Test of Faith

Instant

Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn, and put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each 1 damage prevented this way.

Those who survive the test bear a mark of power anyone can recognize.

Turn the Tables

Instant

All combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn is dealt to target attacking creature instead.

"Your arrogance is my best weapon."

Unforge

Instant

Destroy target Equipment. If that Equipment was attached to a creature, Unforge deals 2 damage to that creature.

Compared to the fire of the forge, the strength of steel is nothing.

Vex

Instant

Counter target spell. That spell's controller may draw a card.

"The druids would be better off if they spent more time in the lab and less time watching trees grow."
-Pontifex, elder researcher

Altar's Light

Instant

Exile target artifact or enchantment.

"The altar does nothing; the device is crushed under the weight of its own impurity."
-Ushanti, leonin seer

Assert Authority

Instant

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs less to cast for each artifact you control.)

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

Awe Strike

Instant

The next time target creature would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.

Stunned by the mere presence of the leonin kha, the nim raider quickly fell to its knees.

Battlegrowth

Instant

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Betrayal of Flesh

Instant

Choose one - Destroy target creature; or return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Entwine-Sacrifice three lands. (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Blinding Beam

Instant

Choose one - Tap two target creatures; or creatures don't untap during target player's next untap step.

Entwine (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Bloodscent

Instant

All creatures able to block target creature this turn do so.

Disarm

Instant

Unattach all Equipment from target creature.

"Be thankful I left you your clothes."

Dream's Grip

Instant

Choose one - Tap target permanent; or untap target permanent.

Entwine (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Electrostatic Bolt

Instant

Electrostatic Bolt deals 2 damage to target creature. If it's an artifact creature, Electrostatic Bolt deals 4 damage to it instead.

It's hard to avoid electric shock when the entire plane is metallic.

Forge Armor

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Forge Armor, sacrifice an artifact.

Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature, where X is the sacrificed artifact's converted mana cost.

Grab the Reins

Instant

Choose one - Until end of turn, you gain control of target creature and it gains haste; or sacrifice a creature, then Grab the Reins deals damage equal to that creature's power to target creature or player.

Entwine (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Grim Reminder

Instant

Search your library for a nonland card and reveal it. Each opponent who cast a card this turn with the same name as that card loses 6 life. Then shuffle your library.

: Return Grim Reminder from your graveyard to your hand. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.

Incite War

Instant

Choose one - Creatures target player controls attack this turn if able; or creatures you control gain first strike until end of turn.

Entwine (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Irradiate

Instant

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each artifact you control.

The blast ignores the cage of metal but devours the flesh inside.

Override

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays for each artifact you control.

"The Knowledge Pool has all the answers-especially ‘No.'"

Predator's Strike

Instant

Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn.

Raise the Alarm

Instant

Put two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield.

"The nim raid our homes without warning. We must defend our homes without hesitation."

Razor Barrier

Instant

Target permanent you control gains protection from artifacts or from the color of your choice until end of turn.

"We protect our homelands. Why should they not protect us?"

Roar of the Kha

Instant

Choose one - Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn; or untap all creatures you control.

Entwine (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Second Sunrise

Instant

Each player returns to the battlefield all artifact, creature, enchantment, and land cards in his or her graveyard that were put there from the battlefield this turn.

The bright tunnel sometimes leads back to life.

Shrapnel Blast

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Shrapnel Blast, sacrifice an artifact.

Shrapnel Blast deals 5 damage to target creature or player.

Soul Nova

Instant

Exile target attacking creature and all Equipment attached to it.

Within seconds, the nim was consumed in blinding sunfire. Afterwards, only a puddle of molten iron remained.

Spoils of the Vault

Instant

Name a card. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal the named card, then put that card into your hand. Exile all other cards revealed this way, and you lose 1 life for each of the exiled cards.

Thirst for Knowledge

Instant

Draw three cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard an artifact card.

Lymph, the fluid essence of blinkmoths, is prized by wizards for the rush of intellect it provides.

Turn to Dust

Instant

Destroy target Equipment. Add to your mana pool.

Wail of the Nim

Instant

Choose one - Regenerate each creature you control; or Wail of the Nim deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.

Entwine (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Catalog

Instant

Draw two cards, then discard a card.

Though those who study are as many as the hairs on an ox, those who succeed are as rare as unicorns' horns.
-Chinese proverb

Flash Counter

Instant

Counter target instant spell.

"So much for that bright idea"

Redeem

Instant

Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn to up to two target creatures.

"Let me redeem my brothers both from death."
-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

Searing Wind

Instant

Searing Wind deals 10 damage to target creature or player.

"The first wind of ascension is Forger, burning away impurity."
-Keld Triumphant

Solidarity

Instant

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

"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."
-Benjamin Franklin

Accelerated Mutation

Instant

Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the highest converted mana cost among permanents you control.

Its food just got a lot smaller and its stomach a lot bigger.

Astral Steel

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+2 until end of turn.

Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Brain Freeze

Instant

Target player puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Carbonize

Instant

Carbonize deals 3 damage to target creature or player. That creature can't be regenerated this turn. If the creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

Chill Haunting

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Chill Haunting, exile X creature cards from your graveyard.

