicled, and every possible interaction with the flow of magic is exhaustively detailed. |
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GlamerdyeInstantChange the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another.
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Batwing BrumeInstantPrevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn if was spent to cast Batwing Brume. Each player loses 1 life for each attacking creature he or she controls if was spent to cast Batwing Brume. (Do both if was spent.)
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Cauldron HazeInstantChoose any number of target creatures. Each of those creatures gains persist 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.)
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Inside OutInstantSwitch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn. Seyden's temperament didn't take well to the puca's magic. Nor did his face. |
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Double CleaveInstantTarget creature gains double strike until end of turn. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.) "When in doubt, kill 'em twice." |
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Inquisitor's SnareInstantPrevent all damage target attacking or blocking creature would deal this turn. If that creature is black or red, destroy it. Driven by their paranoia, kithkin inflict on their foes all the agonies they believe would have been inflicted on them. |
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Last BreathInstantExile target creature with power 2 or less. Its controller gains 4 life. "Tsk. You'd think those nasty merrows would know how to hold their breath." |
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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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Puncture BoltInstantPuncture Bolt deals 1 damage to target creature. Put a -1/-1 counter on that creature. Cinder pyromancers measure their success by counting their enemies' smoking holes. |
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Smash to SmithereensInstantDestroy target artifact. Smash to Smithereens deals 3 damage to that artifact's controller. The giant Tarvik dreamed that trinkets and machines caused all the world's woe. When he awoke from his troubled sleep, he took the name Tarvik Relicsmasher. |
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Turn to MistInstantExile 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." |
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Fate TransferInstantMove all counters from target creature onto another target creature. "The cinders find strength in suffering, the elves in beauty. But if you make an elf suffer, he gets weaker. I wonder what happens if you make a cinder beautiful?" |
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ManamorphoseInstantAdd two mana in any combination of colors to your mana pool. 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. |
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ReknitInstantRegenerate target permanent. "An axe may break upon a ribbon if the ribbon's will is the stronger." |
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ForfendInstantPrevent all damage that would be dealt to creatures this turn. "Suddenly there stood a fortress protecting the clachan, its walls hewn of valor and mortared with honor." |
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Graceful ReprieveInstantWhen target creature dies this turn, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. "In my moment of death, I had a vision of the world, dark and unwelcoming. I wanted to hide in the deepest meander, but the light pulled me back." |
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Redeem the LostInstantTarget creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Clash with an opponent. If you win, return Redeem the Lost to its owner's hand. (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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Pack's DisdainInstantChoose a creature type. Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each permanent of the chosen type you control. Like the sun to a flower, the adoring gaze of the tribe is sustenance to an elf. To be shunned is to wither. |
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Release the AntsInstantRelease the Ants deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Clash with an opponent. If you win, return Release the Ants to its owner's hand. (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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DeglamerInstantChoose target artifact or enchantment. Its owner shuffles it into his or her library. The more pleasant an illusion's garb, the more indecent its form laid bare. |
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EarthbrawnInstantTarget creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Gremil finally felt in touch with nature-and felt a need to share the experience with others. |
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Familiar's RuseInstantAs an additional cost to cast Familiar's Ruse, return a creature you control to its owner's hand. Because of their capricious nature, faeries can serve as living lenses for disruptive magic. |
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Whirlpool WhelmInstantClash with an opponent, then return target creature to its owner's hand. If you win, you may put that creature on top of its owner's library instead. (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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Lash OutInstantLash Out deals 3 damage to target creature. Clash with an opponent. If you win, Lash Out deals 3 damage to that creature's controller. (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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Fistful of ForceInstantTarget creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Clash with an opponent. If you win, that creature gets an additional +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn. (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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Lammastide WeaveInstantName a card, then target player puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard. If that card is the named card, you gain life equal to its converted mana cost. "A ribbon torn will ward away dark dreams." |
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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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BoomerangInstantReturn target permanent to its owner's hand. Early Jamuraan hunters devised a weapon that would return to its source. Tolarian Æthermancers developed a spell that skipped the weapon entirely. |
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Hurkyl's RecallInstantReturn all artifacts target player owns to his or her hand. Hurkyl's research at the College of Lat-Nam wasn't enough to stop the two brothers, but for centuries thereafter her spellcraft taught artificers restraint. |
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Remove SoulInstantCounter target creature spell. When your enemies are denied soldiers, they are denied victory. |
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Telling TimeInstantLook at the top three cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand, one on top of your library, and one on the bottom of your library. Mastery is achieved when "telling time" becomes "telling time what to do." |
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TerrorInstantDestroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
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Fists of the AnvilInstantTarget creature gets +4/+0 until end of turn. Gron's mind reeled with possibilities, most of which are best left unmentioned. |
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Guerrilla TacticsInstantGuerrilla Tactics deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
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StunInstantTarget creature can't block this turn. "Fortunately, merfolk aren't used to opponents with feet." |
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Aggressive UrgeInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. The power of the wild, concentrated in a single charge. |
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SimulacrumInstantYou gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.
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Word of CommandInstantLook at target opponent's hand and choose a card from it. You control that player until Word of Command finishes resolving. The player plays that card if able. While doing so, the player can activate mana abilities only if they're from lands he or she controls and only if mana they produce is spent to activate other mana abilities of lands he or she controls and/or play that card. If the chosen card is cast as a spell, you control the player while that spell is resolving.
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CounterspellInstantCounter target spell.
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ForkInstantCopy target instant or sorcery spell, except that the copy is red. You may choose new targets for the copy.
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DisenchantInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment.
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Eye for an EyeInstantThe next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, instead that source deals that much damage to you and Eye for an Eye deals that much damage to that source's controller.
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Reverse PolarityInstantYou gain X life, where X is twice the damage dealt to you so far this turn by artifacts.
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Blood LustInstantIf target creature has toughness 5 or greater, it gets +4/-4 until end of turn. Otherwise, it gets +4/-X until end of turn, where X is its toughness minus 1.
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Alabaster PotionInstantChoose one - Target player gains X life; or prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. "Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity." |
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EnervateInstantTap target artifact, creature, or land. "Worlds turn in crucial moments of decision. Make your choice." |
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Memory LapseInstantCounter 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." |
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UpdraftInstantTarget creature gains flying until end of turn. "Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." |
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Word of BlastingInstantDestroy target Wall. It can't be regenerated. Word of Blasting deals damage equal to that Wall's converted mana cost to the Wall's controller. "Walls? What walls?" |
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Blessed WineInstantYou gain 1 life. "Out there, there are spirits, but here, there is wine." |
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Sacred BoonInstantPrevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. At the beginning of the next end step, put a +0/+1 counter on that creature for each 1 damage prevented this way. "Divine gifts are granted to those who are worthy." |
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Shield WallInstantCreatures you control get +0/+2 until end of turn. The strongest walls are made not of stone or steel but of the focused strength of warriors. |
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RemedyInstantPrevent the next 5 damage that would be dealt this turn to any number of target creatures and/or players, divided as you choose. "These things will protect you while I'm gone, remind you of my love for you." |
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ReprisalInstantDestroy target creature with power 4 or greater. It can't be regenerated. "The meek shall fight as one, and they shall overcome even the greatest of foes." |
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FlashInstantYou may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you do, sacrifice it unless you pay its mana cost reduced by up to .
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Final FortuneInstantTake an extra turn after this one. At the beginning of that turn's end step, you lose the game. Want all, lose all. |
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Blessed ReversalInstantYou gain 3 life for each creature attacking you. "A battle's outcome is never certain." |
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Tolarian WindsInstantDiscard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards. Why not ask the winds? |
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RedeemInstantPrevent all damage that would be dealt this turn to up to two target creatures. "Let me redeem my brothers both from death." |
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Flash CounterInstantCounter target instant spell. "So much for that bright idea" |
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TransmutationInstantSwitch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn. "You know what I was,/ You see what I am: change me, change me!" |
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Mana DrainInstantCounter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add to your mana pool, where X is that spell's converted mana cost.
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ResetInstantCast Reset only during an opponent's turn after his or her upkeep step.
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SilhouetteInstantPrevent all damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn by spells or abilities that target it.
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TelekinesisInstantTap target creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by that creature this turn. It doesn't untap during its controller's next two untap steps.
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BackdraftInstantChoose a player who cast one or more sorcery spells this turn. Backdraft deals damage to that player equal to half the damage dealt by one of those sorcery spells this turn, rounded down.
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WhiteoutInstantAll creatures lose flying until end of turn.
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FormationInstantTarget creature gains banding until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding a player controls are blocking or being blocked by a creature, that player divides that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) "I have been a warrior for over four hundred years, and yet each generation of Kjeldorans teaches me new tricks. There can be no better allies." |
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Lightning BlowInstantTarget creature gains first strike until end of turn. "If you do it right, they'll never know what hit them." |
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RallyInstantBlocking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn. "Stand your ground, troops! This shall be our finest hour!" |
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HeadstoneInstantExile target card from a graveyard. "Your headstone is the last page in the book of your life." |
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JinxInstantTarget land becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn. "What wizards upset, the land soon rights." |
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Aliban's TowerInstantTarget blocking creature gets +3/+1 until end of turn. "Those who hide in hollow towers would do well to remember the rain." |
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Arcane DenialInstantCounter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
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Lat-Nam's LegacyInstantShuffle a card from your hand into your library. If you do, draw two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. "All the knowledge of Lat-Nam could not protect its sages from the Brothers' War." -Gerda Äagesdotter, Archmage of the Unseen |
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SuffocationInstantCast Suffocation only if you were dealt damage this turn by a red instant or sorcery spell.
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BurnoutInstantCounter target instant spell if it's blue. "GOTCHA!" |
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Gorilla War CryInstantCast Gorilla War Cry only during combat before blockers are declared. "The only ‘art' these beasts possess is the art of noise!" -Jaya Ballard |
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Errand of DutyInstantPut a 1/1 white Knight creature token with banding onto the battlefield. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) "Call every able sword to our side. Kjeldor will stand triumphant!" |
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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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Sun's BountyInstantYou gain 4 life. "Heidar has forced the sun into hiding, but it has not forgotten us." |
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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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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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Grim HarvestInstantReturn target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
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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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ResizeInstantTarget creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
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