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Frantic PurificationInstantDestroy target enchantment. By definition, madness ends in one of two ways: clarity . . . or death. |
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Pay No HeedInstantPrevent all damage a source of your choice would deal this turn. "Inhale life. Exhale pain." |
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Spirit FlareInstantTap target untapped creature you control. If you do, it deals damage equal to its power to target attacking or blocking creature an opponent controls.
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Vengeful DreamsInstantAs an additional cost to cast Vengeful Dreams, discard X cards. Teroh dreams of his enemies' doom. |
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Alter RealityInstantChange the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
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Circular LogicInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays
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False MemoriesInstantPut the top seven cards of your library into your graveyard. At the beginning of the next end step, exile seven cards from your graveyard. "My enemies will forget everything but their anguish." |
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LiquifyInstantCounter 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.
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Obsessive SearchInstantDraw a card. The question strained his sanity. The answer snapped it in half. |
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Cabal RitualInstantAdd "Each syllable chills your veins. Each word rattles your mind." |
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Insidious DreamsInstantAs an additional cost to cast Insidious Dreams, discard X cards. Chainer dreams of ultimate knowledge. |
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Psychotic HazeInstantPsychotic Haze deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
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Waste AwayInstantAs an additional cost to cast Waste Away, discard a card. Chainer's insanity touched nearly every living thing-including viruses. |
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AccelerateInstantTarget creature gains haste until end of turn. "I've seen lightning move slower." |
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Fiery TemperInstantFiery Temper deals 3 damage to target creature or player.
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Flaming GambitInstantFlaming Gambit deals X damage to target player. That player may choose a creature he or she controls and have Flaming Gambit deal that damage to it instead.
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RadiateInstantChoose target instant or sorcery spell that targets only a single permanent or player. Copy that spell for each other permanent or player the spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those permanents and players.
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Sonic SeizureInstantAs an additional cost to cast Sonic Seizure, discard a card at random.
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Temporary InsanityInstantUntap target creature with power less than the number of cards in your graveyard and gain control of it until end of turn. That creature gains haste until end of turn.
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Violent EruptionInstantViolent Eruption deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or players.
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Aven WarcraftInstantCreatures you control get +0/+2 until end of turn.
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Funeral PyreInstantExile target card from a graveyard. Its owner puts a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying onto the battlefield. "Raze the body. Raise the soul." |
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Lead AstrayInstantTap up to two target creatures. "Never underestimate our enemy's strength, brutality, . . . or stupidity." |
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Prismatic StrandsInstantPrevent all damage that sources of the color of your choice would deal this turn.
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Cunning WishInstantYou may choose an instant card you own from outside the game, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Exile Cunning Wish. He wished for knowledge, but not for the will to apply it. |
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Defy GravityInstantTarget creature gains flying until end of turn. Magical or not, it's still a cloud. |
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EnvelopInstantCounter target sorcery spell. "What you made will be unmade. What you learned will be unlearned. And when you're done, you will be undone." |
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Flash of InsightInstantLook at the top X cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
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Grip of AmnesiaInstantCounter target spell unless its controller exiles all cards from his or her graveyard. "Would you abandon your past to save your future?" |
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Keep WatchInstantDraw a card for each attacking creature. "I see their moral dilemmas. I see their raw courage. I see their self-sacrifice. I see our victory." |
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Laquatus's DisdainInstantCounter target spell cast from a graveyard. "The first time was amusing, but now you're getting tiresome." |
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Mental NoteInstantPut the top two cards of your library into your graveyard. Some minds are more open than others. |
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SpelljackInstantCounter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. You may play it without paying its mana cost for as long as it remains exiled. (If it has X in its mana cost, X is 0.)
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Grave ConsequencesInstantEach player may exile any number of cards from his or her graveyard. Then each player loses 1 life for each card in his or her graveyard. "You call that a nightmare?" |
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Toxic StenchInstantTarget nonblack creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
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Ember ShotInstantEmber Shot deals 3 damage to target creature or player. Dwarves bring poor coal to market, use good coal in their homes, and throw their best coal away. |
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Flaring PainInstantDamage can't be prevented this turn. "I don't rub salt in wounds. I use sulfur." |
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Lava DartInstantLava Dart deals 1 damage to target creature or player.
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Shaman's TranceInstantUntil end of turn, other players can't play cards from their graveyards, and you may play cards from other players' graveyards as though they were in your graveyard.
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Canopy ClawsInstantTarget creature loses flying until end of turn.
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Folk MedicineInstantYou gain 1 life for each creature you control. Sometimes the healers need healing. |
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Krosan ReclamationInstantTarget player shuffles up to two target cards from his or her graveyard into his or her library.
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SeedtimeInstantCast Seedtime only during your turn. The hippo grows wings to fight the condor. |
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Serene SunsetInstantPrevent all combat damage X target creatures would deal this turn. The armies paused, silent, as the warriors reflected on the sunsets of their youth. |
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Sudden StrengthInstantTarget creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. The Mirari's magic transformed the Krosan Forest-and its inhabitants. |
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Akroma's BlessingInstantChoose a color. Creatures you control gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn. The clerics saw her as a divine gift. She saw them only as allies in her war against Phage. |
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Aura ExtractionInstantPut target enchantment on top of its owner's library. Every day, Order clerics contain as much of the Mirari's energy as possible, hoping to delay Otaria's demise. |
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Chain of SilenceInstantPrevent all damage target creature would deal this turn. That creature's controller may sacrifice a land. If the player does, he or she may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.
