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

Hold at Bay

Instant

Prevent the next 7 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

It was Daeron's bravery that brought him to Odunos. But it was the magic of Meletis that brought him home.

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

Hindering Light

Instant

Counter target spell that targets you or a permanent you control.

Draw a card.

Centuries of careful practice have elevated the casting of protective spells to an art form. What little offensive magic remains on Bant stands little chance of breaching them.

Hideous End

Instant

Destroy target nonblack creature. Its controller loses 2 life.

"A little dark magic won't stop me. The worse the curse, the better the prize."
-Radavi, Joraga relic hunter, last words

Heroes' Reunion

Instant

Target player gains 7 life.

They share no bloodline, but a bond greater than family unites them. Such are the gifts of the Worldsoul.

Hero's Downfall

Instant

Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Destiny exalts a chosen few, but even heroes break.

Heat Ray

Instant

Heat Ray deals X damage to target creature.

"There was clearly a scream. I'm not sure if there was a mouth."
-Sachir, Akoum Expeditionary House

Harvest Pyre

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Harvest Pyre, exile X cards from your graveyard.

Harvest Pyre deals X damage to target creature.

Corpses destroyed by fire form the most destructive geists.

Harsh Sustenance

Instant

Harsh Sustenance deals X damage to target creature or player and you gain X life, where X is the number of creatures you control.

The Shifting Wastes provide refuge to those who know where to look for it.

Harrow

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Harrow, sacrifice a land.

Search your library for up to two basic land cards and put them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

The Roil redraws the world as it passes, leaving only the hedrons unchanged.

Harmless Assault

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by attacking creatures.

After encasing it in a paralyzing beam of light, the angel studied the Eldrazi as a child would study a bug, curiously and without fear.

Harm's Way

Instant

The next 2 damage that a source of your choice would deal to you and/or permanents you control this turn is dealt to target creature or player instead.

Even when fate is already written, there's always time to change the names.

Halt Order

Instant

Counter target artifact spell.

Draw a card.

An artificer's least favorite mind-missive may be "I regret to inform you that the funding for your project has been cut."

Gut Shot

Instant

( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

Gut Shot deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

"Down here, we have a more pointed version of the scriptures."
-Urabrask's enforcer

Guardians' Pledge

Instant

White creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn.

A dozen fighting for each other are worth a thousand fighting for themselves.

Gruul Charm

Instant

Choose one - Creatures without flying can't block this turn; or gain control of all permanents you own; or Gruul Charm deals 3 damage to each creature with flying.

"Not Gruul? Then die!"
-Borborygmos

Groundswell

Instant

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

Landfall - If you had a land enter the battlefield under your control this turn, that creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn instead.

"This world will not be tamed."

Grixis Charm

Instant

Choose one - Return target permanent to its owner's hand; or target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn; or creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.

"So many choices. Shall I choose loathing, hate, or malice today?"
-Eliza of the Keep

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

Grisly Salvage

Instant

Reveal the top five cards of your library. You may put a creature or land card from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.

To the Golgari, anything buried is treasure.

Griptide

Instant

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

"Beware the seagrafs just off the shore. These waters are filled with hungry geists looking for an easy meal."
-Captain Eberhart

Grip of the Roil

Instant

Surge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)

Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Draw a card.

Grip of Desolation

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Exile target creature and target land.

As the hand closed, there was first terror, then numbness, and finally nothingness.

Grim Return

Instant

Choose target creature card in a graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn. Put that card onto the battlefield under your control.

The necromancer's touch strips away memory and loyalty, and only strength and malice remain.

Grim Contest

Instant

Choose target creature you control and target creature an opponent controls. Each of those creatures deals damage equal to its toughness to the other.

The invader hoped he could survive the beast's jaws and emerge through its rotting skin.

Grim Affliction

Instant

Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature, then proliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.)

Even the small wounds let hope bleed out.

Gridlock

Instant

Tap X target nonland permanents.

"One tiny peg pulled from a single wagon wheel, and an entire district grinds to a halt."
-Lazav

Gravepurge

Instant

Put any number of target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library.

Draw a card.

"The Blessed Sleep? Ha! Wake up my lovelies, there's work to be done!"
-Gisa, ghoulcaller of Gavony

Grave Birthing

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Target opponent exiles a card from his or her graveyard. You put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool."

Draw a card.

Grasp of Darkness

Instant

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

On a world with five suns, night is compelled to become an aggressive force.

Golgari Charm

Instant

Choose one - All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn; or destroy target enchantment; or regenerate each creature you control.

"Let the rest of Ravnica sneer. One way or another, they all end up in the undercity."
-Jarad

Gods Willing

Instant

Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice 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.)

Honor the gods of Theros, and they will return the favor.

Go for the Throat

Instant

Destroy target nonartifact creature.

Having flesh is increasingly a liability on Mirrodin.

Gnaw to the Bone

Instant

You gain 2 life for each creature card in your graveyard.

Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Glorious Charge

Instant

Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

"One's blade is only as sharp as one's conviction."
-Ajani Goldmane

Glissa's Scorn

Instant

Destroy target artifact. Its controller loses 1 life.

"If it were fit to survive, it wouldn't have been so easily put down."
-Glissa

Glint

Instant

Target creature you control gets +0/+3 and gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Rakshasa waste no opportunity to display their wealth and power, even in the midst of a sorcerous duel.

Glimpse the Sun God

Instant

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

Better to be beneath Heliod's notice than beneath his heel.

Gleam of Resistance

Instant

Creatures you control get +1/+2 until end of turn. Untap those creatures.

Basic landcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.)