Hydroform

Instant

Target land becomes a 3/3 Elemental creature with flying until end of turn. It's still a land.

"While the sea may be our home, the sky is our destiny."
-Prime Speaker Zegana

Scatter Arc

Instant

Counter target noncreature spell.

Draw a card.

"Should your chosen emissary be able to fluctuate triharmonic pentodes, however unlikely, I shall shunt excess negavolt radicals."

Wildwood Rebirth

Instant

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

In Ravnica, there are maladies far more difficult to treat than death.

Massive Raid

Instant

Massive Raid deals damage to target creature or player equal to the number of creatures you control.

"The Boros lack vision. Give them a convenient scapegoat and they'll be blind to the true threats."
-Lazav

Aurelia's Fury

Instant

Aurelia's Fury deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or players. Tap each creature dealt damage this way. Players dealt damage this way can't cast noncreature spells this turn.

Rapid Hybridization

Instant

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller puts a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token onto the battlefield.

"We've merged your life essence with that of several creatures at once. You're welcome."
-Speaker Trifon

Orzhov Charm

Instant

Choose one - Return target creature you control and all Auras you control attached to it to their owner's hand; or destroy target creature and you lose life equal to its toughness; or return target creature card with converted mana cost 1 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Burst of Strength

Instant

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature and untap it.

"Our fight is not about territory or revenge. It is about freedom, plain and simple."
-Ruric Thar, Ghor-Clan chieftain

Mystic Genesis

Instant

Counter target spell. Put an X/X green Ooze creature token onto the battlefield, where X is that spell's converted mana cost.

"The Simic can grow anything out of a puddle of sludge. I just hope they never join forces with the Golgari."
-Teysa Karlov, Grand Envoy of Orzhov

Killing Glare

Instant

Destroy target creature with power X or less.

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

Tower Defense

Instant

Creatures you control get +0/+5 and gain reach until end of turn.

"The drakes are practice. We may one day need to bring down a sky swallower, or maybe even Rakdos himself."
-Korun Nar, Rubblebelt hunter

Psychic Strike

Instant

Counter target spell. Its controller puts the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Until more information could be gleaned about Niv-Mizzet's intentions, Lazav took every opportunity to stall his experiments.

Shielded Passage

Instant

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.

Izzet delved into the depths of Ravnica's past, and Selesnya followed without fear.

Signal the Clans

Instant

Search your library for three creature cards and reveal them. If you reveal three cards with different names, choose one of them at random and put that card into your hand. Shuffle the rest into your library.

Gruul clanfolk obey few rules, but all feel bound to answer the call of the horn.

Ætherize

Instant

Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.

"You can come back once you've learned some manners-and figured out how to reconstitute your physical forms."

Totally Lost

Instant

Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library.

Fblthp had always hated crowds.

Devour Flesh

Instant

Target player sacrifices a creature, then gains life equal to that creature's toughness.

His twisted mind concluded that if he was what he ate, and he wanted to stay human, . . .

Biomass Mutation

Instant

Creatures you control become X/X until end of turn.

"A regression to ancient forms? A glimpse of future evolutions? Or a fleeting alteration of the present?"
-Vorel of the Hull Clade

Bioshift

Instant

Move any number of +1/+1 counters from target creature onto another target creature with the same controller.

"It's all right if you change your mind. There's always a chance we can rearrange parts later."
-Zija, Simic mutationist

Naturalize

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

"When your cities and trinkets crumble, only nature will remain."
-Garruk Wildspeaker

Shattering Blow

Instant

Exile target artifact.

"Aurelia seems too eager to solve her problems by delivering them to oblivion."
-Prime Speaker Zegana

Furious Resistance

Instant

Target blocking creature gets +3/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.

"At least the Gateless rebels have ideals. Rakdos just mocks, defiles, and kills all we hold dear."
-Libuse, Boros sergeant

Arrows of Justice

Instant

Arrows of Justice deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

Archers from the Horizon Military Academy hone their skills by targeting pickpockets blocks away.

Beckon Apparition

Instant

Exile target card from a graveyard. Put a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

When a graveyard is full, the gwyllions rattle the tombs and unleash the spirits into the sky.

Grisly Spectacle

Instant

Destroy target nonartifact creature. Its controller puts a number of cards equal to that creature's power from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

"Watch people flock to a murder scene. Then tell me we're not all a little sick in the head."
-Juri, proprietor of the Juri Revue

Martial Glory

Instant

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

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

"Yes, Boros tactics are unparalleled. But when your comrades are dying around you, inner strength must carry the day."
-Gideon Jura, to Aurelia

Homing Lightning

Instant

Homing Lightning deals 4 damage to target creature and each other creature with the same name as that creature.

"I see countless worlds. What makes them think I can't find them in just one?"
-Ral Zarek

Hindervines

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures with no +1/+1 counters on them.

"Woodlands and laws. Both grow faster than the Azorius's ability to manage them."
-Suniel the Woodwise

Boros Charm

Instant

Choose one - Boros Charm deals 4 damage to target player; or permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn; or target creature gains double strike until end of turn.

"Practice compassion and mercy. But know when they must end."
-Aurelia

Simic Charm

Instant

Choose one - Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn; or permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn; or return target creature to its owner's hand.

"We measure our progress in heartbeats."
-Prime Speaker Zegana

Renounce the Guilds

Instant

Each player sacrifices a multicolored permanent.

"Scores will die in the name of peace. That is what you call compromise?"
-Gideon Jura, to Aurelia

Riot Control

Instant

You gain 1 life for each creature your opponents control. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn.

"Ravnicans need order. If they don't have it, we shall bring it to them."
-Isperia

Mindstatic

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

"It's always satisfying to stymie the best efforts of a rival, but the reactions of the Gruul are particularly amusing."
-Bori Andon, Izzet blastseeker

Crypt Incursion

Instant

Exile all creature cards from target player's graveyard. You gain 3 life for each card exiled this way.

The Golgari maze-runner Varolz hungers to prove his fortitude in battle, and his trail of victims feeds other hungers.

Fatal Fumes

Instant

Target creature gets -4/-2 until end of turn.

Travelers in the undercity dread the horrors and assassins of the Dimir, but nearly as many die from more mundane hazards.

Punish the Enemy

Instant

Punish the Enemy deals 3 damage to target player and 3 damage to target creature.

"When justice descends, the servant will burn with the master."
-Aurelia

Weapon Surge

Instant

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

Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

Mending Touch

Instant

Regenerate target creature.

"The gift of life must be freely given. Anything less would diminish us all."
-Arin, Selesnya healer

Mutant's Prey

Instant

Target creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it fights target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

Every street corner is a hunting ground, every citizen potential prey.

Advent of the Wurm

Instant

Put a 5/5 green Wurm creature token with trample onto the battlefield.

The consciousness of Mat'Selesnya does not always spread in peaceful ways.