Diabolic Edict

Instant

Target player sacrifices a creature.

Greven il-Vec lifted Vhati off his feet. "The fall will give you time to think on your failure."

Dig Through Time

Instant

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .)

Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Diminish

Instant

Target creature becomes 1/1 until end of turn.

"‘That was a narrow escape!' said Alice, a good deal frightened at the sudden change, but very glad to find herself still in existence."
-Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Dimir Charm

Instant

Choose one - Counter target sorcery spell; or destroy target creature with power 2 or less; or look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put one back and the rest into that player's graveyard.

"Dangerous to recognize. Deadly not to."
-Lazav

Disarm

Instant

Unattach all Equipment from target creature.

"Be thankful I left you your clothes."

Discombobulate

Instant

Counter target spell. Look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

"I said ‘pick his brain,' not ‘tear off his head.'"
-Riptide Project researcher

Disdainful Stroke

Instant

Counter target spell with converted mana cost 4 or greater.

"You are beneath contempt. Your lineage will be forgotten."

Disembowel

Instant

Destroy target creature with converted mana cost X.

"We thought we found the victim's clothes lumped in the street. As it turned out, it was the victim, insides sucked out-just a sack of skin and robes."
-Agrus Kos

Disempower

Instant

Put target artifact or enchantment on top of its owner's library.

"Mangara is gone. Who among you doubts that I have taken his power?"
-Kaervek

Disenchant

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Disfigure

Instant

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

"Brave scar or unfortunate tale? It all depends on your pain threshold."

Disharmony

Instant

Cast Disharmony only during combat before blockers are declared.

Untap target attacking creature and remove it from combat. Gain control of that creature until end of turn.

Dismal Failure

Instant

Counter target spell. Its controller discards a card.

"Two magi could trade spells all day and never crown a victor. The real battle is not one of power but of will. If your confidence breaks, so too shall you."
-Venser

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.

Dismember

Instant

( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

"You serve Phyrexia. Your pieces would better serve Phyrexia elsewhere."
-Azax-Azog, the Demon Thane

Dismiss

Instant

Counter target spell.

Draw a card.

"There is nothing you can do that I cannot simply deny."
-Ertai, wizard adept

Disorient

Instant

Target creature gets -7/-0 until end of turn.

"If it has a brain, even a primitive one, we can most surely scramble it."
-Garild, merfolk mage

Dispatch

Instant

Tap target creature.

Metalcraft - If you control three or more artifacts, exile that creature.

Venser wondered if it could still be called a teleportation spell if the destination is oblivion.

Dispel

Instant

Counter target instant spell.

"Civilization will subsume us unless we overwhelm it instead."
-Speaker Zegana

Dispense Justice

Instant

Target player sacrifices an attacking creature.

Metalcraft - That player sacrifices two attacking creatures instead if you control three or more artifacts.

The Accorders never strike first, but they always strike back.

Dispersal Shield

Instant

Counter target spell if its converted mana cost is less than or equal to the highest converted mana cost among permanents you control.

"Maybe next time."

Disperse

Instant

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

Most casualties of the power struggle between vedalken and Neurok didn't die on the field of battle; they merely disappeared.

Display of Dominance

Instant

Choose one -

• Destroy target blue or black noncreature permanent.

• Permanents you control can't be the targets of blue or black spells your opponents control this turn.

Disrupt

Instant

Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays .

Draw a card.

Oh, I'm sorry-did I break your concentration?

Disrupting Shoal

Instant - Arcane

You may exile a blue card with converted mana cost X from your hand rather than pay Disrupting Shoal's mana cost.

Counter target spell if its converted mana cost is X.

Dissipate

Instant

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

"This abomination never belonged in our world. I'm merely setting it free."
-Dierk, geistmage

Dissolve

Instant

Counter target spell. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

"You thought only the gods could stop you?"

Divergent Growth

Instant

Until end of turn, lands you control gain ": Add one mana of any color to your mana pool."

Nature has forgotten its own rules.

Divert

Instant

Change the target of target spell with a single target unless that spell's controller pays .

"What's the fun of being a wizard if you can't mess with people's heads?"

Divine Deflection

Instant

Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to you and/or permanents you control this turn. If damage is prevented this way, Divine Deflection deals that much damage to target creature or player.

Divine Offering

Instant

Destroy target artifact. You gain life equal to its converted mana cost.

"The Phyrexians are vulnerable. Do not despair. We will prevail!"
-Juryan, rebel leader

Divine Retribution

Instant

Divine Retribution deals damage to target attacking creature equal to the number of attacking creatures.

"To the undiscerning eye, justice and vengeance can look the same."
-Rashida Scalebane

Divine Verdict

Instant

Destroy target attacking or blocking creature.

"Guilty."

Dizzy Spell

Instant

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

Transmute (, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same converted mana cost as this card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Dogpile

Instant

Dogpile deals damage to target creature or player equal to the number of attacking creatures you control.

There is no shelter from this storm, its rain of fists, or the thunderous cackles of bloodlust.

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.

Dominate

Instant

Gain control of target creature with converted mana cost X or less. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

"I've come to reclaim what is mine. And you, Greven, are mine."
-Volrath

Domineering Will

Instant

Target player gains control of up to three target nonattacking creatures until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They block this turn if able.

Doom Blade

Instant

Destroy target nonblack creature.

Double Cleave

Instant

Target creature gains double strike until end of turn. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)

"When in doubt, kill 'em twice."