SpellshiftInstantCounter target instant or sorcery spell. Its controller reveals cards from the top of his or her library until he or she reveals an instant or sorcery card. That player may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then he or she shuffles his or her library.
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Venarian GlimmerInstantTarget player reveals his or her hand. You choose a nonland card with converted mana cost X or less from it. That player discards that card. Dream of nothing, and wake to a dream come true. |
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OvinizeInstantTarget creature loses all abilities and becomes 0/1 until end of turn. "You wish for me to cow your enemies? I can do better than that . . . ." |
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Piracy CharmInstantChoose one - Target creature gains islandwalk until end of turn; or target creature gets +2/-1 until end of turn; or target player discards a card.
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Cradle to GraveInstantDestroy target nonblack creature that entered the battlefield this turn. "As the fell soil's appetite grows, it gulps down passersby upon their first footfall." |
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Dash HopesInstantWhen you cast Dash Hopes, any player may pay 5 life. If a player does, counter Dash Hopes. "Focus an enemy's mind on what's already gone, and it's easier to take away more." |
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ExtirpateInstantSplit second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
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Imp's MischiefInstantChange the target of target spell with a single target. You lose life equal to that spell's converted mana cost. "Do the innocent pay for the crimes of the guilty? Of course they do. That's the fate of the weak." |
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Midnight CharmInstantChoose one - Midnight Charm deals 1 damage to target creature and you gain 1 life; or target creature gains first strike until end of turn; or tap target creature.
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Treacherous UrgeInstantTarget opponent reveals his or her hand. You may put a creature card from it onto the battlefield under your control. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
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Kor DirgeInstantAll 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. Rath's new evincar eliminated the brutish moggs and took a new slave race, one more reminiscent of her own feline grace. |
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Fatal FrenzyInstantUntil end of turn, target creature you control gains trample and gets +X/+0, where X is its power. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step. "I hope to have such a death-lying in triumph upon the broken bodies of those who slew me." |
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Fury CharmInstantChoose one - Destroy target artifact; or target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn; or remove two time counters from target permanent or suspended card.
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TimecraftingInstantChoose one - Remove X time counters from target permanent or suspended card; or put X time counters on target permanent with a time counter on it or suspended card. Oddly, an unstable time stream makes wizards want to tinker with it even more. |
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Dead (Dead/Gone)InstantDead deals 2 damage to target creature.
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Brute ForceInstantTarget creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Blood, bone, and sinew are magnified, as is the rage that drives them. The brain, however, remains unchanged-a little bean, swinging by a strand in a cavernous, raving head. |
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Evolution CharmInstantChoose one - Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library; or return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand; or target creature gains flying until end of turn.
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Healing LeavesInstantChoose one - Target player gains 3 life; or prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. The elves of Llanowar don't trust in alchemy. They rely instead on pure herbs harvested from the forest's sacred heart. |
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Dust of MomentsInstantChoose one - Remove two time counters from each permanent and each suspended card; or put two time counters on each permanent with a time counter on it and each suspended card.
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Even the OddsInstantCast Even the Odds only if you control fewer creatures than each opponent. "They who fall singing the battle hymn of Benalia go not unavenged." |
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Intervention PactInstantThe next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.
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Judge UnworthyInstantChoose target attacking or blocking creature. Scry 3, then reveal the top card of your library. Judge Unworthy deals damage equal to that card's converted mana cost to that creature. (To scry 3, look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)
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Scout's WarningInstantThe next creature card you play this turn can be played as though it had flash. "There is no tactic I enjoy more than ambushing the ambushers." |
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Patrician's ScornInstantIf you've cast another white spell this turn, you may cast Patrician's Scorn without paying its mana cost. Lady Farisa's contempt of tawdry kitsch grew even more infamous after her death. |
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DelayInstantCounter target spell. If the spell is countered this way, exile it with three time counters on it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend. (At the beginning of its owner's upkeep, remove a counter from that card. When the last is removed, the player plays it without paying its mana cost. If it's a creature, it has haste.)
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Pact of NegationInstantCounter target spell. Those who expect betrayal at every turn are seldom disappointed. |
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Venser's DiffusionInstantReturn target nonland permanent or suspended card to its owner's hand. "Each reality is but the dream of another, and each sleeper a god unknowing." |
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Logic KnotInstantDelve (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.)
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NixInstantCounter target spell if no mana was spent to cast it. "There is no shortcut to work done true and well. The Creators learned this to their sorrow, the first time they made the world." |
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Spin into MythInstantPut target creature on top of its owner's library, then fateseal 2. (To fateseal 2, look at the top two cards of an opponent's library, then put any number of them on the bottom of that player's library and the rest on top in any order.)
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Slaughter PactInstantDestroy target nonblack creature. Death is only the beginning of the end. |
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Death RattleInstantDelve (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.)
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Pact of the TitanInstantPut a 4/4 red Giant creature token onto the battlefield.
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Riddle of LightningInstantChoose target creature or player. Scry 3, then reveal the top card of your library. Riddle of Lightning deals damage equal to that card's converted mana cost to that creature or player. (To scry 3, look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)
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GhostfireInstantGhostfire is colorless. Only those gifted with the eye of Ugin, the spirit dragon, can see his fiery breath. |
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Sprout SwarmInstantConvoke (Each creature you tap while casting this spell reduces its total cost by or by one mana of that creature's color.)
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Summoner's PactInstantSearch your library for a green creature card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
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Wrap in VigorInstantRegenerate each creature you control. Some nature mages unknowingly took advantage of the temporal energies still swirling on Dominaria. What they mistook for healing magic was in fact the manipulation of time. |
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AWOLInstantRemove target attacking creature from the game. Then remove it from the removed-from-game zone and put it into the absolutely-removed-from-the-freaking-game-forever zone.
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Erase (Not the Urza's Legacy One)InstantIf you control two or more white permanents that share an artist, you may play Erase (Not the Urza's Legacy One) without paying its mana cost. Synonyms for "erase" we haven't used: ablate, abrade, chafe, fray, frazzle, scuff, and scrub. |
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Head to HeadInstantYou and target opponent play Seven Questions about the top card of that player's library. (That player looks at the card, then you ask up to six yes-or-no questions about the card that he or she answers truthfully. You guess the card's name-that's question seven-and the player reveals the card.) If you win, prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn by a source of your choice.
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Save LifeInstantChoose one Target player gains 2½ life; or prevent the next 2½ damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. Who consistently managed to win. |
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FlaccifyInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays . "Don't worry about it. It happens to every mage sooner or later." |
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Framed!InstantTap or untap all permanents by the artist of your choice. Who knew an 8˝ by 10˝ could feel like a 2˝ by 4˝? |
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MiseInstantName a nonland card, then reveal the top card of your library. If that card is the named card, draw three cards. mise 'miz v alter. of might as well (1997) 1: to win when you don't deserve to 2: to top-deck the "tings" you need 3: to be rewarded by an opponent's bad luck 4: to coin a phrase that spreads through the tournament scene like wildfire 5: to fling a monkey 6: to split firewood using a sharp instrument 7: To burn |
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Number CrunchInstantReturn target permanent to its owner's hand. Can you digit? |
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Spell CounterInstantCounter target spell. Playing Unhinged, . . . |
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Aesthetic ConsultationInstantName an artist. Remove the top six cards of your library from the game, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card by the named artist. Put that card in your hand, then remove all the other cards revealed this way from the game.
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Booster TutorInstantOpen a sealed Magic booster pack, reveal the cards, and put one of those cards into your hand. (Remove that card from your deck before beginning a new game.) Real men use Arabian Nights boosters. |
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DuhInstantDestroy target creature with reminder text. (Reminder text is any italicized text in parentheses that explains rules you already know.) Will players understand that the creature is being crushed by two parentheses? |
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Eye to EyeInstantYou and target creature's controller have a staring contest. If you win, destroy that creature. True, Gargox had blinded himself for life, but the glass eyes never lost. |
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Kill DestroyInstantDestroy target nonblack creature. Getting "Gotcha'ed" again and again. |
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Stop ThatInstantTarget player discards a card. Now for a squirt of lemon juice. |
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When Fluffy Bunnies AttackInstantTarget creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of times the letter of your choice appears in that creature's name. "Get it? Bunnies, letters, -X/-X? Me neither." |
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Blast from the PastInstantMadness , cycling , kicker , flashback , buyback
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Deal DamageInstantDeal Damage deals 4 damage to target creature or player. Until he got singed . . . |
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Mana FlairInstantAdd to your mana pool for each nonland permanent by the artist of your choice. What began as black |
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PunctuateInstantPunctuate deals damage to target creature equal to half the number of punctuation marks in that creature's text box. (The punctuation marks are ? , ; : - ( ) / " ' & .) "Ooh-right in the colon." |
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SautéInstantSauté deals 3½ damage to target creature or player. "Selecting the proper beeble is the key to a good sauté. The pinker the fur and the heartier the yelp, the more succulent the beeble will be when you pop it in your mouth." |
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Graphic ViolenceInstantAll creatures by the artist of your choice get +2/+2 and gain trample until end of turn. WARNING: THE DOMINARIAN SURGEON GENERAL HAS FOUND THAT SAVAGE BEATINGS CAN LEAD TO CHUMP BLOCKS, LIFE REDUCTION, AND EVEN GAME LOSS. |
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Double DipInstantChoose another player. Gain 5 life now and an additional 5 life at the beginning of the next game with that player. In a duel and taking a lickin' . . . |
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Get a LifeInstantTarget player and each of his or her teammates exchange life totals. Gimme five! (Or whatever you got.) |
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Sex AppealInstantPrevent up to 3 damage total to any number of creatures and/or players. If there are more players in the room of the opposite sex, prevent up to 3 additional damage total to any number of creatures and/or players.
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Denied!InstantPlay Denied only as any opponent casts target spell. Name a card, then look at all cards in that player's hand. If the named card is in the player's hand, counter target spell. "Don't worry about it. It happens to every mage sooner or later." |
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Double TakeInstantChoose another player. Draw two cards now and draw an additional two cards at the beginning of the next game with that player. "But next time we meet, . . ." |
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Goblin TutorInstantRoll a six-sided die for Goblin Tutor. On a 1, Goblin Tutor has no effect. Otherwise, search your library for the indicated card, reveal that card to all players, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your library afterwards.
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Growth SpurtInstantRoll a six-sided die. Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is equal to the die roll. MORE TO LOVE: Friendly, nature-loving, Bunyonesque SEM seeks SEF looking for a huge commitment. |
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Team SpiritInstantAll creatures controlled by target player and his or her teammates get +1/+1 until end of turn. Due to some late-night partying, the chicken missed the group photo. |
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Spell CrumpleInstantCounter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it on the bottom of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard. Put Spell Crumple on the bottom of its owner's library.
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Chaos WarpInstantThe owner of target permanent shuffles it into his or her library, then reveals the top card of his or her library. If it's a permanent card, he or she puts it onto the battlefield.
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Tribute to the WildInstantEach opponent sacrifices an artifact or enchantment. "You may enter, but leave those lifeless things of your world behind." |
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Energy ArcInstantUntap any number of target creatures. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by those creatures this turn. "Relent, and you may transcend your situation." |
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Lim-Dûl's VaultInstantLook 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.
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Surge of StrengthInstantAs an additional cost to cast Surge of Strength, discard a red or green card.
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Pit FightInstantTarget creature you control fights another target creature. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) "All the coins in Ravnica can't save his soul now."
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Gruul CharmInstantChoose 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!"
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GridlockInstantTap X target nonland permanents. "One tiny peg pulled from a single wagon wheel, and an entire district grinds to a halt."
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Executioner's SwingInstantTarget creature that dealt damage this turn gets -5/-5 until end of turn. "The contract specified an appendage for a missed payment. Read the fine print: the head is an appendage." |
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Predator's RapportInstantChoose target creature you control. You gain life equal to that creature's power plus its toughness. "Other guilds say the Gruul are savages, no better than the beasts we live with. I say we've found friends who won't stab us in the back."
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Dimir CharmInstantChoose one - Counter target sorcery spell; or destroy target creature with power 2 or less; or look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put one back and the rest into that player's graveyard. "Dangerous to recognize. Deadly not to."
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Aerial ManeuverInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 and gains flying and first strike until end of turn. "When you put all of yourself into an attack, without fear or hesitation, in that instant you may attain greatness."
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SkullcrackInstantPlayers can't gain life this turn. Damage can't be prevented this turn. Skullcrack deals 3 damage to target player. The lawmage's argument was clever and well reasoned, but Blunk's response proved irrefutable. |
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Spell RuptureInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays , where X is the greatest power among creatures you control. "Like water, mana will drain from an inferior vessel."
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HydroformInstantTarget 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."
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Scatter ArcInstantCounter target noncreature spell. "Should your chosen emissary be able to fluctuate triharmonic pentodes, however unlikely, I shall shunt excess negavolt radicals." |
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Wildwood RebirthInstantReturn target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. In Ravnica, there are maladies far more difficult to treat than death. |
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Massive RaidInstantMassive 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."
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Aurelia's FuryInstantAurelia'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.
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Rapid HybridizationInstantDestroy 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."
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Orzhov CharmInstantChoose 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.
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Burst of StrengthInstantPut 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."
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Mystic GenesisInstantCounter 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."
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Killing GlareInstantDestroy target creature with power X or less. A casual glance into a dark corner may be your last. |
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Tower DefenseInstantCreatures 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."
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Psychic StrikeInstantCounter 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. |
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Shielded PassageInstantPrevent 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. |
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Signal the ClansInstantSearch 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. |
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ÆtherizeInstantReturn 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." |
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Totally LostInstantPut target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library. Fblthp had always hated crowds. |
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Devour FleshInstantTarget 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, . . . |
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