Malicious Affliction

Instant

Morbid - When you cast Malicious Affliction, if a creature died this turn, you may copy Malicious Affliction and may choose a new target for the copy.

Destroy target nonblack creature.

"Such an affliction appears to seek out the pure."
-Byro, plague doctor

Make a Stand

Instant

Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

For a moment they stood tall, all fear forgotten.

Magmaquake

Instant

Magmaquake deals X damage to each creature without flying and each planeswalker.

"Where will you run when I punish you with the very ground you flee on?"
-Nicol Bolas

Magma Spray

Instant

Magma Spray deals 2 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

"Jund is a wounded world. Beware its searing blood spilling out onto the surface."
-Rakka Mar

Magma Jet

Instant

Magma Jet deals 2 damage to target creature or player. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Lost in the Mist

Instant

Counter target spell. Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

The secrets she carried could have saved many lives, but they quietly drowned with her.

Lost in a Labyrinth

Instant

Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Even those who leave the labyrinth never escape it, forever dreaming of their time trapped within.

Loss (Profit/Loss)

Instant

Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn.

Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)

Logic Knot

Instant

Delve (You may exile any number of cards from your graveyard as you cast this spell. It costs less to cast for each card exiled this way.)

Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

Living Destiny

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Living Destiny, reveal a creature card from your hand.

You gain life equal to the revealed card's converted mana cost.

"That our enemies are great only brings us greater hope."

Lithomancer's Focus

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to that creature this turn by colorless sources.

"Even in the hands of amateurs, Nahiri's hedrons can harm the Eldrazi."-Ugin

Lim-Dûl's Vault

Instant

Look at the top five cards of your library. As many times as you choose, you may pay 1 life, put those cards on the bottom of your library in any order, then look at the top five cards of your library. Then shuffle your library and put the last cards you looked at this way on top of it in any order.

Lightning Volley

Instant

Until end of turn, creatures you control gain ": This creature deals 1 damage to target creature or player."

"We are the motes of rain that join to make the thundercloud. The power of the storm god surges through us!"

Lightning Strike

Instant

Lightning Strike deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

"The hand of Keranos can be seen in every rumbling storm cloud. Best not to stand where he points."
-Rakleia of Shrine Peak

Lightning Helix

Instant

Lightning Helix deals 3 damage to target creature or player and you gain 3 life.

Though less well-known than its army of soldiers, the Boros Legion's mage-priests are as respected by the innocent as they are hated by the ghosts of the guilty.

Lightning Bolt

Instant

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

Lethargy Trap

Instant - Trap

If three or more creatures are attacking, you may pay rather than pay Lethargy Trap's mana cost.

Attacking creatures get -3/-0 until end of turn.

Suddenly, Zurdi didn't care about treasure, glory, food . . . or the drakes circling above.

Leeching Bite

Instant

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

A substantial portion of Vorinclex's forces became fuel for the rest.

Learn from the Past

Instant

Target player shuffles his or her graveyard into his or her library.

Draw a card.

"I've been told my whole life that the great Ojutai holds all knowledge, but I wonder what our forebears knew."
-Narset

Leap of Faith

Instant

Target creature gains flying until end of turn. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to that creature this turn.

The finest maneuvers take place in three dimensions.

Leaf Arrow

Instant

Leaf Arrow deals 3 damage to target creature with flying.

"Those who think the trees shall remain bystanders throughout this conflict shall be sorely mistaken."
-Sutina, Speaker of the Tajuru

Lead by Example

Instant

Support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.)

Gideon and Nissa carved a path through the Eldrazi swarm, and their Zendikari allies charged into the fray behind them.

Lay Bare

Instant

Counter target spell. Look at its controller's hand.

"It's good to learn from your failures, but I prefer to learn from the failures of others."
-Jace Beleren

Lavaball Trap

Instant - Trap

If an opponent had two or more lands enter the battlefield under his or her control this turn, you may pay rather than pay Lavaball Trap's mana cost.

Destroy two target lands. Lavaball Trap deals 4 damage to each creature.

Launch Party

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Launch Party, sacrifice a creature.

Destroy target creature. Its controller loses 2 life.

Life's too short to not do the things you love.

Last Kiss

Instant

Last Kiss deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life.

"Romanticize it, glamorize it, call it what you will. To me, it will always be carnal, bloody murder."
-Ayli, Kamsa cleric

Last Breath

Instant

Exile 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."
-Olka, mistmeadow witch

Lash Out

Instant

Lash 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.)

Lash of the Whip

Instant

Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.

"No matter who their fickle hearts worship, all mortals belong to one god in the end."
-Iadorna, death priest of Erebos

Lapse of Certainty

Instant

Counter 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.

Without a connection of mind and body, magic is just an idea stuck in the head, a word on the tip of a tongue.

Krosan Grip

Instant

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

"Give up these unnatural weapons, these scrolls. Heart and mind and fist are enough."
-Zyd, Kamahlite druid

Kozilek's Return

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Kozilek's Return deals 2 damage to each creature.

Whenever you cast an Eldrazi creature spell with converted mana cost 7 or greater, you may exile Kozilek's Return from your graveyard. If you do, Kozilek's Return deals 5 damage to each creature.

Kor Chant

Instant

All 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.

The true treasure no thief can touch.

Kolaghan's Command

Instant

Choose two -

• Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

• Target player discards a card.

• Destroy target artifact.

• Kolaghan's Command deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

Kiora's Dismissal

Instant

Strive - Kiora's Dismissal costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Return any number of target enchantments to their owners' hands.

Kindled Fury

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.

"Rage is a dangerous weapon. Your enemies will try to use your anger against you. Use it against them first."
-Ajani Goldmane

Killing Glare

Instant

Destroy target creature with power X or less.

A casual glance into a dark corner may be your last.

Kill Shot

Instant

Destroy target attacking creature.

Mardu archers are trained in Dakla, the way of the bow. They never miss their target, no matter how small, how fast, or how far away.

Jund Charm

Instant

Choose one - Exile all cards from target player's graveyard; or Jund Charm deals 2 damage to each creature; or put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.

Jund pulses with raw energy, waiting for shamans to shape it into useful form.

Jump

Instant

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

"Humanity has always envied the power of flight. So we took it."
-Scytha, aeromage