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Defensive ManeuversInstantCreatures of the creature type of your choice get +0/+4 until end of turn. "Only on the battlefield can we repay all the Order has given us." |
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Piety CharmInstantChoose one - Destroy target Aura attached to a creature; or target Soldier creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn; or creatures you control gain vigilance until end of turn.
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Renewed FaithInstantYou gain 6 life.
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Sunfire BalmInstantPrevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.
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Unified StrikeInstantExile target attacking creature if its power is less than or equal to the number of Soldiers on the battlefield. The tall, reedy grass of the Daru Plains rustles loudly in the winds, a perfect cover for any ambush. |
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Artificial EvolutionInstantChange the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one creature type with another. The new creature type can't be Wall. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
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BackslideInstantTurn target creature with morph face down. Some things are better left unknown. |
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Chain of VaporInstantReturn target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Then that permanent's controller may sacrifice a land. If the player does, he or she may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.
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Choking TethersInstantTap up to four target creatures.
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ComplicateInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays
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Ixidor's WillInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays "Some dreams should not come to be." |
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Mage's GuileInstantTarget creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) "Next time, don't bother." |
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Psychic TranceInstantUntil end of turn, Wizards you control gain " The Riptide Project was perhaps the only school devoted to preventing the spread of knowledge. |
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Read the RunesInstantDraw X cards. For each card drawn this way, discard a card unless you sacrifice a permanent. "The world is a puzzle, and the mind is its key." |
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Spy NetworkInstantLook at target player's hand, the top card of that player's library, and any face-down creatures he or she controls. Look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
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StandardizeInstantChoose a creature type other than Wall. Each creature becomes that type until end of turn. At that point, the wizards' argument got a lot uglier. |
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Trickery CharmInstantChoose one - Target creature gains flying until end of turn; or target creature becomes the creature type of your choice until end of turn; or look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
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Wheel and DealInstantAny number of target opponents each discards his or her hand and draws seven cards.
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Cruel RevivalInstantDestroy target non-Zombie creature. It can't be regenerated. Return up to one target Zombie card from your graveyard to your hand. Few Cabal fighters fear death. They fear what follows it. |
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Death PulseInstantTarget creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.
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Fade from MemoryInstantExile target card from a graveyard. Proper burial is a luxury Otarians can no longer afford. |
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False CureInstantUntil end of turn, whenever a player gains life, that player loses 2 life for each 1 life he or she gained. "I do unto others as others have done unto me." |
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Feeding FrenzyInstantTarget creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Zombies on the battlefield. It wasn't as much a strategy as a dim instinct to drown their prey. |
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Misery CharmInstantChoose one - Destroy target Cleric; or return target Cleric card from your graveyard to your hand; or target player loses 2 life.
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Shade's BreathInstantUntil end of turn, each creature you control becomes a black Shade and gains " The grim business of the Coliseum casts long shadows. |
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Break OpenInstantTurn target face-down creature an opponent controls face up. There are two ways to resolve puzzling situations: thoughtful contemplation or force. After thoughtful contemplation, most barbarians choose force. |
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Brightstone RitualInstantAdd Wizards fought over the stone to exploit its power. Goblins fight over it because it's shiny. |
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Chain of PlasmaInstantChain of Plasma deals 3 damage to target creature or player. Then that player or that creature's controller may discard a card. If the player does, he or she may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.
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Commando RaidInstantUntil end of turn, target creature you control gains "When this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature that player controls."
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Fever CharmInstantChoose one - Target creature gains haste until end of turn; or target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn; or Fever Charm deals 3 damage to target Wizard creature.
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Pinpoint AvalancheInstantPinpoint Avalanche deals 4 damage to target creature. The damage can't be prevented. "Some solve problems by thinking and talking. Others use rocks." |
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Solar BlastInstantSolar Blast deals 3 damage to target creature or player.
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StarstormInstantStarstorm deals X damage to each creature. Pardic barbarians didn't complain when the Order started blaming every crisis on the Cabal. |
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Primal BoostInstantTarget creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
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Run WildInstantUntil end of turn, target creature gains trample and " Wirewood's beasts didn't seem to mind when the elves moved in. In fact, they hardly noticed them underfoot. |
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Tribal UnityInstantCreatures of the creature type of your choice get +X/+X until end of turn. Kamahl left the violence of his former life behind him, but he still believes in the power of muscle. |
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Vitality CharmInstantChoose one - Put a 1/1 green Insect creature token onto the battlefield; or target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn; or regenerate target Beast.
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Wirewood PrideInstantTarget creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Elves on the battlefield. "Though you may leave this haven we have found, may our strength never leave you." |
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Astral SteelInstantTarget creature gets +1/+2 until end of turn.
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Gilded LightInstantYou gain shroud until end of turn. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities.) "Whoever survives the first blow lives to land the second." |
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RecuperateInstantChoose one - You gain 6 life; or prevent the next 6 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. "Rise once more, so you may continue to destroy our enemies." |
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Reward the FaithfulInstantAny number of target players each gain life equal to the highest converted mana cost among permanents you control. "When you have drunk your fill, pass the cup to others who thirst." |
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Wing ShardsInstantTarget player sacrifices an attacking creature.
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Wipe CleanInstantExile target enchantment. "The light of the Ancestor will scour the taint of darkness from the land." |
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Brain FreezeInstantTarget player puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
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Dispersal ShieldInstantCounter 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." |
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Hindering TouchInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays
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Long-Term PlansInstantSearch 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." |
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MetamorphoseInstantPut 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. |
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StifleInstantCounter target activated or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.) "If I wanted your opinion, I'd have told you what it was." |
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Chill HauntingInstantAs an additional cost to cast Chill Haunting, exile X creature cards from your graveyard.
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Reaping the GravesInstantReturn target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
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