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

Decree of Savagery

Instant

Put four +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

When you cycle Decree of Savagery, you may put four +1/+1 counters on target creature.

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."

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.

Gilded Light

Instant

You gain shroud until end of turn. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

"Whoever survives the first blow lives to land the second."

Hindering Touch

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Hunting Pack

Instant

Put a 4/4 green Beast creature token onto the battlefield.

Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)

Long-Term Plans

Instant

Search 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."

Metamorphose

Instant

Put 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.

Reaping the Graves

Instant

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Recuperate

Instant

Choose 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."
-Karona, false god

Reward the Faithful

Instant

Any 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."

Scattershot

Instant

Scattershot deals 1 damage to target creature.

Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Spark Spray

Instant

Spark Spray deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

It's the only kind of shower goblins will tolerate.

Sprouting Vines

Instant

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

Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)

Stifle

Instant

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

"If I wanted your opinion, I'd have told you what it was."
-Pemmin, Riptide survivor

Wing Shards

Instant

Target player sacrifices an attacking creature.

Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)

Wipe Clean

Instant

Exile target enchantment.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

"The light of the Ancestor will scour the taint of darkness from the land."

Akroma's Blessing

Instant

Choose a color. Creatures you control gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

The clerics saw her as a divine gift. She saw them only as allies in her war against Phage.

Artificial Evolution

Instant

Change 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.)

Aura Extraction

Instant

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

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Every day, Order clerics contain as much of the Mirari's energy as possible, hoping to delay Otaria's demise.

Backslide

Instant

Turn target creature with morph face down.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Some things are better left unknown.

Break Open

Instant

Turn 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.

Brightstone Ritual

Instant

Add to your mana pool for each Goblin on the battlefield.

Wizards fought over the stone to exploit its power. Goblins fight over it because it's shiny.

Chain of Plasma

Instant

Chain 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.

Chain of Silence

Instant

Prevent 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.

Chain of Vapor

Instant

Return 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.

Choking Tethers

Instant

Tap up to four target creatures.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

When you cycle Choking Tethers, you may tap target creature.

Commando Raid

Instant

Until 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."

Complicate

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

When you cycle Complicate, you may counter target spell unless its controller pays .

Cruel Revival

Instant

Destroy 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.

Death Pulse

Instant

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

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

When you cycle Death Pulse, you may have target creature get -1/-1 until end of turn.

Defensive Maneuvers

Instant

Creatures 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."

Fade from Memory

Instant

Exile target card from a graveyard.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Proper burial is a luxury Otarians can no longer afford.

False Cure

Instant

Until 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."
-Phage the Untouchable

Feeding Frenzy

Instant

Target 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.

Fever Charm

Instant

Choose 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.

Ixidor's Will

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays for each Wizard on the battlefield.

"Some dreams should not come to be."

Mage's Guile

Instant

Target creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

"Next time, don't bother."

Misery Charm

Instant

Choose one - Destroy target Cleric; or return target Cleric card from your graveyard to your hand; or target player loses 2 life.

Piety Charm

Instant

Choose 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.

Pinpoint Avalanche

Instant

Pinpoint Avalanche deals 4 damage to target creature. The damage can't be prevented.

"Some solve problems by thinking and talking. Others use rocks."
-Toggo, goblin weaponsmith

Primal Boost

Instant

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

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

When you cycle Primal Boost, you may have target creature get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Psychic Trance

Instant

Until end of turn, Wizards you control gain ": Counter target spell."

The Riptide Project was perhaps the only school devoted to preventing the spread of knowledge.

Read the Runes

Instant

Draw 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."

Renewed Faith

Instant

You gain 6 life.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

When you cycle Renewed Faith, you may gain 2 life.

Run Wild

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature gains trample and ": Regenerate this creature."

Wirewood's beasts didn't seem to mind when the elves moved in. In fact, they hardly noticed them underfoot.

Shade's Breath

Instant

Until end of turn, each creature you control becomes a black Shade and gains ": This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn."

The grim business of the Coliseum casts long shadows.

Solar Blast

Instant

Solar Blast deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

When you cycle Solar Blast, you may have it deal 1 damage to target creature or player.

Spy Network

Instant

Look 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.

Standardize

Instant

Choose 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.

Starstorm

Instant

Starstorm deals X damage to each creature.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Pardic barbarians didn't complain when the Order started blaming every crisis on the Cabal.

Sunfire Balm

Instant

Prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

When you cycle Sunfire Balm, you may prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

Tribal Unity

Instant

Creatures 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.

Trickery Charm

Instant

Choose 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.

Unified Strike

Instant

Exile 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.

Vitality Charm

Instant

Choose 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.

Wheel and Deal

Instant

Any number of target opponents each discards his or her hand and draws seven cards.

Draw a card.

Wirewood Pride

Instant

Target 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."

Aven Warcraft

Instant

Creatures you control get +0/+2 until end of turn.

Threshold - If seven or more cards are in your graveyard, choose a color. Creatures you control also gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn.