Downhill Charge

Instant

You may sacrifice a Mountain rather than pay Downhill Charge's mana cost.

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of Mountains you control.

Flowstone Strike

Instant

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

Aggression exacts its toll.

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.

Animate Land

Instant

Until end of turn, target land becomes a 3/3 creature that's still a land.

Irony is getting walked on by the earth instead of the other way around.

Fog Patch

Instant

Cast Fog Patch only during the declare blockers step.

Attacking creatures become blocked. (This spell works on unblockable creatures.)

Realizing they weren't getting past the fog, the elves did the only thing they could do: wait.

Refreshing Rain

Instant

If an opponent controls a Swamp and you control a Forest, you may cast Refreshing Rain without paying its mana cost.

Target player gains 6 life.

Abolish

Instant

You may discard a Plains card rather than pay Abolish's mana cost.

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

As war raged on, the young mages became more direct in their tactics, often at great cost.

Excise

Instant

Exile target attacking creature unless its controller pays .

"Creation is no great feat. Anything you make, I can unmake in a heartbeat."
-Alexi, zephyr mage

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

Rhystic Shield

Instant

Creatures you control get +0/+1 until end of turn. They get an additional +0/+2 until end of turn unless any player pays .

A shield for one is good. A shield for everyone is even better.

Foil

Instant

You may discard an Island card and another card rather than pay Foil's mana cost.

Counter target spell.

Rethink

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays , where X is its converted mana cost.

"Are you sure you want to do that?"

Withdraw

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Then return another target creature to its owner's hand unless its controller pays .

"We outnumber them! Charge! Charge! Hey, where'd you guys go? Retreat! Retreat!"

Steal Strength

Instant

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

With each grunt of pain from Haddad, Greel's grin widened.

Inflame

Instant

Inflame deals 2 damage to each creature dealt damage this turn.

Wound, maim, kill: it's all the same to a Keldon.

Rhystic Lightning

Instant

Rhystic Lightning deals 4 damage to target creature or player unless that creature's controller or that player pays . If he or she does, Rhystic Lightning deals 2 damage to the creature or player.

Snag

Instant

You may discard a Forest card rather than pay Snag's mana cost.

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by unblocked creatures this turn.

Vitalizing Wind

Instant

Creatures you control get +7/+7 until end of turn.

"The fifth wind of ascension is Exalter, fulfilling Keld's destiny."
-Keld Triumphant

Wild Might

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. That creature gets an additional +4/+4 until end of turn unless any player pays .

The hunted can become the fiercest hunters.

Dismantling Blow

Instant

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

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

If Dismantling Blow was kicked, draw two cards.

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

Orim's Touch

Instant

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

Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. If Orim's Touch was kicked, prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt to that creature or player this turn instead.

Restrain

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target attacking creature this turn.

Draw a card.

"Hanna would give up her own life before she'd abandon the Weatherlight."
-Sisay

Samite Ministration

Instant

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn by a source of your choice. Whenever damage from a black or red source is prevented this way this turn, you gain that much life.

Winnow

Instant

Destroy target nonland permanent if another permanent with the same name is on the battlefield.

Draw a card.

"Strength in numbers? I think not."
-Gerrard

Barrin's Unmaking

Instant

Return target permanent to its owner's hand if that permanent shares a color with the most common color among all permanents or a color tied for most common.

Crystal Spray

Instant

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another until end of turn.

Draw a card.

Exclude

Instant

Counter target creature spell.

Draw a card.

"I don't have time for you right now."
-Teferi

Opt

Instant

Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.

Draw a card.

"We need alternatives, Hanna," yelled Gerrard. "Now"

Prohibit

Instant

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

Counter target spell if its converted mana cost is 2 or less. If Prohibit was kicked, counter that spell if its converted mana cost is 4 or less instead.

Sway of Illusion

Instant

Any number of target creatures become the color of your choice until end of turn.

Draw a card.

"I suggest you take a closer look."
-Tidal visionary

Teferi's Response

Instant

Counter target spell or ability an opponent controls that targets a land you control. If a permanent's ability is countered this way, destroy that permanent.

Draw two cards.

Agonizing Demise

Instant

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

Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. If Agonizing Demise was kicked, it deals damage equal to that creature's power to the creature's controller.

Annihilate

Instant

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

Draw a card.

"Whatever Yawgmoth marks, dies. There is no escape."
-Tsabo Tavoc, Phyrexian general

Defiling Tears

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature becomes black, gets +1/-1, and gains ": Regenerate this creature."

Serra's living warriors looked on in horror. "Where is our Lady now?" they cried.

Dredge

Instant

Sacrifice a creature or land.

Draw a card.

"I'd strip away the world to see what's under it, but I'd never just leave it to these Phyrexian parasites and their false god."
-Urborg witch

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.

Chaotic Strike

Instant

Cast Chaotic Strike only during combat after blockers are declared.

Flip a coin. If you win the flip, target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Draw a card.

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.

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.

Overload

Instant

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

Destroy target artifact if its converted mana cost is 2 or less. If Overload was kicked, destroy that artifact if its converted mana cost is 5 or less instead.

Scorching Lava

Instant

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

Scorching Lava deals 2 damage to target creature or player. If Scorching Lava was kicked, that creature can't be regenerated this turn and if it would die this turn, exile it instead.

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

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.

Zap

Instant

Zap deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

Draw a card.

"All this time I thought Squee was useless," chuckled Sisay. "Who knew he'd be such a good shot?"

Bind

Instant

Counter target activated ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Draw a card.

"The battlefield is cluttered enough. Be still."
-Multani, maro-sorcerer

Explosive Growth

Instant

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

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If Explosive Growth was kicked, that creature gets +5/+5 until end of turn instead.

Tangle

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Each attacking creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Gaea battles rampant death with abundant life.

Vigorous Charge

Instant

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

Target creature gains trample until end of turn. Whenever that creature deals combat damage this turn, if Vigorous Charge was kicked, you gain life equal to that damage.

Absorb

Instant

Counter target spell. You gain 3 life.

"Your presumption is your downfall."

Artifact Mutation

Instant

Destroy target artifact. It can't be regenerated. Put X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is that artifact's converted mana cost.

"From shards and splinters I call forth my living horde."
-Molimo, maro-sorcerer

Aura Mutation

Instant

Destroy target enchantment. Put X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is that enchantment's converted mana cost.

"Life can be found in all things, even things unnatural."
-Multani, maro-sorcerer

Backlash

Instant

Tap target untapped creature. That creature deals damage equal to its power to its controller.

Darigaaz decided his foe would be more useful as a weapon.

Cauldron Dance

Instant

Cast Cauldron Dance only during combat.

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Return it to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.

You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Its controller sacrifices it at the beginning of the next end step.

Recoil

Instant

Return target permanent to its owner's hand. Then that player discards a card.

Anything sent into a plagued world is bound to come back infected.

Reviving Vapors

Instant

Reveal the top three cards of your library and put one of them into your hand. You gain life equal to that card's converted mana cost. Put all other cards revealed this way into your graveyard.

Spinal Embrace

Instant

Cast Spinal Embrace only during combat.

Untap target creature you don't control and gain control of it. It gains haste until end of turn. At the beginning of the next end step, sacrifice it. If you do, you gain life equal to its toughness.

Undermine

Instant

Counter target spell. Its controller loses 3 life.

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

Stand (Stand/Deliver)

Instant

Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.

Spite (Spite/Malice)

Instant

Counter target noncreature spell.

Wax (Wax/Wane)

Instant

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

Aura Blast

Instant

Destroy target enchantment.

Draw a card.

"None of your history books mention me?" laughed Daria. "They will now."

Dominaria's Judgment

Instant

Until end of turn, creatures you control gain protection from white if you control a Plains, from blue if you control an Island, from black if you control a Swamp, from red if you control a Mountain, and from green if you control a Forest.

Orim's Chant

Instant

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

Target player can't cast spells this turn.

If Orim's Chant was kicked, creatures can't attack this turn.

Pollen Remedy

Instant

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

Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt this turn to any number of target creatures and/or players, divided as you choose. If Pollen Remedy was kicked, prevent the next 6 damage this way instead.

Surprise Deployment

Instant

Cast Surprise Deployment only during combat.

You may put a nonwhite creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. At the beginning of the next end step, return that creature to your hand. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)

Confound

Instant

Counter target spell that targets one or more creatures.

Draw a card.

"Did I know Szat would betray us?" Urza asked quizzically. "I was counting on it."

Ertai's Trickery

Instant

Counter target spell if it was kicked.

"Don't worry, Gerrard," said Ertai. "I'm sure the crew will come to your rescue as quickly as they came to mine."

Gainsay

Instant

Counter target blue spell.

"I'd be happy to stop contradicting you, Urza, just as soon as you start being right."
-Bo Levar, planeswalker

Rushing River

Instant

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

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If Rushing River was kicked, return another target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

Death Bomb

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Death Bomb, sacrifice a creature.

Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller loses 2 life.

There's no higher honor in Phyrexia than dying for Yawgmoth's glorious vision.

Shriek of Dread

Instant

Target creature gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

When Crosis roared, the battle ended and the slaughter began.

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.

Singe

Instant

Singe deals 1 damage to target creature. That creature becomes black until end of turn.

Burnt flesh. Blackened soul.

Falling Timber

Instant

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

Prevent all combat damage target creature would deal this turn. If Falling Timber was kicked, prevent all combat damage another target creature would deal this turn.

Gaea's Might

Instant

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

With the Heart of Yavimaya aiding him, Multani didn't even strain at the load.

Skyshroud Blessing

Instant

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

Draw a card.

"Behold," said Freyalise to Eladamri. "Your Skyshroud home has followed you to Dominaria."

Crosis's Charm

Instant

Choose one - Return target permanent to its owner's hand; or destroy target nonblack creature, and it can't be regenerated; or destroy target artifact.

Darigaaz's Charm

Instant

Choose one - Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand; or Darigaaz's Charm deals 3 damage to target creature or player; or target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

Daring Leap

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains flying and first strike until end of turn.

Most warriors think in only two dimensions. Agnate and his metathran brethren were trained to battle in three.

Dromar's Charm

Instant

Choose one - You gain 5 life; or counter target spell; or target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

Eladamri's Call

Instant

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

Tribal rivalries and petty disputes were laid aside at Eladamri's summons.

Gerrard's Command

Instant

Untap target creature. It gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

"Unless you like the idea of becoming some goblin's lunch, get up and move"

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

Rith's Charm

Instant

Choose one - Destroy target nonbasic land; or put three 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens onto the battlefield; or prevent all damage a source of your choice would deal this turn.

Treva's Charm

Instant

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

Evasive Action

Instant

Domain - Counter target spell unless its controller pays for each basic land type among lands you control.

Effective use of terrain is a lesson good commanders learn quickly.

Jaded Response

Instant

Counter target spell if it shares a color with a creature you control.

"Calm down everyone; it's nothing we haven't seen before."
-Sisay

Jilt

Instant

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

Return target creature to its owner's hand. If Jilt was kicked, it deals 2 damage to another target creature.

"You're not my Hanna"
-Gerrard, to Yawgmoth

Shimmering Mirage

Instant

Target land becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn.

Draw a card.

"Oh, is that all you need? Why didn't you just say so?"
-Reef shaman

Strength of Night

Instant

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

Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. If Strength of Night was kicked, Zombie creatures you control get an additional +2/+2 until end of turn.

Captain's Maneuver

Instant

The next X damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn is dealt to another target creature or player instead.

Sisay discovered that the mirrored hull of the Weatherlight could be used as a defensive weapon.

Consume Strength

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Another target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

As Multani's troops invaded Urborg, the decay of the swamp became a feast for the living.

Prophetic Bolt

Instant

Prophetic Bolt deals 4 damage to target creature or player. Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Suffocating Blast

Instant

Counter target spell and Suffocating Blast deals 3 damage to target creature.

Fire (Fire/Ice)

Instant

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

Illusion (Illusion/Reality)

Instant

Target spell or permanent becomes the color of your choice until end of turn.

Night (Night/Day)

Instant

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

Order (Order/Chaos)

Instant

Exile target attacking creature.

Equal Treatment

Instant

If any source would deal 1 or more damage to a creature or player this turn, it deals 2 damage to that creature or player instead.

Draw a card.